Kurt Hofmann has been writing on the airline industry for 25 years. He appears frequently on Austrian, Swiss and German television and broadcasting channels to discuss issues affecting commercial aviation.
Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof said the focus on Miles and More resulted from the carrier’s positioning as a value airline for Europe, a step related to its strategy to become a pan-European airline with bases in several countries.
Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti has become the first Italian airline approved to execute Required Navigation Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) approaches to land in Innsbruck, Austria.