Lufthansa

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Lufthansa Group plans to ask shareholders to vote on new elections to the supervisory board including the CEO of Canadian airline WestJet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The EC said it had decided to close its interim measures antitrust proceedings against Lufthansa regarding Condor’s access to Frankfurt airport feed traffic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Lufthansa Group is weighing potential investments in both TAP Air Portugal and Spanish leisure carrier Air Europa.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Increased charges include a rise Germany’s aviation tax, additional air traffic control charges and additional costs related to sustainability efforts.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Lufthansa Group head of EU liaison office Ruben Schuster said added costs from the ReFuelEU regulation inadvertently benefits non-EU airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary is confident the Irish ULCC will remain the largest airline in Italy, despite Lufthansa Group’s takeover of ITA Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus deliveries were off to a slow start in January after the manufacturer had pushed out as many aircraft as possible to customers in December 2024.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Kurt Hofmann
The CEO of SunExpress says the European leisure carrier will seek to boost ACMI to counter seasonal capacity challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa Aviation Training CEO Matthias Spohr sees increasing demand for pilot training within the Lufthansa Group and in growth areas like Asia and Africa.
Maintenance & Training

By Kurt Hofmann
AirBaltic and SUA Líneas Aéreas signed a strategic partnership, where the Latvian carrier plans to wet-lease up to five Airbus A220-300s to Latin America.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa vows to spend more than €200 million ($208 million) to make its operations in the upcoming summer timetable more stable.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Eurowings will receive 40 Boeing 737-8s to replace its fleet of Airbus A319s and older A320s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa Group has officially purchased a 41% stake in ITA with its capital infusion of €325 million, making the Italian carrier its fifth network airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Condor is making changes to its long- and short-haul network as uncertainty over the future of its special prorate agreement with Lufthansa continues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The order is part of an investigation into potential restriction of competition on transatlantic routes by Lufthansa Group airlines, United and Air Canada JV.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Some carriers, such as Wizz Air and Lufthansa Group, are confirming their return to Tel Aviv following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The long-expected closing regarding Lufthansa Group’s takeover of ITA Airways is now expected for Jan. 16.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
This week, we review the 2024 CO2 emissions of Delta, Emirates and Lufthansa, but unlike usual, this analysis focuses on total emissions rather than CO2 per ASK
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Alan Dron
The U.S. DOT has penalized two foreign airlines for operating in regions subject to FAA prohibitions while carrying U.S. airline designators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa ordered five additional Airbus A350-1000s Dec. 20 in a move set to accelerate the renewal of its aging long-haul fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
The program will be the first integration of such an infrared countermeasure system on an A350, Lufthansa Technik said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Lufthansa is calling on the EC to suspend the “radically unequal” EU-Qatar air transport agreement, in light of “serious corruption allegations.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
2024 was full of challenges and milestones for airline consolidation efforts around the world.
Airlines & Lessors