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Lufthansa sees earnings boost from strong summer travel

FRANKFURT: German airline group Deutsche Lufthansa said it expected strong demand for holiday travel this summer to...

Published 03 May, 2023 11:33am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa launches hiring drive as recovery gathers pace

FRANKFURT: Lufthansa on Monday launched a drive to hire 20,000 employees, as the German airline giant recovers...

Published 28 Nov, 2022 05:48am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa to raise salaries for German cabin crew

FRANKFURT: Lufthansa said Tuesday it had agreed a pay rise for 19,000 cabin crew members in Germany to help...

Published 02 Nov, 2022 04:37am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa says ‘left pandemic behind’, books healthy profit

FRANKFURT: German airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday it had “left the pandemic behind” as it reported a robust...

Published 27 Oct, 2022 12:03pm

World

Lufthansa pilots stage strike in wage dispute

BERLIN: Pilots at Lufthansa walked out on Friday, forcing the German airline to cancel hundreds of flights and leave...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 10:57am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa pilots vote for industrial action over pay

BERLIN: Pilots at German flagship carrier Lufthansa voted on Sunday by a margin of 97.6% in favour of industrial...

Published 01 Aug, 2022 05:54am

World

Lufthansa strike causes travel turmoil in Germany

FRANKFURT: Lufthansa passengers faced massive travel disruption Wednesday as a strike led the German airline group ...

Published 28 Jul, 2022 04:41am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa expects positive quarter despite airport chaos

FRANKFURT: German national carrier Lufthansa said Friday it would record its best quarter since the start of the...

Published 18 Jul, 2022 06:22am

Business & Finance

Fraport looks to reduce flights at Frankfurt airport

FRANKFURT: Frankfurt airport operator Fraport said Friday it would seek to cut the number of flights from the...

Published 16 Jul, 2022 04:20am

World

Lufthansa cancels another 2,000 summer flights

FRANKFURT: German national carrier Lufthansa said Wednesday it was scrapping another 2,000 flights this summer...

Published 14 Jul, 2022 05:00am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa expects flight operations to return to normal in 2023

BERLIN: Lufthansa does not expect its global airline operations to return to normal until 2023 after staff shortages...

Published 25 Jun, 2022 09:55am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa axes 3,000 flights over staff shortages

BERLIN: German national carrier Lufthansa said Thursday it was cancelling more than 3,000 flights during the summer...

Published 24 Jun, 2022 07:18am

Markets

Lufthansa aims for 20% stake in ITA Airways

FRANKFURT: Germany’s Lufthansa wants to acquire a 20% stake in state-owned Italian airline ITA Airways, the...

Published 24 May, 2022 07:45pm

Business & Finance

Lufthansa says fuel costs offset post-COVID travel boom in Q1

FRANKFURT: Germany’s flag carrier Lufthansa reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday as rising...

Published 05 May, 2022 12:55pm

Business & Finance

Lufthansa CEO says optimistic about offer for ITA

BERLIN: Lufthansa is optimistic about the success of its potential bid for a stake in Italy’s ITA Airways led by...

Published 04 Apr, 2022 03:12pm

Business & Finance

Delta, Air France-KLM eye majority stake in ITA airways

MILAN: Delta Airlines, Air France-KLM, with the backing of an international fund, have presented an expression of...

Published 10 Mar, 2022 12:27pm

World

Neutral Switzerland's economy shaken by sanctions on Russia

ZURICH: Switzerland's newly adopted tough stance on Russia has forced the Swiss economy to readjust to sanctions,...

Published 05 Mar, 2022 09:45am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa narrows losses in 2021; uncertainties abound in 2022

BERLIN: Germany's Lufthansa, which narrowed its losses in 2021 but remained in the red, said it could not provide a...

Published 03 Mar, 2022 11:18am

World

Germany asks citizens to leave Ukraine 'urgently'

MUNICH: Germany's foreign ministry said Saturday that German citizens were "urgently requested to leave (Ukraine)...

Published 19 Feb, 2022 09:10pm

Business & Finance

Lufthansa says it will respond to German cartel office over Condor

BERLIN: Lufthansa said on Tuesday it would respond to a decision by Germany's cartel office that charter airline...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 03:56pm

World

Over 7,000 flights scrapped as Omicron hits weekend travel

NEW YORK: More than 7,000 flights have been canceled worldwide over the Christmas weekend and thousands more ...

Published 27 Dec, 2021 06:45am

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Omicron wave forces Lufthansa to axe 33,000 flights

FRANKFURT: German national carrier Lufthansa will cut its winter flight plan by “around 10 percent” as the ...

Updated 24 Dec, 2021 10:26am

Business & Finance

Germany's Lufthansa raises $1.7 billion in corporate bond sale

Germany's Lufthansa said on Tuesday it raised 1.5 billion euros ($1.73 billion) in a corporate bond sale, its third...

Updated 09 Nov, 2021 11:57pm

Business & Finance

Lufthansa jumps back to profit as travel restrictions ease

BERLIN: Germany's Lufthansa posted a return to operating profit in the third quarter on Wednesday for the first time...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 11:11am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa pays off another $1.7 billion in bailout cash

BERLIN: Lufthansa said Monday it had paid back in advance 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) of state aid obtained ...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 12:40pm

Business & Finance

World's beautiful, Airbus says as air industry sets out green goals

The European company, which last year announced plans to develop a hydrogen-powered airplane from 2035

Published 23 Sep, 2021 10:34am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa launches $2.5bn capital increase to repay state bailout

FRANKFURT: Lufthansa said on Sunday it would launch a capital increase that was expected to raise 2.14 billion euros...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa plans more flights to woo business travellers

BERLIN: German airline Lufthansa aims to win back business travellers by increasing the number of flights and...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 06:33am

Business & Finance

Lufthansa narrows quarterly loss, returns to positive cash flow

Lufthansa also confirmed its target to reach 40% capacity level for the entire year 2021, with the operating loss significantly below last year's nearly 5.5 billion euros

Published 05 Aug, 2021 12:09pm

World

Russia approves Air France, Lufthansa routes avoiding Belarus

PARIS/BERLIN: Air France and Lufthansa have received approval from Russia for flight routes to the country that ...

Published 30 May, 2021 03:51am