Without citing its sources, the magazine said the economy ministry had agreed with state-backed bank KfW that a 3 billion euro loan can be tapped immediately.
A Lufthansa spokesman said the money from the KfW credit should flow as soon as possible.
The government had prepared for a possible rejection of the bailout by shareholder Heinz Hermann Thiele by preparing to immediately announce a capital injection of 6 billion euros, the magazine added.
But Thiele dropped his objections to the deal ahead of Lufthansa’s extraordinary general meeting on Thursday.
