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Airlines
European airlines are flying from strength to strength this year with talk of an economic slowdown seemingly just a memory.
Edward Russell | 5 months ago
We take a look at every member of the Star Alliance, the world’s first airline alliance.
Joey Tyson, Skift | 9 months ago
Airline Weekly
Switzerland is good for more than just chocolates and cheese at the Lufthansa Group.
10 months ago
News Blog
Lufthansa has suffered an "IT outage," prompting the German airline group to delay and cancel all its flights. "Currently, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are affected by an IT outage," the company said in a social media post on Wednesday morning. "This is causing flight delays and cancellations. We regret the inconvenience this is…
Matthew Parsons | 11 months ago
Airline operations are in shambles this summer. What happened?
Edward Russell | 2 years ago
The Lufthansa Group plans to return to its pre-pandemic level of flying sooner than expected, CEO Carsten Spohr said Tuesday. "Until now we assumed that we would not fully return to pre-crisis levels before the middle of this decade. But in view of the present strong demand dynamic, this forecast may prove too conservative, and…
Restructuring won't be easy, and the process of paying off its latest debts won't be helped by numbers like the $1 billion hit from fuel hedging contracts. There's a long road ahead for the group.
Ludwig Burger, Reuters | 4 years ago
Coronavirus
The exact reasons for wanting to terminate the content deal aren’t clear, but Lufthansa’s direct-selling drive might have something to do with it.
Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago
This proposed rescue package is one of the biggest yet in the aviation sector, but with the call for help spread out across four countries and Ryanair's Michael O'Leary threatening to sue some governments over this kind of aid, it's far from a done deal.
Klaus Lauer, Patricia Uhlig and Arno Schuetze, Reuters | 4 years ago
Meetings
So far, these flying meetings are mostly exclusive, invite-only affairs, where sought-after execs network with one another while trapped on a plane.
Isaac Carey, Skift | 4 years ago
