| //10-05-2010 Lufthansa is boosting services from Edinburgh this summer with the introduction of a new
service to Düsseldorf and the reinstatement of a second daily service to Frankfurt
The new six times a week service (daily except Saturday) to Düsseldorf will start on 26th
April offering up to 70 seats in a two class configuration. Meanwhile, Lufthansa has also
confirmed the reintroduction of the teatime service from Edinburgh to Frankfurt.
Announcing the boost to the Edinburgh services, Marianne Sammann, Lufthansa General
Manager UK and Ireland, said “This reaffirms Lufthansa’s commitment to our customers in
Scotland and our belief that the recent economic issues that have particularly affected
business travel are starting to subside. |
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| //08-05-2010 It’s time to fly! Customers can now book flights on a Lufthansa A380 and will soon be able to
experience the airline’s new flagship at first hand. Bookings for the intercontinental routes on
which the world’s largest passenger aircraft will be operated are now being taken. The A380
will commence scheduled flights on 11 June on the Frankfurt-Tokyo route, replacing the
current Boeing 747-400 service. The first Airbus A380 to be delivered to Lufthansa will depart
from Frankfurt – initially on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays – for Tokyo’s Narita International
Airport. The aircraft, bearing the name “Frankfurt am Main” will operate under flight number
LH 710. The return flight to Frankfurt (LH 711) is scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays. Once Lufthansa takes delivery of its second A380, the service will then operate
daily starting 4 August as planned. |
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| //10-11-2009 "There is no better way to fly."
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is one of the worlds leading airlines. As an aviation group, the company carries more than 56 million passengers in the Passage business segment.
The companys customer base is being continuously reinforced above all in the European home market and with the focus on the Business Customers segment.
Lufthansa offers you a direct approach to this target group along the entire travel chain, with customized and unusual advertising media.
Use the Lufthansa brand as an efficient medium for your advertising message. |
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| //18-09-2009 Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines are expanding their codesharing services on long-haul routes to Africa. From now on, Lufthansa passengers will have a choice of four additional destinations and seven new connections from Brussels. Brussels Airlines flights from Brussels to Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Banjul (Gambia), Bujumbura (Burundi), Douala und Yaunde (both Cameroon), Nairobi (Kenya) and Monrovia (Liberia) can also be booked via Lufthansa with a Lufthansa flight number. Moreover, Lufthansa passengers can fly to Douala and Yaunde on a codeshare basis with SWISS and to Nairobi with Swiss or Ethiopian Airlines. |
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| //17-09-2009 Stephan Gemkow, member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Lufthansa Cargo AG, Lufthansa Technik AG, LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG and Lufthansa Systems AG, respectively. more... |
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| //22-07-2009 Lufthansa and Brussels are now offering codeshare flights on selected long-haul routes as part of their agreement to expand their cooperation and open up their networks to each other's passengers. The first jointly operated long-haul services are Brussels Airlines flights from Brussels to Entebbe, Uganda and the new Lufthansa connection from Frankfurt to Libreville, Gabon. Flights on both theses routes can be booked with immediate effect under the partner's flight number. Lufthansa passengers can thus fly to Entebbe via Brussels under a Lufthansa flight number. Lufthansa does not operate its own flights to this destination in Uganda. Likewise, Brussels Airlines passengers can fly to Libreville, the capital of Gabon, from Brussels via Frankfurt. |
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| //11-02-2009 The European Commission on Wednesday launched an investigation into plans by German air carrier Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) to buy ailing Austrian Airlines (AUAV.VI). |
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 | //17-12-2008 A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGP performing flight LH612 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Baku (Azerbaijan) with 211 people on board and further on to Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), was on approach to Baku, when the airplane entered a holding, then continued on to Ashgabat without landing in Baku. |
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 | //13-12-2008 CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Thursday that it is not in serious talks with Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. about potential cooperation over British Midland Airways Ltd., or bmi, in which the German airline is in the process of buying a majority stake. |
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 | //05-12-2008 FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) continued its acquisition spree Friday when the Austrian government sold its 42% stake in struggling Austrian Airlines (AUA.VI) to the German carrier, paving the way for a full takeover. |
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| //29-11-2008 Lufthansa is establishing a new Italian airline, which will begin flights in the new year.
Based in Milan, Lufthansa Italia is due to take-off for Barcelona and Paris using A319 aircraft on 2 February .
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| //26-10-2008 Prize for passenger and baggage logistics at Frankfurt Airport
23.10.08 Prestigious accolade for Fraport and Lufthansa: At a gala presentation ceremony at the 25th German Logistics Congress in Berlin, the two system partners were jointly presented yesterday with the 2008 German Logistics Award |
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 | //03-10-2008 ROME: Lobbying by Italian unions and politicians appears to be tipping the scales toward Lufthansa and hobbling Air France-KLM in the battle for a slice of Alitalia, which narrowly escaped liquidation last week. |
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| //17-09-2008 SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 -- Lufthansa German Airways late yesterday announced the purchase of 45 percent of Brussels Airlines, Belgium's national carrier, for 65 million and said it planned to acquire the remaining 55 percent in 2011. |
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| //11-08-2008 In an effort to remain competitive, Ethiopian Airlines has signed code share flight agreements with Lufthansa, the German airline to further strengthen its position in the European Union (EU) markets. |
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| //31-07-2008 The biggest German airline, Lufthansa, has cancelled long-distance flights for the first time since cabin crews and ground personnel walked out on strike earlier this week, a spokeswoman said.
Lufthansa plans to cancel 78 flights in all today, including four to Calcutta, Calgary, Chicago and New York.
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| //27-07-2008 Deutsche Lufthansa AG's operations at Frankfurt and Hamburg face disruption today as employees at Europe's second-biggest airline begin a walkout over pay, a union official said.
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| //25-07-2008 Four new European destinations have been added to the flight schedule from Seoul between January 2006 and this year's first half -- Madrid, Munich, Vienna, and Helsinki. |
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