Tag: Airlines
CEO Michael O’Leary puts pressure on Viktor Orban’s special tax
Budapest When Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary makes an appearance, you’re never quite sure whether to find it refreshingly different or just embarrassing. The marketing of the low-cost airline is a…
Lufthansa Technik: Lufthansa strengthens the Technik subsidiary
Engine work at Lufthansa Technik The technology subsidiary of Lufthansa wants to completely digitize the maintenance of aircraft. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The Lufthansa management apparently wants to expand the subsidiary…
Now it’s time to keep your fingers crossed for Lufthansa
ITA-Jet prepares to land in Los Angeles If the Italian airline is to be in the black soon, the Lufthansa management must take a very close look at the route…
Globalization is dead, long live globalization!
Good morning dear readers, Who would have thought that the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos would one day become a symbol of the good old days? The…
Lufthansa share: price increases – offer for ITA takeover has been submitted
Frankfurt The planned takeover of the Italian airline ITA by Lufthansa is nearing completion. “Today the company submitted a corresponding offer in the form of a declaration of intent to…
Lufthansa has reached its goal with ITA: a binding offer has been made
Frankfurt The planned takeover of the Italian airline ITA by Lufthansa is nearing completion. “Today the company submitted a corresponding offer in the form of a declaration of intent to…
Points instead of miles – frequent flyers will have to pay attention to this from 2024
Lufthansa frequent flyer card Europe’s largest airline group is changing its customer loyalty program starting next year. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt From next year, frequent flyers will have to adapt to…
Why the super jumbo is now making a comeback
Parked Lufthansa A380 Lufthansa intends to put four A380s back into service by October. According to unconfirmed rumors, there could be more later. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Anyone flying from Munich…
Due to computer failure: USA cancels all domestic flights
Washington airport A disruption affects air traffic in the USA on Wednesday. (Photo: dpa) new York After a temporary ban on all US domestic flights, the first planes are taking…
All flights in USA must be grounded
Washington airport A disruption affects air traffic in the USA on Wednesday. (Photo: dpa) new York Because an important air traffic control information system was not working on Wednesday, many…
Disruption in air traffic after failure of an important computer system
United Airlines plane (archive image) Air traffic in the USA is affected. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf, Washington Air traffic in the USA is disrupted: The US aviation authority FAA has stopped…
Berlin can hardly escape the pressure of the allies
Good morning dear readers, The events remind him a little of the US film comedy “Groundhog Day”, says Handelsblatt aviation reporter Jens Koenen: For days Italian newspapers have been reporting…
Will Lufthansa finally take over ITA?
Good morning dear readers, The events remind him a little of the US film comedy “Groundhog Day”, says Handelsblatt aviation reporter Jens Koenen: For days Italian newspapers have been reporting…
ITA Airways acquisition imminent
An ITA Airways jet lands in Eindhoven The successor company to the insolvent Alitalia could soon belong to the Lufthansa Group. (Photo: NurPhoto/Getty Images) Frankfurt It’s a bit reminiscent of…
The fat years in air freight are over
Frankfurt Air freight traditionally also benefits from the boost in the Christmas business. Companies stock warehouses and shelves with goods and parts that often have to be brought in by…
A dangerous monopoly is looming in aviation
The goal is ambitious, so ambitious that some aviation experts consider it an illusion. By 2035, Airbus aims to have a hydrogen-powered aircraft on the market. The European aviation group…
Klaus-Michael Kühne: Strategist 2022
Klaus Michael Kuehne The entrepreneur is the majority owner of the logistics service provider Kühne + Nagel International AG as well as holdings in Hapag-Lloyd AG, Lufthansa AG and HSV…
Airlines are back on track to make profits
Frankfurt It is a new experience for aviation. While the first sectors are feeling a reluctance to buy because of the high inflation, business is going brilliantly in the sky.…
Delayed and canceled flights: 60 percent more airline complaints
Dusseldorf Airport Thousands of flights had to be canceled this summer, mainly due to staff shortages at airports and airlines. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Canceled flights cause the number of complaints…
Return of the Concorde is a long way off
New York, Frankfurt The dream of supersonic flight is over. At least that’s what Scott Hamilton says. The founder of the renowned specialist information service Leeham has analyzed the aviation…