Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $147M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 405
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $363,216
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees · Sponsored by Lufthansa German Airlines · New York · Transportation & Warehousing
$147M in assets, 405 participants
Lufthansa German Airlines's Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees reported $147M in total assets and 405 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #3,618 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Where Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees sits by assets
Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $147M for 405 participants (~$363,216/participant), down 28.5% in 2022.
- #3,618
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -28.5%
- assets change YoY
- 1.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $58M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees's outsized position by total assets
Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$147,102,433 Top 5% higher than 95% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (405 participants).
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 131789847 · Lufthansa German Airlines PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees · $147M · 405 · 95th
- VS-ST $147M
- VS-ST 405
- VS-ST 95th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Iron Workers District Council of Tn Valley & Vicinity Pension Plan
- VS-ST ind #3618
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in New York →
Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $206M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $147M |
| Net Income | -$58M |
| Employer EIN | 131789847 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1956-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Lufthansa German Airlines)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Lufthansa German Airlines plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $491M 19.232935455347317% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,886 | $412M |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,967 | $461M |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,116 | $491M |
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Lufthansa German Airlines Pension Plan for United States Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Iron Workers District Council of Tn Valley & Vicinity Pension Plan in TN ($147M); by covered participants it is Bay Area Surgical Specialists Defined Benefit Pp&t in CA (405 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($147M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (405 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bay Area Surgical Specialists Defined Benefit Pp&t (CA) 405 · 0 off
- Abbott Puerto Rico Retirement Plan (IL) 406 · 1 off
- Tredegar Corporation Retirement Income Plan (VA) 406 · 1 off
- Comau LLC Employees' Retirement Income Plan (MI) 404 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.