Lufthansa
Lufthansa says 30,000 jobs at risk over pandemic
The executive board of Europe's largest airline said in a letter to employees that it was now 'harder than ever' to predict how the aviation industry will...
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Lufthansa reports net loss of 2.1 bn euros in first quarter
'Global air traffic has come to a virtual standstill in recent months. This has impacted our quarterly results to an unprecedented extent,' board chairman Carsten Spohr said in a statement.
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Germany stamps authority on Lufthansa with $9.8 billion lifeline
The largest German corporate rescue since the coronavirus crisis struck will see the government get a 20% stake, which could rise to 25% plus one share in the event of a takeover attempt, as it seeks to protect thousands of jobs.
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Lufthansa confirms in talks with Berlin on $10 bn rescue
If agreed, the solution would close weeks of wrangling over Lufthansa between Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU conservatives and their centre-left junior partners the SPD.
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Lufthansa puts 87,000 workers on reduced hours
Among the group's 135,000 employees, cabin crew, ground crew and for the first time ever pilots are all affected by the measure, a spokesman told AFP.
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Lufthansa further slashes flight plan over virus
The group's namesake carrier and subsidiaries Austrian and Swiss will not fly to and from mainland China until 24 April, Lufthansa said in a statement.
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Air France, Emirates maintain Cairo flights after British Air suspension
International Airlines Group’s British Airways suspended flights on Saturday for seven days 'as a security precaution' as it reviews security at Cairo airport.
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Public holiday flight delays raise concerns over technical support
Last Wednesday and Thursday, in particular, passengers saw flights delayed throughout the day.
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Parts of Frankfurt Airport evacuated after security breach
German airline Lufthansa, whose main hub is in Frankfurt, said on Twitter that boarding had been stopped at the A and Z levels of the airport’s Terminal 1.
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Germanwings crash: Investigators find only pilot Lubitz at fault
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew the Germanwings A320 jet into a French mountainside in 2015, killing all 150 people on board.
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Striking Lufthansa pilots ground nearly 900 flights
Pilots staged a four-day strike last week then resumed their protest over pay that dates back to early 2014.
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Lufthansa pilots to go on strike again this week
The strike, the fifteenth since April, is set to disrupt services into Johannesburg and Cape Town.
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Pilots union open to talks with Lufthansa in pay dispute
Lufthansa said all flights would start on schedule on Monday as there had been no further strike call from VC.
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Lufthansa cancels 876 flights due to pilots’ strike
The 876 cancellations, out of roughly 3,000 scheduled flights for the day, will affect around 100,000 passengers.
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Lufthansa eyes cost cuts as bookings hit by attacks
Other European airlines have been knocked by attacks and the Brexit vote and have cut back on growth.
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Lufthansa to cancel 929 flights due to strike
Today’s strike will affect short and long-haul flights under the Lufthansa brand at Frankfurt and Munich.
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Germanwings: New video shows last seconds before crash
The video was found on a mobile phone belonging to one of the passengers killed on the flight.
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Report: Germanwings co-pilot had psychiatric treatment
German tabloid 'Bild' said Andreas Lubitz spent over a year in psychiatric treatment.
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Germanwings crash investigators turn to FBI for help
US law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes says the FBI will help zero in on what was behind the crash.
