LUFTHANSA NEWS

Lufthansa hopeful on deal for German state aid

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, May 4^th 2020 |

Europe's biggest airline group Lufthansa said Sunday it was close to a deal with the German government on state aid to ease the impact of the coronavirus crisis.The group, which warns it is bleeding cash and might ha...

Lufthansa says Bern to offer 1.2 bn-euro state-backed loan to Swiss subsidiaries

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 30^th 2020 |

German airline giant Lufthansa said Wednesday that Bern had agreed to offer state-backed loans of around 1.2 billion...

Lufthansa seeks state aid to secure 'solvency'

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Fri, Apr 24^th 2020 |

German airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday the group was in "intensive negotiations with the governments of its home countries... to sustainably secure the group's solvency", as it reported a 1.2-billion-euro opera...

Lufthansa Technik develops STCs for Pax-to-Cargo quick conversions

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 23^rd 2020 |

This is a subject that occupies many DOAs around the world today. Lufthansa Technik has just announced that it is working hard to obtain Supplemental Type Certificates...

Lufthansa needs state aid to survive: CEO

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 9^th 2020 |

Lufthansa is losing a million euros ($1.1 million) per hour as the coronavirus pandemic paralyses travel, CEO Carsten Spohr said, warning that the German airline giant would need state aid to survive.In a video messa...

Lufthansa to cut fleet size, close Germanwings as virus hits

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Apr 9^th 2020 |

German airline group Lufthansa on Tuesday said it was shutting down its low-cost Germanwings unit and getting rid of dozens of planes to survive the impact of the cor...

Lufthansa Technik also joins forces with Safran for MRO on Airbus A380 landing gear

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Mar 11^th 2020 |

Lufthansa Technik wants to become the reference MRO company for servicing A380 landing gear. On 4th March, the compan...

Lufthansa to cancel 23,000 flights in April over virus

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Mar 11^th 2020 |

German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it would cancel 23,000 flights across the group, a 50-percent reduction, as it tries to deal with the fallout from the coronavi...

Lufthansa says to slash 50% of flight capacity over virus

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Mar 9^th 2020 |

German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it would slash capacity by half in the coming weeks, as the group battles "drastic declines in bookings and numerous flight...

A320neo: Lufthansa Technik signs up with Collins Aerospace to work on its nacelles

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 27^th 2020 |

Collins Aerospace and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) have signed a licence agreement to maintain Pratt & Whitney's PW1100G-J...

Lufthansa says to freeze hiring, cut costs over coronavirus

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 27^th 2020 |

German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it would freeze new hires and use unpaid leave and additional short-time work to cut costs to help cushion the economic impact...

Airbus A350: first Trent XWB engine serviced and delivered back by N3

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jan 16^th 2020 |

N3 Engine Overhaul Services, the joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Lufthansa Technik which specialises in servicing the British engine manufacturer's Trent family,...

LEAP-1A: Lufthansa Technik has its first customer

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Dec 12^th 2019 |

Sweden's Nova Airlines AB (Novair) has signed an exclusive, long-term maintenance contract with Lufthansa Technik to service its CFM International LEAP-1A engines. The first engines are expected by the German compa...

SWISS CFO Michael Niggemann appointed to the Lufthansa Group Executive Board

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 5^th 2019 |

Michael Niggemann, Chief Financial Officer of SWISS, has been appointed to the Executive Board of the Lufthansa Group, on which he will succeed Bettina Volkens as Chie...

Lufthansa realigns Executive Board

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Dec 5^th 2019 |

- Christina Foerster and Michael Niggemann join Executive Board- Addition of new board-level position “Customer & Corporate Responsibility”- Thorsten Dirks to assume new responsibility as Chief...