Struggling Air Berlin eyes Lufthansa as possible partner
Ailing German airline Air Berlin said Wednesday that it was open to working with Lufthansa, as it struggled to stem heavy losses. The Berlin-based airline booked losses amounting to 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for the last two years, and depends on cash infusions from key shareholder Etihad for survival. «We need to find a […]
Lufthansa"™s flight training school in Phoenix to update its fleet
Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is scheduled to buy 25 new Cirrus SR 20 aircraft for its flight training school in Phoenix, Arizona. The total investment volume will amount to approximately EUR 11.5 million. Since the year 1972, trainee pilots at Lufthansa Aviation Training’s U.S. base have been acquiring their skills in single motor F33A Bonanza […]
Lufthansa cabin staff now with iPad
As of this week, Lufthansa has been providing its 20,000 flight attendants with iPad Minis. The so-called cabin mobile device (CMD) will be provided to the entire cabin crew over the next few weeks. This is a major and "“ above all "“ visible step in the year of digitization at Lufthansa. In the cockpit, […]
Situación de aerolíneas en Venezuela empeora a medida que se profundiza crisis: IATA
Venezuela está reteniendo miles de millones de dólares de las aerolíneas mundiales mientras una cada vez más profunda crisis impide que se realicen conversaciones, dijo el domingo un representante de la industria, un día después de que United Airlines anunció el fin de su servicio diario al país. Peter Cerda, vicepresidente de la Asociación Internacional […]
Lufthansa Group now able to send groups off for travel with just one click
The Lufthansa Group airlines: Austrian, Lufthansa and SWISS, launched their very own integrated group booking tool that is exclusively available to tour operators, consolidators and travel agents. With just one online tool, groups of ten or more people can request any flight combination between the three network airlines and receive an immediate confirmation after booking. […]
Star Alliance, 20 años uniendo 28 aerolíneas alrededor del mundo
Star Alliance cumple 20 años de su fundación. Dos décadas de "conectar personas y cultura" que hoy se celebran con una estrategia enfocada en la tecnología para mejorar la experiencia de viaje de los clientes de la Alianza. Para Jeffrey Goh, CEO de Star Alliance, "las aerolíneas fundadoras tuvieron la visión que la industria aérea […]
Sexy aeromoza causa furor en Alemania tras revelar segundo oficio
Manejar a cientos de pasajeros, controlar el equipaje y mover de un lado a otro decenas de carritos llenos de refrescos y snacks, cansa y mucho, por eso la sexy aeromoza Evi Schwarzfischer, muy conocida en Alemania por aparecer en diversos programas explicando las medidas de seguridad que deben tener sus compañeras de trabajo en […]
SAP conference on board Lufthansa Boeing 747-400
Digitalization flying high: SAP technology conference at 32,000 feet altitude on Lufthansa aircraft. Artificial intelligence and "the future of work" are focus topics. FlyingLab conference occurs on Lufthansa flight to Orlando, USA, to SAPPHIRE NOW, the world"™s largest SAP customer event. "SAPPHIRE NOW" began a day earlier than expected"¦on flight LH464 to Orlando. A FlyingLab […]
Colombia: Lufthansa cumple cincuenta años de operación en el país
A pesar de tener una política conservadora en materia de crecimiento, el aumento de oferta de vuelos internacionales desde Colombia y América Latina no está siendo ajeno para el grupo aeronáutico europeo Lufthansa, que celebró la semana pasada en Colombia los 50 años de su primer vuelo entre Bogotá y Fráncfort. La compañía, que tiene […]
Lufthansa Group with 25 percent more passengers in April
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 11.2 million passengers in April 2017. This shows an increase of 25.1% compared to the previous year"™s month. The available seat kilometers were up 15.8% over the previous year, and at the same time, sales increased by 25.2%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 6.2 percentage […]
