The name of the company is derived from Luft (the German word for "air"), and Hansa (after Hanseatic League, the powerful medieval trading group).
ຊື່ຂອງບໍລິສັດແມ່ນມາຈາກ Luft (ຄໍາສັບພາສາເຢຍລະມັນສໍາລັບ "ອາກາດ"), ແລະ Hansa (ຫຼັງຈາກ Hanseatic League, ກຸ່ມການຄ້າໃນຍຸກກາງທີ່ມີປະສິດທິພາບ).