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China, Germany Sign Deal for 30 Airbus A330 Aircraft

China and Germany signed a deal on Thursday for purchase of 30 Airbus A330 aircraft. The deal for 30 A330s, valued at about EUR17 billion at list prices, was announced during during a meeting in Beijing between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel's VIP jet touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) on Thursday mornin...

Lufthansa Express launches at key German hubs

All the road, rail and helicopter services that Lufthansa UK passengers can take advantage of when using Frankfurt and Munich airports are to be operated under a single Lufthansa Express brand name. Be it with high-speed ICE trains, modern long-distance buses, limousines or helicopter services, Lufthansa and its various transport partners offer customers a wide range of travel options to or fro...

Lufthansa Hopes to Advance Air China Deal During Merkel Trip

Germany's Lufthansa aims to make progress on a joint venture deal with Air China, in the making for more than a year, during Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to China this week. Karl Ulrich Garnadt, head of the German airline's passenger business, will accompany Merkel on the trip, which will include meetings with Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping, a Lufthansa spokesman sa...

Lufthansa Stops Oman Operations, Airline Officials Confirm

Lufthansa officials have confirmed that the airline has stopped its operations in Muscat from October 25. Last Saturday, Times of Oman had reported that Lufthansa had ended its 35-year-long Muscat operations. However, in the news story, it was incorrectly reported that that passengers from Oman will be served by Swiss Air. According to the airline, passengers from Oman will be served...

Eurowings Europe is looking for flight attendants

Austria-based Eurowings Europe, which is part of the new Eurowings, published job postings for flight attendants with and without work experience. From the start of flight operations in Vienna in March 2016, the company will initially have a need for the recruitment of approximately 18 new flight attendants and six experienced flight attendants per month. Eurowings Europe offers attractive care...

Incident: Lufthansa B748 Near Frankfurt on Oct 24. 2015, Hydraulic Leak

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-800, registration D-ABYN performing flight LH-754 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Bangalore (India), was climbing out of Frankfurt when the crew stopped the climb at FL230, descended the aircraft to FL200, dumped fuel and returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25C about 90 minutes after departure. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail...

Lufthansa ‘pods’ at Frankfurt and Munich airports let parents record bedtime story for their kids

Stories are an important part of childhood. Not only do children learn language or lessons about how the world works, but storytelling also forms a strong bond between parents and their kids. Reading rituals are important, but working parents who travel a lot have to miss out sometimes. What if they could tell bedtime stories even though they have to catch a plane? That’s the premise behi...

Lufthansa’s Airbus A380 refurb shows the airline’s direction

Five years after receiving its first Airbus A380 aircraft, Lufthansa has completed refitting its entire fleet with fully flat business class seats, premium economy and inflight connectivity. During a summertime tour of D-AIMN in Lufthansa Technik’s Frankfurt hangar, RGN took a fine-toothed comb to the passenger experience improvements (and what could be considered a few&n...

Lufthansa Adds New Flights from Munich to Denver

The direct flights to the Rocky Mountains will be operated alongside the airline’s existing program of flights from Frankfurt From summer 2016 onwards, Lufthansa passengers can make the most of an expanded program of flights to North America, with Lufthansa introducing new non-stop flights from Munich to Denver on 11th May 2016. The connection has been allocated flight number LH 480 and w...

Lufthansa offers cabin personnel continued top remuneration and top pension provision

• Pension provision: cabin staff who choose to fly longer to receive significantly higher pensions (or substantial lump-sum payment) • One-off EUR 20 million payment by Lufthansa into company pension fund for cabin personnel • All 19,000-odd cabin personnel of Lufthansa German Airlines to remain entitled to transitional pension provisions • Remuneration offer: one-off...

Fraport expands electric vehicle fleet at Frankfurt Airport

10 new passenger cars and a new prototype container-transporter join the Frankfurt Airport company’s growing e-fleet Airport operator Fraport AG continues to expand its fleet of electric-powered vehicles at the company’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base with the addition of 10 more electric cars, as well as a prototype container-transport vehicle to be used in ground handling&...

Bell Helicopter seals deal with AMGH for 8 bell 206-4S

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced the sale of eight Bell 206L-4s to Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH). AMGH is one of the largest independent providers of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in the world, and the aircraft will be configured for HEMS missions and operated by Air Evac Lifeteam, an AMGH subsidiary. Deliveries are scheduled to begin next year. The contr...

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