Boarding
To enable you to board more comfortably and quickly in future, we have introduced group boarding on continental and intercontinental flights.
The boarding procedure on continental and intercontinental flights
Lufthansa has introduced a group boarding procedure on continental and intercontinental flights so you can board your aircraft more quickly and in a more relaxed manner. You will find a reference to your boarding group on your boarding pass.
Passengers who check in together will, of course, be allocated to the same boarding group and will therefore also be able to board together.
After pre-boarding, we begin the boarding of priority Groups 1 and 2. Then the remaining groups will be invited to board.
Continental flights
| Pre-boarding | Families with babies and small children under 5, unaccompanied minors, passengers with reduced mobility |
| Priority Group 1 |
HON Circle Members |
| Priority Group 2 |
Business Class passengers, Senators, Star Alliance Gold Card holders, Economy Flex passengers |
| Group 3 | Economy Class passengers with a window seat and companions |
| Group 4 | Economy Class passengers with middle seats and companions |
| Group 5 | Economy Class passengers with aisle seats |
Intercontinental flights
| Pre-boarding | Families with babies and small children under 5, unaccompanied minors, passengers with reduced mobility |
| Priority Group 1 |
First Class passengers, HON Circle Members |
| Priority Group 2 |
Business Class passengers, Senators, Star Alliance Gold Card holders |
| Group 3 | Premium Economy Class passengers |
| Group 4 | Economy Class passengers with a window seat and companions |
| Group 5 | Economy Class passengers with middle seats and companions |
| Group 6 | Economy Class passengers with aisle seats |
Further boarding services
Use our Quick Boarding turnstiles at selected gates in Frankfurt and Munich and at many other airports worldwide. They will enable you to board the aircraft quickly and conveniently.
This is how Quick Boarding works:
Place your boarding pass with the barcode face down on the scanner. After a short verification process, the gate will be released and you can go through. If your seat has changed at short notice, the Quick Boarding machine will print out a new coupon with the updated seat information.
Are you on the waiting list for a flight? In Frankfurt and Munich and at selected departure gates in Hamburg and Hanover, you can check your waiting list status on monitors. You can take a seat and relax, and you no longer have to enquire at the counter or wait for an announcement.
As soon as a seat number appears on the monitor beside your initials, please proceed directly to boarding. You will automatically receive your boarding pass stub with your seat information.