[4] West German officials decided that, in advance of forming a new national airline, the establishment of a new maintenance base at Hamburg Airport should be undertaken as a preparatory step.

[4] Within one year of Lufthansa's commencement of operations, it began preparing to support the airline's entry into the jet age via its adoption of the Boeing 707 jetliner.

Subsequently, the company devised in-house technical solutions for several shortcomings of the 707, such as a fuel tank cracking issue, garnering recognition from the manufacturer and other airlines alike.

[4] During September 1984, an internal reorganisation of Lufthansa divided technical operations into individual management units; an increased emphasis on third party work came with this restructuring.

In October 2018, it was announced that Lufthansa Technik had formed a joint venture with South Korean firm LG Electronics to market LED screens for inflight entertainment systems.

[10][11][12] Lufthansa Technik has been extensively involved in cabin completion and conversion projects, including for the VIP sector of the market; it operates a dedicated US-based subsidiary, BizJet International, that undertakes such work in the North American region.

[14] Around the same time, the firm was also engaged in refitting Lufthansa's Airbus A320 narrowbody fleet with Ka band datalinks for high bandwidth communication purposes.