Travel News

Lufthansa staff see wage hikes up to 19% following strike action

Germany's Lufthansa and labour union Verdi have settled on pay increases of up to €498 per month.

10 August 2022

Travel News

More than 1,000 Lufthansa flights cancelled as staff go on strike

Passengers have been stranded at Germany's busiest airports as strikes add to the ongoing travel chaos in Europe.

27 July 2022

Travel News

Lufthansa apologises for flight cancellations with surprising letter

Aviation giant Lufthansa has taken a different approach to many other airlines after cancelling flights.

28 June 2022

Travel News

Urgent warning to Lufthansa passengers with booked flights

Lufthansa’s own low-cost carrier, Eurowings, is also announcing "several hundred fewer flights" in July.

24 June 2022

France

France closes manslaughter investigation into Germanwings plane crash

All 150 passengers and crew were killed when the co-pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft into the French Alps.

9 March 2022

Climate

What are ‘ghost flights’ and why are they fuelling the climate crisis?

Lufthansa airline has revealed it is making 18,000 unnecessary flights this winter, simply to keep its airport slots under EU rules.

6 January 2022

Mobility

Lufthansa joins calls for the EU to set green jet fuel targets

The German carrier joined environmental activists in calling for the bloc to encourage more uptake of green fuel produced by hydrogen.

1 July 2021

Germany

First fully carbon-neutral cargo flight set to take to the skies

Lufthansa Cargo's Boeing 777F's will only use Sustainable Aviation Fuel on its flight to Shanghai.

28 November 2020

World News

Airlines urge joint US-EU COVID-19 testing programme for travellers

Airlines wrote a letter to US Vice President Mike Pence and EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson requesting a joint testing programme.

22 July 2020

Germany

Lufhansa's bailout: Majority shareholder gives green light

It came before Lufthansa's shareholder annual meeting on Thursday. The German government is planning to take 20% of the company to save it from the coronavirus crisis.

25 June 2020

Germany

Lufthansa €9 billion bailout decision expected 'shortly', says Merkel

The German government would take up a significant stake in the group threatened by the coronavirus crisis.

21 May 2020

Kosovo

Kosovo-Serbia flights to restart after two decades

There have been no commercial flights between Kosovo and Serbia in 21 years and it takes over five hours overland from Belgrade to Pristina.

21 January 2020

Germany

Eurowings cancels more than 170 flights due to 3-day strike

The cancellations mostly affect flights within Germany from airports that include Cologne-Bonn, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf.

27 December 2019

Economy

Thousands stranded as striking workers ground flights in France and Germany

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in France and Germany. Air France workers plan four more walkouts this month

10 April 2018

Economy

Lufthansa buys out parts of insolvent Air Berlin

Lufthansa has cherry-picked parts of bankrupt Air Berlin to benefit its budget carrier Eurowings.

12 October 2017

Brazil

1977 hijacked plane to be restored in Germany

A German plane notorious for being hijacked in 1977 is being dismantled in Brazil in preparation for it's journey home.

14 September 2017

Germany

Air Berlin files for insolvency as Etihad cuts funding

Lufthansa waits in wings to plunder most profitable parts of stricken carrier

15 August 2017

Business Series

Lufthansa profit forecast boosts shares

Lufthansa says it expects profits to fall only slightly in 2017 despite lower fares and a rising fuel bill. Analysts were predicting a sharp decline.

16 March 2017

Germany

More turbulence for Lufthansa

The German flag carrier says an estimated 1,706 flights will be cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday due to a long-running pay dispute between management and pilots.

29 November 2016

Germany

Lufthansa cancels 1,700 flights as two day pilots' strike looms

Making the most of Monday’s flights from Frankfurt, passengers with Lufthansa are facing fresh misery on Tuesday and Wednesday with more strikes announced by the airline’s…

28 November 2016