Today, LTU is one of germany's renowned airlines. LTU was establishde in 1979. Every year, LTU carries more than 5.9 million passengers on its 24 red and white coloured jet aircrafts. More than 70 airports worldwide are served by LTU aircrafts, ranging from the Airbus A320-200 to the Airbus A330-300 with a seating capacity of 362-387. To Thailand we fly with the Airbus A330-200 (24 business and 279 econony).

LTU operates with one of the youngest and technically most advanced fleets worldwide with its aircrafts being highly economical and never the less extremely comfortable. Although LTU operates on behalf of many large tour operators, more than 98 per cent of all flights are operated as scheduled services.
Part of the LTU group are the non-package tour operator LTUplus and the last minute tour operator BUY.bye Touristik. Since December 2001, 49.9 per cent of LTU shares are held in trust by venture capital company VBE, until a new investor is found. 40 per cent are owned by the Cologne-based company REWE Zentralfinanz and 10.1 per cent by CKA, Cologne.

In 2000 Rewe Touristik based in Cologne made a 100% take over of LTU Touristik including all tour operators. Rewe Touristik also invested in the airline LTU and holds 40% of the shares. After the insolvency of the SAirGroup in 2001, Rewe Touristik strengthened its engagement in LTU by appointing a second manager on the LTU executive board.

2003: The conversion of the aircraft park initiated at the outset of 2000 into an exclusively Airbus fleet has been completed. On the 17th July 2003, LTU takes proud receipt of the last brand new Airbus A 321-200 from Hamburg, so that with a total of 24 aircraft it now has one of the most modern and economic aircraft fleets in the world.

2005: LTU celebrates its 50th anniversary all over Germany with a lot of events round about flying. The book "5 Jahrzehnte Lebensfreude" ("5 decades of joy of life", published in German) and the corresponding DVD remind of the "Wirtschaftswunder" and discovery of new vacation worlds.