Lufthansa

From 30 March, the new Allegris cabin layout on Lufthansa's long-haul routes will be available on more routes. From mid-April, Lufthansa will offer its new seat on departure from Munich to San Diego and New York (Newark), complementing the Allegris offer already available on Bangalore, Chicago and San Francisco....

Travellers on the Lufthansa network will soon benefit from enhanced connectivity. At the end of January, the German group announced its ambition for the long-haul network: to offer unlimited in-flight messaging from this summer. The service will include sending photos, and will apply to all classes of travel. According to Heiko Reitz, Chief Customer...

It's a done deal! The Lufthansa group has finalised its acquisition of the Italian airline ITA by officially taking a 41% stake in its capital. The German group's stake in the Italian carrier could rise to 49% by 2029. The transaction became effective after the European Commission gave the green light to the...

Condor is one of the major German airlines specialising in flights to holiday destinations. Founded in 1955 with Lufthansa holding 26%, the airline has its main base at Frankfurt airport. It offers a wide range of flights to the Caribbean. But also to Africa, North America, Asia...

Lufthansa's new 'Allegris' seat in business and first class is definitely misnamed. It could be renamed "Difficultis", since it seems to be so unlucky! Delayed for several years - it was planned for 2017 - the Allegris seat was only presented to the public at the...

The Lufthansa group has begun to unveil its 2025 summer season. This is the first announcement of new destinations. However, the type of aircraft and frequencies have not yet been announced. However, 17 new routes have been confirmed for five of the group's airlines (Lufthansa, Discover Airlines, Austrian Airlines,...

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,...