Wiesbaden has a new flying ambassador. The fifth Boeing 787-9 in the Lufthansa fleet, with the registration D-ABPB, was named today at Frankfurt Airport by Hesse's Prime Minister Boris Rhein in the name of the state capital. Since 22 May it has been in service to destinations in Canada and the US...

Deutsche Lufthansa AG reached an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, MEF) to acquire a minority stake in the Italian national carrier ITA Airways (Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.). Lufthansa will obtain a 41 percent stake in ITA for EU...

Fraport has assumed responsibility for the organization, management, and performance of the security checkpoints at Frankfurt Airport (FRA). The German Federal Police, who were previously tasked with these responsibilities, will continue to hold statutory oversight and supervision roles, as well...

Carsten Spohr, CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said: "The Lufthansa Group achieved a very strong result in the third quarter with an operating profit of over one billion euros, thus demonstrating its regained profitability. "All business segments, passenger airlines as well as logistics and MRO, c...

In its climate protection package, "Fit for 55," the European Commission proposes three measures for aviation: introducing a kerosene tax, tightening emissions trading (ETS), and introducing an increasing blending mandate for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). By 2050, aviation is to be CO2-neutra...

German government divided over form of Lufthansa rescue deal. Lufthansa is seeking state aid from Germany, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, has admitted it would be likely to rid itself of up to 100 aircraft with the aim of concentrating on operating fewer planes. Unions representing Lufthansa emp...

The name of Lufthansa’s first Airbus A321neo is “Aachen”. Armin Laschet, Minister-President of the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia and a native of Aachen, signed the naming certificate of the Airbus A321neo at Düsseldorf’s airport together with Carsten Spohr, CEO of Deutsche Lu...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Lufthansa Group chief executive officer Carsten Spohr has assumed his duties as chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term. This became effective from the conclusion of the 75th IATA Annual General Meeting i...

Lufthansa Group has reported adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in 2018 of €2.83 billion – a four per cent fall on the prior year figure of €2.96 billion while total revenues came in at €35.8 billion - six per cent more than 2017 (€35.5 billion). This annual result came ...