August 9, 2020 6:00 am ET
May 26, 2020 2:11 pm ET -
Lufthansa Group Announces Government Support for Financial Aid
German-based Lufthansa Group announced that the German government had approved a large financial stabilization package for the airline group in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total package will equate to about 9 billion euros ($9.8 billion) for the operating…
May 17, 2020 3:18 pm ET -
Austrian Airlines Announces Fifth Service Resumption Delay
Austrian Airlines announced on Friday that it will resume operating flights on June 7, nearly three months after grounding its fleet in mid-March delaying its resumption of service five times. The move comes in response to the Austrian government's announcement…
February 25, 2020 2:16 pm ET -
Lufthansa and United Alleged to Partner for TAP Air Portugal…
American serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman is close to selling his share of Atlantic Gateway, the holding controller of Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air Portugal, to the Lufthansa Group, Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negocios reported on Sunday. Neeleman controls 50…
January 9, 2020 8:18 pm ET -
Lufthansa Cancels, Reinstates, Then Reroutes Tehran Flight
Following the historic Iran nuclear deal, airlines around the world flocked to restart service to the nation’s capital. As the U.S. reimposed sanctions on Iran in late 2018, airlines such as British Airways, Air France and Alitalia pulled their Tehran…
August 4, 2019 12:00 am ET -
SWISS Adds New Service to Washington Dulles and Osaka in…
Lufthansa Group’s SWISS will add new flights to Washington, D.C. and Osaka, Japan beginning in March 2020. These two destinations will be added to SWISS’ long-haul network which already sees service to seven U.S. cities and one other destination in…