Lufthansa

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa decided April 7 to make deep cuts to its future fleet, repositioning it to becoming an airline around 20% smaller than before the coronavirus pandemic crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Low demand gives the airport the opportunity to move ahead with upgrade work ahead of schedule.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is in talks with the German government about various forms of financial assistance in the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By Alex Derber
Lufthansa Technik could provide “attractive” collateral for its parent airline group to raise financing to ensure its survival through the coronavirus crisis, Credit Suisse has said.
MRO

By Kurt Hofmann
VIENNA—Lufthansa Group subsidiaries Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and Austrian Airlines have announced wide-ranging survival strategy measures
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group plans to make massive cuts to its over €3 billion ($3.4 billion) in planned investments this year, as the airline prepares for an extended period of no or very little demand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Following increased government travel restrictions and a massive drop in demand related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Brussels Airlines, Latvian flag carrier Air Baltic and Italian regional carrier Air Dolomiti have all decided to temporarily suspend operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Brussels Airlines has stressed that “all its efforts” will go into resuming operations on April 20.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
More international carriers are making sweeping capacity reductions.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford, Tony Osborne
Lufthansa Group has become the latest European airline to apply for state aid in its four home countries to address a nearing liquidity crisis, the airline confirmed Mar. 13.
Airlines & Lessors

Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen European countries in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has applied to temporarily reduce work hours for its 7,000 employees as the airline copes with a dramatic drop in demand because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Airlines & Lessors

By Wesley Charnock
The current crisis means that the relationships we've forged are more important than ever.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group decided Mar. 6 to cut capacity by up to 50% and is considering grounding its fleet of 14 Airbus A380s.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Lufthansa has revealed when it will relocate its operations to the long-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
As COVID-19 coronavirus spreads globally, the number of international departure seats from China is set to drop by more than 5.5 million in March 2020 as airlines across the world continue suspending service.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa will further reduce capacity to contain the financial damage incurred by the continuing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Airlines & Lessors

By Nigel Mayes
This week: Calgary to join Eurowings’ long-haul network; Alitalia to end service to Santiago, Chile; and Frontier Airlines further increases its presence at Ontario International.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa launched a major cost-cutting program to contain the financial damage incurred by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa and United Airlines are seriously considering a plan to jointly acquire TAP Portugal in an effort to protect their position in the Europe-Latin America market and keep Delta Air Lines from investing in another European carrier.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is close to terminating its long-standing cooperation with Condor after LOT Polish Airlines parent Polish Aviation Group (PGL) announced Jan. 24 that it would buy the German leisure airline.
Air Transport

Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have postponed operations to Tehran, effective immediately, until Jan. 20, a spokesperson in Vienna confirmed to Aviation Daily.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A tie-up with Lufthansa could boost Alitalia’s revenues by €100 million ($112 million) a year, an executive from the German group told a hearing of the Italian government’s transport committee Jan. 7, Italian media reported.
Air Transport