LUFTHANSA NEWS

Sichuan Airlines signs with Lufthansa Technik for AVIATAR and for engine maintenance services

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 11^th 2021 |

Sichuan Airlines has chosen Lufthansa Technik for digital fleet solutions through its plateform AVIATAR with a 5-yea...

United Airlines enters Lufthansa Technik's Aviatar platform

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jan 28^th 2021 |

Lufthansa Technik announces that United Airlines has decided to join its Aviatar platform. The airline signed a contract for digital support through Aviatar for its Bo...

Bombardier has taken full ownership of its Berlin service center

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jan 14^th 2021 |

Bombardier is fully gaining a foothold in the maintenance of its business jets at the heart of the EU. The Canadian aircraft manufacturer has just finalized the acquis...

Lufthansa and Vereinigung Cockpit agree on pilots’ contributions until 31 March 2022

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jan 7^th 2021 |

Agreement reached on crisis measures and job security until 31 March 2022 for 5,000 Lufthansa pilotsStructural cost r...

EME Aero completed its first regular customer engine shop visits

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 19^th 2020 |

EME Aero (Engine Maintenance Europe) has announced that it has completed a first series of shop visits on Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines (A320neo familly). Since ...

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Management change at three Lufthansa Group airlines

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Nov 19^th 2020 |

Dieter Vranckx to become new CEO of SWISS International Air LinesPeter Gerber becomes new CEO of Brussels Airlines and represents the political interests of the Group ...

Remco Steenbergen appointed as new Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa AG

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Nov 16^th 2020 |

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appointed Remco Steenbergen as a new member of the company’s Exe...

Lufthansa braces for a "hard and challenging" winter

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 5^th 2020 |

German flag carrier Lufthansa on Thursday posted a third quarter net loss of 2.0 billion euros as it prepares for a "hard and challenging" winter amid lockdowns to cu...

Lufthansa loses 1.26 billion euros in third quarter

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 22^nd 2020 |

German airline Lufthansa on Tuesday reported a loss of 1.26 billion euros ($1.49 billion) in the third quarter of 2020 as it struggles to bounce back from crippling c...

Shareholders back bailout to rescue Lufthansa

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Jun 26^th 2020 |

Lufthansa shareholders on Thursday overwhelmingly backed a nine billion euro ($10 billion) bailout by the German government, saving Europe's largest airline group from bankruptcy after the coronavirus crushed travel ...

Lufthansa reports net loss of 2.1 bn euros in Q1

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jun 3^rd 2020 |

German airline giant Lufthansa said Wednesday it will undergo "far-reaching" restructuring as it posted a first-quarter net loss of 2.1 billion euros ($2.3 billion) on Wednesday, hammered by the coronavirus pandemic...

Berlin announces temporary part-nationalisation for Lufthansa

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, May 25^th 2020 |

Berlin will climb aboard airline giant Lufthansa as its largest shareholder in a nine-billion-euro ($9.8 billion) rescue if investors and competition authorities agree...

Lufthansa-owned Brussels Airlines to slash workforce

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 13^th 2020 |

Belgium's biggest carrier Brussels Airlines, hammered by the collapse in travel due to the coronavirus, said Tuesday it plans to slash 1,000 jobs -- a quarter of its ...

Lufthansa to resume some European services in June

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, May 11^th 2020 |

German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it will fly twice as many aircraft in June as in recent weeks and return to some European destinations, but the flight plan...

First Airbus A380 to be converted as "Preighter" by Lufthansa Technik

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 7^th 2020 |

The need for auxiliary freighters continues to increase. Lufthansa Technik, the MRO subsidiary of Lufthansa Group has announced that it has been awarded a technical su...