Lufthansa News
Lufthansa and Germanwings to fly to 235 destinations this summer
Four new Lufthansa destinations – more than three quarters of European routes excluding Frankfurt and Munich transferred to Germanwings
Lufthansa Airbus aids climate research
Measurement laboratory on a Lufthansa A340-600 contributes to an important discovery that will help to protect the ozone layer. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, have made a new discovery that will play a significant role in halting ozone depletion
Lufthansa recalibrates ticket surcharge system
At the beginning of April, the airlines in the Lufthansa Group are to introduce a new system for calculating ticket surcharges. From April 2014, Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines will introduce a standardised international/domestic surcharge levied on intercontinental connections on the basis of the entire flight route, replacing the current system based on individual flight segments.
Lufthansa fits Boeing 747-8 fleet with AeroMobile technology
Boeing has delivered the first B747-8 to be fully line-fitted with the AeroMobile in-flight mobile service. Europe’s largest airline, Lufthansa, received the landmark delivery, which will open the path for all future B747-8s to be fitted with AeroMobile connectivity.
Lufthansa Group begins new year with higher load factor
The airlines of Lufthansa Group improved the load factors for their aircraft once again in the new year. Across the Group, an average of 75.6 per cent of seats on passenger planes were occupied in January.
Birlenbach takes sales role with Lufthansa
Heike Birlenbach has been appointed Lufthansa German Airlines’ vice president sales and services Europe. Birlenbach is presently head of cabin management in Munich and will take up the new role on March 1st, 2014.
Lufthansa rolls out mobile phone services with AeroMobile
Europe’s largest airline, Lufthansa, has launched its in-flight mobile phone service with AeroMobile, allowing passengers to use their own mobile devices to text and browse online at 30,000 feet via Lufthansa FlyNet. With eight aircraft already in service, the German flag-carrier has confirmed it will roll out mobile connectivity across its entire long-haul fleet of over 100 aircraft this year.
Lufthansa continues fleet renewal programme
Lufthansa’s tenth Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental has landed at Frankfurt Airport. The “dash-8” is just one of seven brand-new airliners that will be joining the Group in February and March.
Spohr selected as new Lufthansa chief
Carsten Spohr has been selected as the next chief executive of Lufthansa group. The 47-year-old, who currently head Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, will assume his new role on May 1st 2014. Spohr will take over from Christoph Franz, who is moving to Swiss pharmaceuticals group Roche.
Czech Airlines relies on IT from Lufthansa Systems
Czech Airlines and Lufthansa Systems extended the contract on the scheduling solution NetLine/Sched. The airline continues to benefit from the profound expertise of Lufthansa Systems in medium to short-term schedule management.
Record sales for Lufthansa Group
Group boosts the load factor of its aircraft to nearly 80 per cent and sells more passenger-kilometres on the market in 2013 than ever before Last year, the Lufthansa Group set a new record for sales in passenger traffic. Traffic in the passenger business (measured in revenue passenger-kilometres) came to more than 209 billion in 2013.
Lufthansa signs up for Amadeus Airline Ancillary Services
Lufthansa and Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, have announce a new agreement that will see the airline sell advance seat reservation as an ancillary product in the travel agency channel using Amadeus Airline Ancillary Services. The agreement, which also applies to Lufthansa’s subsidiary Austrian Airlines, Austria’s flag carrier, means that travel agents using Amadeus in 63 markets worldwide will be able to book advance seat reservations in Economy Class for travellers flying on domestic and European routes.