Lufthansa

Lufthansa German Airlines (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) is the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe, both in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. The German government had a 35.68% stake in Lufthansa until 1997, but the company is now owned by private investors (88.52%), MGL Gesellschaft für Luftverkehrswerte (10.05%), Deutsche Postbank (1.03%), and Deutsche Bank (0.4%) and has 119,084 employees (as of 2011).