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