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NewsSpohr confident ITA Airways can be profitable in 2025
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr believes ITA Airways can be profitable in 2025 if it can secure regulatory approval this year for its acquisition of a minority stake in the Italian carrier.
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Airline BusinessLufthansa returns to growth ambitions with ITA deal
Lufthansa Group has agreed on options to potentially acquire the remainder of ITA Airways after striking a deal today to purchase 41% of the Italian carrier.
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NewsLufthansa seals deal for stake in ITA Airways
Lufthansa has reached agreement to acquire a minority stake in ITA Airways under a plan which envisages the Italian carrier boosting revenues from €2.5 billion this year to €4.1 billion in 2027.
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NewsItaly set to unveil agreement with Lufthansa for ITA stake
Italian government talks with Lufthansa over the latter acquiring stake in national airline ITA Airways appear to have come to fruition amid widespread reports that a deal could be announced on 25 May.
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NewsLufthansa Group to buy four ex-LATAM Airlines A350-900s
Lufthansa Group will purchase four ex-LATAM Airlines Airbus A350-900s and add them its fleet this year.
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PodcastAirline Business Podcast: Q1 earnings, Ryanair order, Go First woes, Joyce's Qantas legacy
Graham and Lewis discuss how European and North American carriers performed during the recent earnings season, which saw a degree of ‘normalisation’ and plenty of positivity about the summer
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Airline BusinessHow strong is the corporate air travel recovery?
As airline quarterly earnings ‘normalise’ in the Covid-19 recovery, many large European and US carriers are beginning to quantify how strongly – or not – corporate travel is coming back.
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NewsEU court annuls Lufthansa and SAS state aid approvals after Ryanair complaints
The European General Court has annulled the European Commission’s approval of state aid provided to Lufthansa and SAS during the Covid-19 crisis.
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NewsThird of Swiss A220s grounded as Lufthansa boss lists supply constraints
One-third of Swiss’ Airbus A220 fleet is currently grounded amid supply-side challenges that will be a “major driver” of the industry in the coming years, according to Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr.
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NewsLufthansa predicts ‘summer travel boom’ after loss-making Q1
Lufthansa Group says it is on track to exceed its pre-Covid financial performance in the second quarter of the year, despite capacity still being significantly down on 2019 levels, amid strong post-Covid demand for travel.
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NewsLufthansa expects first A350-1000 deliveries in 2026: CEO
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr says the first of the airline’s new Airbus A350-1000s will arrive in the fleet in 2026.
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NewsLufthansa to start Munich-Bangalore flights, adds A380 to Bangkok and LA routes
Lufthansa is to begin services this winter to Bangalore in India, part of an expansion of its operations from Munich which will also see it deploy its returned Airbus A380s on flights to Bangkok and Los Angeles from the German city.
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NewsLufthansa test-flies crucial atmospheric probe for climate-research A350
Lufthansa Group has flight-tested a measurement probe system which is crucial to the adaptation of one of the operator’s Airbus A350-900s to a climate-research aircraft. The German flag-carrier disclosed two years ago that it would modify the twinjet (D-AIXJ) to serve as a flight laboratory. It says it aims to ...
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Airline BusinessAirlines should prioritise storytelling, not statements, on sustainability
United Airlines is setting a strong example with its latest sustainability campaign, which notably avoids broad-brush statements, writes airline marketing specialist Shashank Nigam
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NewsLufthansa agrees sale of remaining catering business
Lufthansa has agreed to sell its remaining catering business LSG Group to private equity firm Aurelius, a deal it hopes to complete in the third quarter.
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NewsCommercial chief to become new Lufthansa Cargo boss
Lufthansa Cargo’s chief commercial officer will be promoted to chief executive following the departure of Dorothea von Boxberg to Brussels Airlines.
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Airline BusinessWhy Lufthansa chief likens Europe’s airlines to German cars, Swiss watches and French handbags
The Airlines for Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit on 29 March saw the chief executives of Europe’s biggest airlines make familiar pleas to the European Commission for action on topics such as sustainable aviation fuel, EU261 and air traffic management.
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NewsITA Airways board backs business plan
ITA Airways appears to have taken a further step towards securing a deal with would-be investor Lufthansa after the Italian carrier’s board approved a business plan “shared” with the German airline group.
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NewsLufthansa CEO positive on ITA deal but says price must reflect €486 million loss
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr is confident a deal can be reached on taking an ITA Airways stake before an exclusivity period ends, but says the latter’s valuation must reflect its newly announced full-year loss.
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News‘Time for excuses is over’ on European airspace reform: airline chiefs
The chief executives of Europe’s largest airlines have renewed calls for Europe’s airspace to be reformed, including through a new approach to financing air traffic management (ATM) services.