Losses widen at Lufthansa, but outlook remains positive
Lufthansa Group has seen its net losses widen to €459 million for the first quarter of financial 2013, up from €394 million from the same period last year. Much of the difference comes from redundancy payments related to its SCORE restructuring programme. → Read More
Lufthansa flights crippled by ground staff strike
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has been forced to cancel the vast majority of its flights today after a strike by ground staff. Just 32 flights were scheduled to depart, out of the 1,700 originally planned. → Read More
Lufthansa invests in the next generation
Flight attendant, chef, technician, commercial employee - these are just some of the job opportunities advertised on the Be-Lufthansa.com portal under the heading “Apprenticeship”. The photo of young people in their typical uniforms and workwear reflects the wide range of career opportunities in the Lufthansa Group for which job seekers can apply online. → Read More
Lufthansa selects Vayant Travel Technologies for its custom-cache solution
Vayant Travel Technologies, a world leader in B2B airfare search innovation, has been selected by Lufthansa to enhance the airline’s distribution to tour operators and consolidators in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This is the most significant client acquisition for Vayant since it started commercial operations in 2012. → Read More
New flights from UK as Lufthansa launches summer schedule
Lufthansa is boosting UK services with the introduction of the summer timetable with a double-digit increase in capacity on the Aberdeen to Frankfurt route and the start of two new services to Glasgow and Cardiff. The increase in capacity between Aberdeen and Frankfurt is the result of introducing the larger B737-500 aircraft with 114 seats to replace the 70 seat CR7 which has been operating the route. → Read More
Hertz On Demand signs Lufthansa contract
The Hertz Corporation has announced its global car sharing business Hertz On Demand is now serving as the operator of Lufthansa CarPool for the airline’s employees, making Hertz the leading player in the corporate car sharing sector. Hertz will supply and maintain more than 1,000 vehicles equipped with Hertz On Demand car sharing technology as well as operate the CarPool booking system. → Read More
Lufthansa strike sees flights cancelled across Germany
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has been forced to cancel more than 500 flights today as staff take industrial action over pay and conditions. Staff are staging walk-outs at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne airports and other locations between 05:00 and 12:00 today. → Read More
Lufthansa announces 2013 summer schedule with new holiday destinations
Lufthansa is continuing to expand its services to popular leisure travel destinations. The new summer timetable includes five new attractive holiday destinations: Mahón, Jerez de la Frontera, Cardiff, Glasgow and Varna. In the long-haul segment, Lufthansa is launching a new service from Munich to Vancouver on the west coast of Canada in addition to the existing connection from Frankfurt. → Read More
Lufthansa Group profitable in difficult environment
According to last year’s preliminary consolidated financial statements, Lufthansa Group posted revenues totalling 30.1 billion euros (+4.9 per cent) and generated an operating profit of 524 million euros (-36.1 per cent) in 2012. The Group had forecast an operating profit for 2012 in the mid-three digit million euro range. → Read More
Lufthansa gains competitive edge against rivals
Tradedoubler, the international performance marketing and technology company, is extending its strategic and international relationship with Lufthansa, Europe’s largest airline, to launch high quality affiliate programmes in the Nordics, Austria and Switzerland as well as Lufthansa’s important home market of Germany. → Read More
Lufthansa lifts traffic performance in 2012
More than 103 million passengers flew with airlines in the Lufthansa Group last year. In total, Lufthansa, Germanwings, SWISS and Austrian Airlines carried 2.5 million or 2.4 per cent more passengers in the January to December term than in the previous year. → Read More
Axel Hilgers, director south-Asia, Lufthansa, at World Travel Awards Grand Final 2012
Axel Hilgers, director south-Asia, Lufthansa, speaks to Breaking Travel News at World Travel Awards 2012 Grand Final Gala Ceremony in Delhi, India. → Read More
