A Brussels Airlines flight from Belgium to the United States turned back above the mid-Atlantic for “operational reasons”.

The German airline will begin two new services from Munich to Newcastle in the UK and Tallinn in Estonia.

A revised outlook of significantly lower profits from Lufthansa Group due partly to its subsidiary Eurowings sent the airline’s stock price tumbling.

Carsten Spohr, chief executive of Lufthansa Group, has begun his one-year term as chairman of the board of governors of the International Air Transport Association.

An Italian manufacturer has won a contract to produce seats for new A320 aircraft across the group's airlines.

The group is launching a new customer service via Facebook Messenger that it says will allow quicker service and integrate with current customer services.

The German’s giant’s chief executive has confirmed his company’s interest in Condor – and possibly also Thomas Cook Airlines.

The chief executive of Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary, Thorsten Dirks, says that the carrier will practice 'virtual interlining'.

Rising fuel costs and overcapacity in Europe dragged the group's results downward. But it remains optimistic about the full year.

Lufthansa takes up a unique initiative to encourage voting in European elections and promote Europe.

Problems such as rising fuel costs and overcapacity in Europe are weighing heavily on the group’s results.

This time, flights between the Bavarian and Brazilian capitals will be with an A350-900. A second daily Frankfurt-Chicago frequency will happen too.

Only two airlines from Europe – and none in the USA – are named in a new Skytrax list dominated by Asian carriers.

The order is for twin-engine Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Airbus A350-900 long-haul planes, to replace four-engine aircraft.

The chief executives of five of Europe’s biggest airlines were asked which of their rivals they would choose to run for a week.

The group plans to deploy additional Eurowings long-haul capacity to its Frankfurt and Munich hubs from October.

Lufthansa Group’s Austrian has upped the stakes on Vienna-Copenhagen as Laudamotion and Level try to muscle in.

The Central Asian carrier Turkmenistan Airlines was banned from flying to the EU last week, stranding thousands of passengers.

A passenger is facing court action for buying a return ticket via Frankfurt to Seattle, business class, but not boarding the last leg.

Wizz Air has pushed past SAS into ninth place in a new list of Europe’s top 20 airline groups, with another carrier close behind.