The biggest talker in the airline industry has just talked. It's being reported that Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker has expressed interest in an investment in Lufthansa. Al-Baker is quoted as saying yesterday that “if there is an opportunity to invest…
Apparently a major international airline can operate flights to the US for months while violating FAA policies. Lufthansa is facing a $6.428 million civil penalty from the US Federal Aviation Administration for conducting almost 900 flights that were…
To me, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr is one of the least likable people in the airline industry. That brings us to the comments that he made during the IATA Wings of Change conference, which took place in Berlin last week. As reported by Simple Flying,…
Earlier I wrote about the significant changes being made to the Lufthansa Miles & More program as of 2021. On balance the changes aren't that negative, and in particular I'm surprised that the program isn't increasingly geared towards full fare passengers,…
We've seen frequent flyer programs globally make significant changes over the past few years, and it looks like there's no end in sight for this trend. Last week Lufthansa sent a letter to Miles & More members informing them of changes being made to…
Lufthansa flight attendants are going on strike on Thursday and Friday, and the airline has now announced how they'll be handling that. Lufthansa has announced that they'll cancel a total of 1,300 flights of the roughly 6,000Lufthansa Group flights scheduled…
Different "full service" airlines take different approaches to their long haul economy service. For example, Delta has been investing in their international economy experience, and I've heard nothing but good things about the new service. Meanwhile it…
British Airways has been in the news most lately for their industrial action, though a labor dispute is greatly intensifying at Lufthansa as well, with a second strike imminent... sort of. UFO, the union representing Lufthansa flight attendants, has…
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As we all know, nowadays airlines do everything they can to squeeze as many seats as possible onto planes, especially when we're talking about short haul configured aircraft of European airlines. They've been able to make these planes more "efficient"…
When it comes to transatlantic expansion from network carriers I generally find that British Airways is the most creative in the destinations they add. Lufthansa has been trying some routes, though hasn't been nearly as adventurous. Furthermore, many…
Lufthansa Group has just announced some significant transatlantic expansion, which will kick in as of the summer 2020 schedule. This latest development is in addition to the recent announcement of Swiss launching flights between Zurich and Washington.…
It's an interesting time for aviation. In many ways you'd assume it's still "the best of times," as it seems like airlines are mostly doing pretty well. Yes, there's a lot of competition, but globally things are looking fairly good -- the economy is…
Lufthansa's CEO, Carsten Spohr, has made some controversial comments today about the cheap fares charged by some of the carrier's major European ultra low cost rivals. Spohr has said that airlines selling flights for less than 10EUR (~11USD) is "economically,…
Next year Lufthansa will take delivery of their first Boeing 777-9, of which they have 20 on order. These planes are exciting because they'll be the first to feature Lufthansa's all new business class, offering direct aisle access from every seat (though…
The Airbus A321XLR was officially launched early last week, and has been incredibly popular with airlines. Many airlines have even called it a game changer (#KenyaAirways). The airplane has been one of the fastest selling models we've ever seen in the…
For a while transatlantic ultra low cost airlines were all the rage. The sole focus of most of these airlines seemed to be to gain market share, with little regard for actually being profitable. However, with financing for airlines getting tougher to…
Lufthansa will be the launch customer for the Boeing 777-9, as they have 20 of these planes on order. They're expected to take delivery of the first such plane in 2020, so it's not too far away. While the 777-9 in general is a plane I'm looking forward…
A couple of days ago Tiffany flagged how something strange is going on with Lufthansa Miles & More points transfers. Those trying to transfer points from Marriott Bonvoy to Lufthansa have found that the transactions haven't actually gone through, and…
Well, this doesn't look good. For the past week or so we've been hearing about issues with Marriott Bonvoy points getting "stuck" when members have initiated transfers to Lufthansa Miles&More. This isn't entirely unusual, as post-merger many Marriott…
A Lufthansa executive has revealed that the Miles & More program will be moving to a dynamic award pricing model sometime soon. While no timeline has yet been given for the change, Lufthansa's VP of Sales for the Americas says that "certainly that's…
