An airplane with the Lufthansa logo on the tail fin is parked at Frankfurt Airport. (Shot with reflection in teleconverter). The European Commission announced on 03 July it had approved Lufthansa’s plans to acquire part of state-owned Italian airline ITA Airways. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa The European Commission announced on Wednesday it had approved Lufthansa’s plans to […]
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Lufthansa Group airlines to cancel night flights to Lebanon
German carrier Lufthansa said Monday that airlines in the Lufthansa Group will temporarily suspends night flights to and from Beirut due to the worsening conflict between the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the Israeli military. “Due to current developments in the Middle East, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group will suspend their night flights […]
Lufthansa launching new subsidiary airline despite no labour deal
Lufthansa flags waving in the wind in front of the Lufthansa Aviation Center. The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is due to depart on its inaugural flight on 26 June without collective agreements for airline staff. Andreas Arnold/dpa The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is […]
Lufthansa launching new subsidiary airline despite no labour deal
Lufthansa flags waving in the wind in front of the Lufthansa Aviation Center. The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is due to depart on its inaugural flight on 26 June without collective agreements for airline staff. Andreas Arnold/dpa The newest airline from Germany’s Lufthansa Group, feeder airline City Airlines, is […]
Lufthansa boss vents frustration about Boeing problems
ZURICH (Reuters) – Aircraft delivery delays from Boeing are “extremely annoying” and cost Lufthansa lots of money, but the U.S. planemaker should be able to resolve its problems, the German airline’s CEO said in a newspaper interview. Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr was direct when asked by Switzerland’s Neue Zuercher Zeitung how badly recent setbacks at […]
Lufthansa suspends Tel Aviv, Erbil, Amman routes after Iranian attack
Germany’s flagship airline Lufthansa is temporarily suspending several flights to cities in the Middle East, it said on Sunday, amid wider disruption unleashed by Iran’s attack on Israel. The measure affects regular flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel, to Erbil in Iraq and Amman in Jordan, the Lufthansa Group said on its website. […]
Lufthansa strikes deal with cabin staff after spring of labour unrest
Lufthansa passenger planes stand on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport. German airline Lufthansa has struck a wage deal with cabin crews, ending the last of several major labour disputes in Germany’s aviation sector that saw flight operations disrupted with several strikes. Boris Roessler/dpa German airline Lufthansa has struck a wage deal with cabin crews, ending […]
Lufthansa and cabin crew union reach deal in last of German aviation disputes
Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crew have reached a pay deal, concluding the last of several major disputes that have led to recent strikes at Germany’s biggest airline and in the country’s wider aviation sector. The UFO union said nearly 19,000 cabin crew would get a pay rise effectively totalling 17.4% in three stages […]
Lufthansa and cabin crew union reach a pay deal to end string of German aviation dispute
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crew reached a pay deal Thursday, concluding the last of several major disputes that have led to recent strikes at Germany’s biggest airline and in the country’s wider aviation sector. The UFO union said nearly 19,000 cabin crew will get a pay rise effectively totaling 17.4% […]
Lufthansa and cabin crew union reach a pay deal to end string of German aviation dispute
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crew reached a pay deal Thursday, concluding the last of several major disputes that have led to recent strikes at Germany’s biggest airline and in the country’s wider aviation sector. The UFO union said nearly 19,000 cabin crew will get a pay rise effectively totaling 17.4% […]
Another strike by German train drivers coincides with a walkout by Lufthansa cabin crew
BERLIN (AP) — Many of Germany’s train drivers staged a 24-hour strike on Tuesday in the latest installment of a long-running and bitter dispute over working hours with the country’s main railway operator, while a walkout by cabin crew at Lufthansa added to disruptions for travelers. The GDL union called on drivers of state-owned Deutsche […]
Lufthansa expects 1,000 flight cancellations amid renewed strikes
Renewed strikes by Lufthansa flight attendants are expected to lead to the cancellation of a total of 1,000 flights on Tuesday and Wednesday at Germany’s Frankfurt and Munich airports, the national carrier said on Monday. Amid the industrial action over wage negotiations set to begin on Tuesday morning, 600 flights are expected to be cancelled […]