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Lufthansa to order 35 Airbus A320neo, 35 A321neo, 30 A320 aircraft with...
Lufthansa’s (Frankfurt) Supervisory Board has approved the acquisition of 100 A320 Family aircraft (35 A320neo, 35 A321neo and 30 A320ceo with Sharklets) and two A380s worth approximately $11.2...
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Lufthansa cancels almost 700 flights today due to an employee strike
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) today has cancelled nearly 40 percent of its flights due to a strike by its employees on the eve of wage discussions according to Reuters. According to this report, the union...
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Reuters: Lufthansa is willing to endure more strikes in order to gain...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt), according to this report by Reuters, is willing to endure additional strikes like last week (even with its pilots) in order to gain the flexibility it needs. The company is...
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Lufthansa is granted rights to serve Shanghai Pudong with its Airbus A380,...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has received Chinese permission to operate its Airbus A380s on the Frankfurt-Shanghai (Pudong) route starting on September 26. The A380s will operate five days a week on the...
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Lufthansa cancels most of its flights tomorrow due to the strike by the Verdi...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) will be impacted heavily tomorrow due to a strike by the Verdi union which represents around 33,000 of its employees. The airline is pre-canceling almost 1700 flights. Only a few...
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Lufthansa faces additional strikes by Verdi
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) is facing additional strikes by its Verdi union. According to this report by Reuters, Verdi is demanding a 5.2 percent pay raise over 12 months and job security for about 33,000...
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Lufthansa and Verdi settle their pay dispute, all strikes called off
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) and the Verdi union representing 33,000 Lufthansa workers have agreed to a new pay increase and a new contract. Pay increases range from three percent to 4.7 percent. Read the...
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Lufthansa Group’s first quarter loss widens to $602 million
Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa) (Frankfurt) reported its net loss for the first quarter widened to $602 million, up from a loss of $516.8 million in the same quarter a year ago. the first quarter is...
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Lufthansa to change take-off procedures on June 1 to lower fuel consumption...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has issued this statement about new take-off procedures for its flights outside of Germany: Lufthansa is set to change its take-off procedure for all departures outside Germany,...
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Boeing celebrates the delivery of the 50th 747-800 Intercontinental
Boeing (Chicago) yesterday (May 29) celebrated the 50th delivery of a 747-800. Lufthansa (Frankfurt), the launch customer of the passenger version, took delivery of the milestone aircraft almost one...
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Lufthansa Group’s 2Q net profit falls 42% to $337 million
Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa) (Frankfurt) reported its second quarter net profit dropped over 42 percent to $337 million due restructuring costs due to cost-cutting measures. The group believes it is...
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Lufthansa to deploy the Boeing 747-800 on the Frankfurt-Mexico City on...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) will introduce the relatively new Boeing 747-800 on the Frankfurt-Mexico City route on September 2, 2013 according to Airline Route. Copyright Photo: Michael B....
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Lufthansa’s transfer of Austrian Airlines employees to cheaper Tyrolean...
Lufthansa Group (Frankfurt) in 2012 orchestrated the transfer of around 2,000 staff members of its Austrian Airlines (Vienna) subsidiary to the cheaper Tyrolean Airways (Innsbruck) subsidiary to...
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Lufthansa is close to announcing a new order with both Airbus and Boeing
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) according to this report by Reuters, is close to announcing a new order for the proposed 406-seat Boeing 777-9X, which Boeing intends to formally launch this year. Lufthansa...
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Lufthansa orders 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) as expected, placed orders for 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s. The group issued issued this statement: Following a recommendation by the Deutsche Lufthansa AG...
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Lufthansa’ CEO states it may consider a possible SAS purchase
Scandinavian Airlines-SAS (Stockholm) may have a new owner. Lufthansa‘s (Frankfurt) CEO Christoph Franz stated yesterday that his Lufthansa Group “could consider” a bid for the ailing carrier. Read...
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Lufthansa donates its Vickers Viscount 814 D-ANAF to the Museum of Technology...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has issued this statement: Representatives of Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Technical Training officially handed over a Vickers Viscount 814 to the Museum of Technology in...
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Lufthansa to start Munich-Mexico City service
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) will launch a new route linking its Munich hub and Mexico City in April. The new route will be operated five days a week with Airbus A340-600s. In other news, Lufthansa has...
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Boeing launches the 777X today with orders from Lufthansa, Etihad Airways,...
Boeing (Chicago) today formally launched the 777X program at the 2013 Dubai Airshow with a record-breaking number of customer orders and commitments for the newest member of its twin-aisle product...
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Lufthansa asks the European Commission to block any Alitalia-Etihad Airways...
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has called on the European Commission to block any alliance and buy-in between Alitalia (2nd) (Rome) and Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi). Etihad, which already has alliances with Aer...
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