Posts Tagged ‘Lufthansa’
Lufthansa Orders 59 Boeing, Airbus Aircraft
Lufthansa announced its largest ever order for 59 Airbus and Boeing wide-body jets in a deal worth EUR€14 billion (USD$19 billion) at list prices that will see it launch a new version of Boeing’s 777 jet. The dea...
Lufthansa Signals Major Wide-Body Jet Order
Lufthansa signalled its second major aircraft order in six months on Wednesday, saying its supervisory board had backed a long-haul fleet plan that industry watchers expect to benefit Airbus and Boeing. The German airlin...
Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz To Leave
Christoph Franz, Lufthansa’s chief executive, is leaving the airline, German newspaper Die Welt reported. Die Welt, citing sources familiar with the situation, said Franz was in talks with the airline’s super...
Austrian Air Staff Move To Tyrolean Not Legal
Lufthansa’s 2012 transfer of thousands of staff from its Austrian Airlines unit to the cheaper Tyrolean Airways division was not legal, a Vienna court ruled on Monday. Austrian Airlines said in a statement it would...
Lufthansa To Place USD$10 Bln Jet Order Soon
Lufthansa’s board of directors and supervisory board are expected to approve in mid-September an order for about 50 wide-body jets worth more than USD$10 billion at list prices, according to two people familiar with the m...
Lufthansa Relaunches Germanwings
Lufthansa launched its re-branded budget carrier Germanwings on Monday in an attempt to cut costs and win back passengers from no-frills rivals. Germanwings, which is taking over most of Lufthansa’s short-haul flig...
