Gallery: First look at Lufthansa's new branding

A Boeing 747-8I in the new livery sits in front of an Airbus A380 with the old color scheme at Frankfurt airport. By the end of this year, 40 aircraft should be repainted.

Lufthansa unveiled the new livery in front of more than 3,000 guests in Frankfurt and Munich.

11,000 liters (2,905 gallons) of paint are required to paint a Boeing 747.

In the cabin, passengers will encounter the modernized design within the crew's uniform in the form of new and often yellow accessories.

Lufthansa Group chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr, center.

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said the first five Airbus A380s will be repainted coming winter. In 2018, a Boeing 747-400 will get the new brand image. A new Airbus A350 with the new colors will be delivered in May.

The crane, designed 100 years ago by graphic artist Otto Firle, remains the airline's iconic symbol. In the future, it will be slimmer and fit for the digital world. A thinner ring makes the crane look more elegant, bringing it into the foreground and granting it more space.

On-board articles such as tableware, amenity kits, blankets or pillowcases will carry the new design in future. Around 160 million items will be exchanged over the next two years.

Some more items passengers will receive, especially on long-haul flights.