Posts Tagged ‘Lufthansa’

Lufthansa Cabin Crew Delay Strike Decision

  Lufthansa cabin crew will decide next week whether to strike over pay, a move that could cause widespread flight disruption at Germany’s leading airline. The UFO union, which represents more than 10,000 flight atte...


Lufthansa Union Threatens Strike Action

  Lufthansa flight attendants may strike if the German flag-carrier fails to make an improved wage offer next week, a union said. UFO, which represents more than 12,000 flight attendants and pursers in Germany, said on Wed...



Lufthansa Must Generate More Cash

  Lufthansa management has told staff in an internal letter that the German flag carrier needs to do more to boost its cash flow, and pledged massive investments to offer more perks to passengers. “High passenger num...


Margin-Hunting Airlines May Shed Catering Units

  A plastic tray, a hard bread roll and cellophane-wrapped cutlery: airline food can be a joyless culinary experience for economy class flyers, and some carriers may now be about to shed their catering units to focus on th...



Lufthansa May Seek Damages For A380 Cracks

  Lufthansa said it may yet demand compensation from Airbus for wing-component cracks on the A380 superjumbo, while denying a report that it had already done so. “We are of course in talks with Airbus over the whole ...


Lufthansa Conducts Inaugural Flight of World’s First Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Passenger Aircraft from Frankfurt to Washington, D.C.

Lufthansa, launch customer for the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental, initiated commercial service of the new Jumbo jet along the inaugural route of Frankfurt (FRA) to Washington, D.C.’s Dulles International Airpo...