Posts Tagged ‘Lufthansa’
Mayrhuber Named Lufthansa Chairman After Stormy AGM
Wolfgang Mayrhuber was named chairman of Lufthansa’s supervisory board on Tuesday after a stormy meeting where major shareholders voiced their displeasure with the return of the German airline’s longtime chie...
Lufthansa Grounded By Strike At German Airports
Lufthansa was virtually grounded on Monday, with nearly all of its flights cancelled because of a second strike in a month over workers’ pay. Lufthansa cancelled 1,700 flights, leaving only about 30 operating, afte...
Lufthansa Cancels 1700 Flights On Monday
Lufthansa said it will cancel almost 1700 flights on Monday, mostly on domestic and short-haul European routes, as a result of planned strike action by thousands of workers calling for higher pay. Verdi, representing 33,...
Lufthansa Faces More Strikes As Union Rejects Offer
Lufthansa was threatened with a second round of strikes as the Verdi union, representing thousands of staff at the airline, rejected as “unacceptable” an offer for wage increases from the company. Lufthansa o...
Lufthansa Plane Crosses Atlantic With Tail Damage
Authorities in Germany are investigating how a Lufthansa plane flew across the Atlantic with damage to its rear section without passengers or crew noticing that the tail had hit the ground on take-off. The incident invol...
Lufthansa Considering Long-range Jet Order
Weeks after approving USD$12 billion in aircraft orders, Lufthansa is studying a further purchase of “several dozen” long-distance twin-engined jets as it continues to update its fleet, a senior executive sai...
