By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford, Tony Osborne
Lufthansa Group has become the latest European airline to apply for state aid in its four home countries to address a nearing liquidity crisis, the airline confirmed Mar. 13.
Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen European countries in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has applied to temporarily reduce work hours for its 7,000 employees as the airline copes with a dramatic drop in demand because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
As COVID-19 coronavirus spreads globally, the number of international departure seats from China is set to drop by more than 5.5 million in March 2020 as airlines across the world continue suspending service.
This week: Calgary to join Eurowings’ long-haul network; Alitalia to end service to Santiago, Chile; and Frontier Airlines further increases its presence at Ontario International.
Lufthansa and United Airlines are seriously considering a plan to jointly acquire TAP Portugal in an effort to protect their position in the Europe-Latin America market and keep Delta Air Lines from investing in another European carrier.
Lufthansa is close to terminating its long-standing cooperation with Condor after LOT Polish Airlines parent Polish Aviation Group (PGL) announced Jan. 24 that it would buy the German leisure airline.
Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have postponed operations to Tehran, effective immediately, until Jan. 20, a spokesperson in Vienna confirmed to Aviation Daily.
A tie-up with Lufthansa could boost Alitalia’s revenues by €100 million ($112 million) a year, an executive from the German group told a hearing of the Italian government’s transport committee Jan. 7, Italian media reported.
Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.
Berlin-based logistics company Zeitfracht Group—which markets its two airlines LGW and WDL Aviation under the moniker German Airways—will expand its fleet with four Embraer E190LRs between January and April 2020.
Lufthansa and Munich Airport operator FMG plan to intensify their strategic cooperation in the sustainable development of the Star Alliance carrier’s Munich hub.
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr has called on governments across Europe to accelerate carbon reductions by encouraging investment in sustainable fuels and using aviation taxes for the benefit of the environment.
Vienna Airport is on course for another record year of passenger traffic, although joint chief executive and chief operating officer Julian Jäger expects the growth to level out as a result of further consolidation in the European market.
In the second of a three-part feature, Routesonline takes a closer look at the organisations shortlisted in three categories of the World Routes Awards 2019.
Lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary Eurowings will continue flying US routes next summer as part of a transatlantic expansion from its hubs in Munich and Frankfurt.
This week: Bjørn Kjos steps down as Norwegian’s CEO; Flyadeal drops Boeing order in favour of all-Airbus fleet; Lufthansa to base two more A380s in Munich and more.
