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Lufthansa to fly to two new destinations
The German airline will begin two new services from Munich to Newcastle in the UK and Tallinn in Estonia.
Read More »Lufthansa signals turbulence for European aviation
A revised outlook of significantly lower profits from Lufthansa Group due partly to its subsidiary Eurowings sent the airline’s stock price tumbling.
Read More »Lufthansa CEO becomes IATA board chairman
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.
Read More »Italian upholstery to cover Lufthansa A320 seats
An Italian manufacturer has won a contract to produce seats for new A320 aircraft across the group's airlines.
Read More »Lufthansa, Austrian, SWISS: first rebooking chatbots
The group is launching a new customer service via Facebook Messenger that it says will allow quicker service and integrate with current customer services.
Read More »Lufthansa places bid for Cook carrier Condor
The German’s giant’s chief executive has confirmed his company’s interest in Condor – and possibly also Thomas Cook Airlines.
Read More »Eurowings to partner with Norwegian, SunExpress
The chief executive of Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary, Thorsten Dirks, says that the carrier will practice 'virtual interlining'.
Read More »Lufthansa Q1 net loss widens nine times over
Rising fuel costs and overcapacity in Europe dragged the group's results downward. But it remains optimistic about the full year.
Read More »Lufthansa promotes European elections
Lufthansa takes up a unique initiative to encourage voting in European elections and promote Europe.
Read More »Lufthansa reports €336mn quarterly loss
Problems such as rising fuel costs and overcapacity in Europe are weighing heavily on the group’s results.
Read More »Lufthansa to resume Munich-São Paulo flights
This time, flights between the Bavarian and Brazilian capitals will be with an A350-900. A second daily Frankfurt-Chicago frequency will happen too.
Read More »World’s cleanest airlines championed
Only two airlines from Europe – and none in the USA – are named in a new Skytrax list dominated by Asian carriers.
Read More »Lufthansa Group orders 40 aircraft, sells A380s
The order is for twin-engine Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Airbus A350-900 long-haul planes, to replace four-engine aircraft.
Read More »Airline chiefs asked intriguing question
The chief executives of five of Europe’s biggest airlines were asked which of their rivals they would choose to run for a week.
Read More »Lufthansa expands long-haul leisure portfolio
The group plans to deploy additional Eurowings long-haul capacity to its Frankfurt and Munich hubs from October.
Read More »LH, IAG and Ryanair fight over CPH-VIE
Lufthansa Group’s Austrian has upped the stakes on Vienna-Copenhagen as Laudamotion and Level try to muscle in.
Read More »Lufthansa consultancy backs banned airline
The Central Asian carrier Turkmenistan Airlines was banned from flying to the EU last week, stranding thousands of passengers.
Read More »Lufthansa sues passenger flying Oslo-Seattle
A passenger is facing court action for buying a return ticket via Frankfurt to Seattle, business class, but not boarding the last leg.
Read More »SAS to drop out of Europe top 10
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.
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