Lufthansa

Lufthansa Group is planning to further expand its long-haul tourist offer from Frankfurt (FRA) at the start of the winter 2021/22 season with the addition of flights to Montego Bay in Jamaica and Varadero in Cuba.

The Star Alliance member’s new Eurowings Discover brand is set to go head-to-head with Condor on two more long-haul leisure routes from Frankfurt.

Munich-headquartered Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) announced two changes to its top management team effective Feb. 1.

For Europe’s airlines, optimism that began in late 2020 over vaccines has not translated into a surge in bookings as hoped.

The LCC says passengers will return once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

The Indian airline will rival Air India and Lufthansa in serving the Delhi-Frankfurt market.

Europe’s largest airline reached another interim deal with its pilot union Dec. 23.

Ground-handling giant Swissport has appointed airline veteran Christoph Mueller as future chairman of the board and interim CEO as of Jan. 1.

Air Dolomiti is adding Aarhus in Denmark to its route map.

German startup Lilium has partnered with Lufthansa Flight Training to develop a pilot sourcing and training program that will support its planned global deployment of regional air mobility services.

Lufthansa Group subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and Eurowings have both announced several changes to their management teams.

Brussels Airlines is being further integrated into parent Lufthansa Group and the Belgian flag-carrier expects to play a more important role in Lufthansa’s hub system.

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Lufthansa announced new CEOs for subsidiaries SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS), Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo on Nov. 18.

Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) will introduce a buy-on-board catering system on all short- and medium-haul flights starting in spring 2021.

Lufthansa Group has named Remco Steenbergen as its new CFO effective Jan. 1, 2021.

Routes looks at Lufthansa's most used departure airports and aircraft in October 2020.

Lufthansa Group subsidiaries Swiss International Airlines (SWISS), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines continue to implement measures to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

Lufthansa anticipates that it can stop burning through cash at some point in 2021, provided demand recovers to at least 50% of 2019 levels in what would be a substantial recovery from current levels of activity.

The German airline says its hub strategy gives it an advantage.

After years of delay, BER welcomed its first scheduled flights on Oct. 31.

Lufthansa Cargo will continue to flexibly manage its freighter fleet of Boeing 777Fs and MD-11Fs in the coming months as belly capacity on passenger long-haul routes is curtailed by fewer flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lufthansa Group is revising further downwards its capacity planning for the 2020 fourth quarter (Q4), now that air transport demand in Europe is contracting further and no substantial re-opening of long-haul flights is in sight.

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The airline’s long-haul flying is curtailed because of COVID-19, with only three US destinations being served.