Deutsche Lufthansa AG has reached an agreement on wages with cabin crew, ending months of intensive negotiations that had been disrupted by crippling strikes at Europe’s largest airline group. In particular, Lufthansa and the UFO union, which represents 19,000 cabin crew members of the German airline, including flight attendants, have agreed on a wage increase, […]
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EU antitrust regulators warned that Lufthansa’s intention to buy a minority stake in ITA Airways could harm competition and raise prices, intensifying pressure on the German airline to present remedies in the coming weeks. The Commission announced in January that it would fully investigate Lufthansa’s plan to buy a 41% stake in state-owned ITA from […]
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A new round of strike action at Lufthansa is expected to lead to the cancellation of a total of 1,000 flights today (Tuesday, 12 March) and tomorrow (Wednesday, 13 March) at Frankfurt and Munich airports, the German carrier has announced. Amid strike action over airline cabin crew wage negotiations, starting this morning, 600 flights are […]
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–Strike actions at Lufthansa is escalating, with ground staff going on strike from 4am today, Tuesday 20 February, until 7:10am on Wednesday 21 February, resulting in 80-90% of the German airline’s flights being cancelled. The powerful trade union Verdi, which represents around 25,000 ground workers at Lufthansa companies and is currently negotiating a new collective […]
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The easing of travel restrictions across Europe is giving Lufthansa a noticeable surge in booking demand for the Easter vacation. Last week was the most successful booking week in for the airline in the last two years, with a four-fold increase in new bookings compared to the same week in 2021. To meet the high […]
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Jens Ritter, currently a Member of the Executive Board and COO of Eurowings, will become the new CEO of Lufthansa Airlines on 1 April 2022 and will succeed Klaus Froese. Klaus Froese is handing over his post after more than six years on the Executive Board of Lufthansa Airlines, most recently as CEO. Going forward, he […]
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Those who are already thinking about next year’s vacation can now book a dream vacation from over 160 destinations from Frankfurt and Munich. Whether the choice is to the Canary Islands or to exotic far off destinations, the Lufthansa Airlines flight schedule has a lot to offer. That’s because the 2022 summer flight schedule, offers […]
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A high demand for flights to leisure destinations continues into the upcoming autumn holidays. After August, October shows the highest increase in bookings to sunny, European destinations. As a result, Lufthansa is expanding its flight program to popular sunny destinations even further. The most important European vacation destinations will now be served with more than […]
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Lufthansa is taking extraordinary measures in order to respond to a significant increase in booking demand for flights to Palma de Mallorca from both Frankfurt and Munich. The booking figures for the destination “PMI” have increased 25 times between April and the beginning of June 2021: The airline will be operating a Boeing 747-8 from […]
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In many parts of the world, more and more people are being vaccinated. The number of infections is falling as travel restrictions are being lifted in many countries. German entry rules were also adjusted just a few days ago. For example, quarantine rules no longer apply to people who can present a negative Corona test […]
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