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Passengers are witnessing a veritable haemorrhage: the abandonment or reduction in the number of flights by European airlines to China. At the beginning of the summer, Britain's Virgin Atlantic announced that it was stopping flights between London Heathrow and Shanghai. A few weeks later, it was British Airways' turn to announce...

Lufthansa is revising its flight schedule to Saudi Arabia. From 16 September, the airline will adjust its routes to this kingdom. Until now, the German carrier offered a daily flight on the Frankfurt-Ryadh-Bahrain route. And 5 weekly frequencies from Frankfurt to Dammam, via Kuwait. These two routes will be merged into a single flight Frankfurt-Ryadh-Dammam....

The Lufthansa group has just announced that it will continue to suspend a large proportion of its routes to the Middle East. The ban concerns not only Lufthansa flights but also those of Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Swiss and ITA Airways. The group is now putting forward a date of 13 August for a possible resumption of flights. In the...

It was a decision that the Lufthansa group had been waiting for since May 2023, when it announced its intention to take a 41% stake in the Italian airline ITA. The European Commission finally gave the go-ahead after receiving assurances that Lufthansa would withdraw from certain markets. In order not to...

Lufthansa is continuing to improve the connectivity of its Bavarian hub because of the greater flight capacity at Munich and probably because terminal 2, dedicated to Lufthansa and Star Alliance flights, offers greater comfort than Frankfurt. The German carrier, which has just inaugurated three weekly flights from Munich to...

While German airline Lufthansa officially launched its new Allegris cabin 15 days ago, the German business daily Handelsblatt took the opportunity to interview the CEO of the Lufthansa group, Carsten Spohr. On the menu for this interview, which largely concerns business travellers, is the airline's quality offensive, with a CEO who is...

Lufthansa's new Allegris in-flight product, delayed for two years mainly due to supply chain shortages, was finally presented to the press ahead of its official launch on 1 May on the Munich-Vancouver route. "Everything comes to those who wait. And it's a great pleasure to see...

A new MICE centre will soon be appearing at the Frankfurt hub, more precisely next to the Lufthansa Aviation Center (LAC). The German airline made the start of construction official on 12 April, with the aim of opening in 2026. The inauguration will coincide with the airline's centenary. The brand new...

Israel's recent bombing of a meeting held at the Iranian consulate in Syria has raised fears of an escalation of violence between the two countries. Or indeed in the whole region. Iran and Israel threatened each other with attacks on Wednesday. This tension has prompted Lufthansa to suspend its Frankfurt-Tehran flight until 13 April, but the...

Its IATA code will be VL. Lufthansa City Airlines, the new Lufthansa subsidiary announced at the beginning of 2023, has just announced its first destinations. The regional airline, based in Munich, will initially serve German cities as well as three European destinations. Its initial fleet will comprise four Airbus A319s. These will be replaced as the fleet expands.

It's getting a bit tiresome for passengers travelling on Lufthansa and its subsidiaries in Germany. The Verdi union has called a warning strike by Lufthansa ground staff for just over a day on Tuesday 20 February. The strike is expected to bring air transport to an even greater standstill than in the past...

Another warning strike by the Verdi union in Germany. This time it will affect Lufthansa ground staff at five German airports - and not the least. The hubs affected include Frankfurt and Munich, as well as Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg. For Verdi, the proposals put forward by Lufthansa's...

It had been rumoured for some time. It seemed that the European Union's competition authorities were going to temporarily veto the takeover of the Italian carrier ITA by the Lufthansa group. This is indeed the case, after the EU expressed its reservations about a possible reduction in competition and the possibility of...

It's the business travel news of the end of 2023, and perhaps the start of a new era for French SMEs on the eve of 2024: the launch of BusinessToGo in France and the UK was made official at the end of November. It extends the range of possibilities for booking and managing business travel,...

Airlines are positioning themselves more and more clearly on the rise of eVTOL, the electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The latest example is Lufthansa. As announced in early December, the German group will be working with Lilium. This German start-up, based in Munich, was launched in 2015. And its partnership...

Frankfurt International Airport's future Terminal 3 will be open to competition, while Terminals 1 and 2 will be left to the Lufthansa group and its Star Alliance partners: this is the future of the German hub. Terminal 3 will open its doors in the summer of 2026, offering airlines additional capacity of 19...

Officially launched by Airbus in December 2000, the Airbus A380 will have had the shortest life of any of the European aircraft manufacturer's models. Its production will have lasted just 19 years between the manufacture of the first wingboxes in 2002 and the last aircraft delivered to Emirates in 2021. Or even just 14 years, if you...

No more excuses for not replying to an employee's WhatsApp message on a flight from Munich to London... From next January, Lufthansa will be offering its passengers a free messaging service on its European network. This offer also includes sending photos. "Lufthansa will offer unlimited free messaging on its flights...

Lufthansa has often appeared on websites in recent years with passengers complaining about a sharp deterioration in service - particularly in economy class. The German airline has reacted by announcing an upgrade of its in-flight product. However, passengers will have to wait until 2025 to benefit from the new cabin layout on flights...

German carrier Lufthansa will be boosting its services to the United States from its two hubs in Frankfurt and Munich for the 2024 summer season. The carrier will be offering three new routes. From Frankfurt, the airline will launch services to Minneapolis/St Paul and Raleigh-Durham. These two destinations will each be served with five weekly frequencies. The flights...