Lufthansa

Carsten Spohr, the CEO of the Lufthansa Group, is in no mood for modest triumph. The Lufthansa Group is well on course to record one of its best financial years ever. According to estimates, the Lufthansa Group now expects to achieve an adjusted operating profit (EBIT) of more than CHF 2.6 billion in 2023....

The deal had been brewing for some time. All that remained to be seen was who would conclude the sale with the Lufthansa group. At the end of 2021, AirPlus CEO Oliver Wagner told Voyages d'Affaires: "I am certain and completely confident that Carsten Spohr and the entire Lufthansa management...

On 25 May, Lufthansa reached an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance to acquire a minority stake in Italy's ITA Airways. Following a capital increase of 325 million euros, Lufthansa will have a 41 % stake in ITA. As part of the agreement, the Ministry is also committed to...

Simplifying the airport passenger experience using biometric technology. This is what Berlin airport is testing with its new facial recognition application BER Traveller. The airport authority is working in partnership with the Lufthansa group and biometric service provider FastID. The three companies have just launched a test phase. During this period, the service...

Lufthansa will be launching new Airbus A380 destinations from Munich next winter. From 5 October, the airline will once again operate daily services to Los Angeles with the giant aircraft. This will be followed on 28 October by the entry into service of an Airbus A380 to Bangkok. The aircraft will increase the number of seats available by almost...

There was already Lufthansa, and there was also Eurowings. And now a third German airline, a subsidiary of the group, is taking shape at Munich airport: City Airlines. The project, launched in May 2022, includes 40 Airbus A319 aircraft for this airline, which will operate point-to-point services from the capital...

The Lufthansa group is looking for renewal. Following in the footsteps of its eponymous airline, which recently presented the Allegris project, it is now Swiss's turn to adorn itself in new finery. The Swiss Senses collection was unveiled at the beginning of March. Aimed at the long-haul network, it will cover three classes of travel: the...

Lufthansa is preparing a revolution in its Premium offer. The German airline has just given more details about its new Allegris product, in particular its suites. Lufthansa is enhancing its first class offer with "Suite Plus". It consists of a separate double cabin with floor-to-ceiling walls, a lockable door and a...

At the end of last year, Lufthansa promised that the terrible conditions of the summer of 2022, with its stream of delays, airport congestion, queues at security checks and lost luggage, would not be repeated in 2023. Not a chance. The German group has decided to anticipate possible problems...

The Lufthansa Group is further expanding the opportunities for more sustainable travel with the launch of a green fare. The group claims to be the first airline in the world to offer a new fare that includes more climate-friendly flights. As of February 15, passengers travelling with...

A black day for Lufthansa and Frankfurt airport. The German carrier and its hub were severely disrupted on Wednesday by a computer breakdown. This led to the suspension of most landings and the cancellation of many flights. In order to avoid any speculation linked to the geopolitical context, the two players involved quickly...

A rather favourable year. This is how the management of Munich airport sees the results for the hub in 2022. The Bavarian capital's airport, the second largest hub for German airline Lufthansa, has seen its traffic jump by 153.2%. That's 19 million more passengers between 2021 and...

With a simplified Miles & More programme, all Lufthansa Group airlines will offer their passengers a more comprehensible and transparent points system for obtaining and retaining Frequent Traveller, Senator and HON Circle status. The changes are due to take effect when passengers book flights from January 1, 2024. A new...

Lufthansa will continue to densify its network in summer 2023 by adding seven destinations in Europe from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs. In total, the German airline will offer more than 205 destinations worldwide, almost as many as before the coronavirus pandemic. With 5,200 weekly frequencies, the number of routes from...

Both the major hotel groups and the main airlines can be delighted with the results presented for the third quarter of the year. The period was buoyed by leisure customers, and in particular the welcome upturn in long-haul travel, but also by a traditionally busy September for business travellers. The Accor group explains...

Allegris: that's the name given to this little revolution for business travellers on the Lufthansa network. The German airline has just unveiled what will soon be the new decor for their long-haul business trips. And this applies whether they are travelling in premium or economy class. The planned makeover...

Lufthansa is once again pounding its fists on the issue of services to Munich airport. The German hub, the country's second busiest with 12.5 million passengers in 2021 (47.9 million in 2019), has a mediocre rail network. A handful of bus routes and two S-Bahn (suburban railway) lines link...

Updated on 6/09 at 5pm. After a strike which saw Lufthansa cancel more than 800 flights from Frankfurt and Munich last weekend, the German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit called a new strike, this time for Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 September. The...

No fewer than 800 flights were cancelled on Friday by Lufthansa, whose operations are paralysed by a strike initiated by the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' union. In other words, almost all of the airline's operations to and from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs have ground to a halt. A total of 130,000...

This Wednesday 27 July, the 24-hour warning strike by the Verdi union is totally disrupting air traffic to and from Germany for Lufthansa. According to information from the two airports in Frankfurt and Munich, almost all the German carrier's flights will be cancelled on 27 July. So, on departure from Paris...