Frank Naeve Appointed Vice President of Sales, The Americas, Lufthansa Group

Effective May 1st 2019, Frank Naeve will become Vice President of Sales, The Americas, Lufthansa Group. Based at the company’s U.S. headquarters in East Meadow, New York, he will be responsible for the Group’s passenger airline organization in North and South America, spearheading sales in what is the Lufthansa Group’s most important international region outside […]

Air Dolomiti CEO outlines fleet expansion plans

Air Dolomiti, a Lufthansa Group subsidiary, is gearing up for further growth as the Italy-based carrier prepares to expand its fleet from 12 to 17 regional aircraft over the next two years and possibly to 26 by 2024. President and CEO Jörg Eberhart discussed his plans for the airline with ATW Jan. 9 during an […]

SWISS names Goudarzi Pour new CCO

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) named Tamur Goudarzi Pour as the carrier’s new CCO, effective January 2019. He will also assume groupwide responsibility for revenue management and distribution. Goudarzi Pour, currently head of Lufthansa Group airline sales-the Americas, succeeds CCO Markus Binkert. Binkert will move to Lufthansa’s second major hub in Munich […]

Lufthansa Group joins ALTA’s associated airlines group

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that its group of member airlines continues to expand and strengthen with the arrival of the Lufthansa Group: an aviation group with operations throughout the world and strong relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. Companies from the Lufthansa Group are long-standing members of ALTA: […]

Lufthansa Group se une al grupo de aerolíneas asociadas de ALTA

La Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Transporte Aéreo (ALTA) anunció que el grupo de aerolíneas miembro de la asociación se continúa ampliando y robusteciendo con la llegada de Lufthansa Group: un grupo de aviación con operaciones en todo el mundo y fuertes relaciones con Latinoamérica y El Caribe. Empresas del Grupo Lufthansa son miembros […]

Lufthansa Group welcomes nearly 10 million passengers on board in March 2017

Increase of around 14% more passengers than the previous year Seat load factor of 77.2% is a 0.8-percentage-point improvement from March 2016 Pricing environment (excluding currency) developed slightly positive in March The airlines of the Lufthansa Group transported some9.6 million passengers in March, 14% more than the same period last year, although the popular Easter […]