Lufthansa Group

Applications can only be made in response to a vacancy published on the group's careers portal: speculative applications are not accepted. A candidate area allows applicants to track their application, and an email alert notifies them when new vacancies are published. After a rejection or withdrawal, you must wait one year before reapplying for the same position.

The group's FAQ sets the minimum age at 18, with no other limit up to the legal retirement age. The Lufthansa City Airlines vacancy requires completed schooling or vocational training (with two years' work experience in the case of a Hauptschulabschluss), very good knowledge of German and English (B2 level minimum) and the ability to swim. The Austrian Airlines vacancy requires the Matura, an apprenticeship or comparable training, German at C1 level and English at B2 level.

This depends on the vacancy. At Lufthansa City Airlines, the "with experience" vacancy requires a valid CCA and at least 12 months' flying experience, while the "without experience" vacancy does not list the CCA among its requirements. The vacancies reviewed do not detail the content of the initial training specific to each airline.

The group's FAQ indicates training lasting around 12 to 14 weeks, covering emergency procedures, first aid, airline- and service-specific knowledge, as well as familiarisation flights. For positions in Germany, the probationary period is generally six months. The working language is German and/or English depending on the position, and the group offers neither a work-shadowing placement nor a discovery flight for the cabin crew role.

In its 2026 vacancy, Lufthansa City Airlines states a starting gross salary of up to €2,542 per month full-time, including non-taxable flight pay (65 block hours). Austrian Airlines mentions a collectively agreed starting salary of €37,736.72 gross per year for full-time work after training, excluding travel allowances, overtime and sales commissions. These amounts are those stated in the vacancies cited and depend on the airline and working hours.