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Sustainability Report Balance // Issue 2016 // Lufthansa Group // 105 Under the well-known “Fanhansa” motto, Lufthansa will again provide an aircraft bearing a specially designed livery during the UEFA European Football Championship 2016 in France. Piano concert at a high level: Every month about 200 employees enjoy virtuoso concerts after work, which the Company offers for their relaxation. Cultural commitment The emphasis in the area of cultural com- mitment has been placed on supporting outstanding musical institutions and events, whose cultural resonance makes an important social contribution. First Global Partner of Gürzenich Orchestra In its rst long-term commitment to a sym- phony orchestra, the Lufthansa Group has supported the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne since 2010 as First Global Partner. This renowned ensemble ranks among Germany’s leading orchestras and enjoys an excellent reputation abroad as well. The orchestra and the Lufthansa Group joined forces for a charity concert given at Cologne’s Philharmonie on October 18, 2015. Donations from this event were equally divided between the Help Alliance and the association “Wir helfen”. Support for the Lufthansa Orchestra Since its foundation in 2011, the Group has supported the Lufthansa Orchestra, which currently counts more than 65 employees from different Group companies and diverse professional backgrounds who join their talents as active volunteer musicians. Its concerts are a xture in the Company’s cultural activities and delight Lufthansa employees and fans of classical music in Germany and abroad. In 2015, the Lufthansa Orchestra gave a performance to mark the inauguration of Lufthansa Technik’s new maintenance hangar in Puerto Rico. Charity concert organized by Lufthansa Technik In 2015, Lufthansa Technik again set up a charity concert in the context of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival (SHMF). The venue was once again Hangar 7 at Lufthansa Technik’s base in Hamburg. Donations of 20,000 euros bene ted the SHMF’s pedagogical work as well as the Stiftung “ph nikks”, which supports families of cancer patients with psychotherapeutic counseling offers and group options. Sports sponsorship Top performances require successful synergy among different players – both in business and in sports. For this reason, the Lufthansa Group has been a reliable partner for sports associations, institutions and clubs for many years. German Sports Aid Foundation Lufthansa has been a National Sponsor of the German Sports Aid Foundation since 2007. Through this cooperation the Com- pany supports more than 3,800 athletes with and without disability, from young talents to top performers. In addition, the Lufthansa Group supports the initiatives “Your name for Germany” and “Spring- board Future – Sports and Career” (see page 103, Balance 2015). Olympic and paralympic organizations As the of cial carrier of the German Olym- pic Sports Confederation and National Paralympic Committee Germany, Lufthansa traditionally ies the German national teams to the venues of Olympic and Para- lympic Games. For many years, Austrian Airlines has supported the Austrian Olym- pic Committee as a National Partner and the Austrian Paralympic Committee as a Sponsor, as it will in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Since October 2015, Swiss has been the of cial airline and partner of the Swiss Olympic and Swiss Paralympic teams, and will operate special ights during the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. This partnership is set initially to run to the end of 2016. In addition, Swiss is the of cial airline of the Swiss Handball Asso- ciation and Swiss Ice Hockey. Football As a partner of the German Football Asso- ciation (DFB), Lufthansa has own all German national soccer teams to their away games as well as to European and world championships since 2005. Lufthansa also supports Germany’s women’s football through DFB and the German Sports Aid Foundation. Furthermore, the “Airline of Sports” is also an of cial partner of the Eintracht Frankfurt team and Of cial Car- rier of FC Bayern München, with whom it cooperated in 2016 to develop a “Flyro- bic” video for its passengers. www.lufthansagroup.com/sports

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