Lufthansa has just welcomed the world’s first passenger version of the Boeing 747-8 into its fleet. To mark the occasion, it has released a special multi-media edition of the Lufthansa Magazin iPad app dedicated to the Queen of the Skies.

Peter Gerber to take over newly created human resources and infrastructure services division on the Airlines Board, effective 1 June

The new Queen of the Skies has arrived in Frankfurt. Today Lufthansa became the first airline in the world to take delivery of a Boeing 747-8. After the handover at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington, the new “Jumbo” with the registration D-ABYA performed a touch and go at Hamburg Airport, where Lufthansa Technik is...

From today, passengers can book flights on Lufthansa’s first Boeing 747-8, which has just been delivered from Seattle.

New addition to Lufthansa route network / Service will be operated from Munich

Stephan Gemkow (52), Member of the Executive Board and CFO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since 1 June 2006, has asked the Supervisory Board to terminate his tenure prematurely to allow him to pursue individual career opportunities. The Steering Committee has proposed that the Supervisory Board agree to the early termination of Mr. Gemkow’s position on...

Exactly 12 years and nine days after the groundbreaking ceremony for Munich Airport’s Terminal 2, the expansion project for that facility officially began today.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa) has completed the sale of British Midland Ltd. (bmi) to International Airlines Group (IAG). The completion of the sale took place after close of business on 19 April 2012. The gross purchase price amounts to GBP 172.5 million (approx. EUR 207 million). As price adjustments have been agreed as part of...

The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled today that the night-flight regulation defined in the planning approval notice cannot be sustained. This means that the ban on night flights from Frankfurt will remain in force until further notice. Lufthansa fears severe long-term adverse affects for Frankfurt’s position as an aviation centre. Christoph Franz, Chairman of...

Deutsche Lufthansa AG upped its revenue by 8.6 per cent to EUR 28.7bn in the 2011 financial year and posted an operating profit of EUR 820m.

The new Lufthansa Business Class seat boasts a horizontal sleeping surface measuring 1.98 metres in length. At the press of a button, it converts into a comfortable bed.

Leisure travellers can now not only book Lufthansa flights online but also put together a complete holiday at www.lufthansaholidays.com.

Lufthansa is officially unveiling its new advertising campaign at the ITB in Berlin. The new claim – “Nonstop you” – aptly sums up the airline’s pledge to its customers. On the one hand, “Nonstop you” describes Lufthansa’s recognised leading role in the business travel segment, which is underpinned by a dense route network, comfortable lounges,...

After an interval of three years, Lufthansa will once again be represented with its own stand at the ITB international tourism fair in Berlin. At its newly designed stand in Hall 25, the airline will present its current business and leisure travel offerings as well as its new ground and inflight products to trade visitors...

Lufthansa Cargo boosted tonnage to an all-time high last year. Germany’s biggest cargo airline carried around 1.9 million tonnes of freight and mail in 2011, an increase of five percent on the year-earlier level. The airline raised capacity over the twelve months by 8.6 per cent. The increase is chiefly attributable to the integration, since...

From the beginning of this year, all airlines are required to hold emission rights in the form of CO2 certificates for flights to and from Europe. In 2012, 82 per cent of the necessary certificates will be awarded to airlines free of charge. Airlines will have to purchase another 15 per cent of the certificates,...

Lufthansa Systems today announced that CoolJets, its first game app, is now available for purchase on Apple’s App Store.

Lufthansa Cargo is offering customers the industry’s first-ever tracking app for smartphones.

Lufthansa Cargo has underlined the need for individual cargo flights at night-time.

Lufthansa continues to expand successfully and will soon also start offering long-haul
flights to Asia from Düsseldorf.

Star Alliance was voted Best Airline Alliance at the Business Traveller Awards

Star Alliance has selected B/E Aerospace as its development partner for the Star Alliance long-haul economy seat programme.

The Star Alliance FareFinder app is now also available for Android, enabling users of more than 500 different mobile devices to access fare information for the 27 member airline alliance.

Lufthansa broke through the 100.000th fan mark, adding the platforms Lufthansa Weibo (40.000 fans) and RenRen (60.000 fans) together.

For scheduled services from Munich to New York in December

Lufthansa Systems today announced the opening of a new data center in Welwyn, near London. The company is thus continuing to expand its data center capacity while strengthening its distinctive infrastructure expertise. The decision to choose a site in Western Europe is part of the growth strategy for the IT service provider. “Here, we will...

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has recommended to the Supervisory Board of Austrian Airlines AG the appointment of Jaan Albrecht as new Chairman and CEO of the Austrian carrier. Together with Executive Board members, Dr. Peter Malanik and Dr. Andreas Bierwirth, Jaan Albrecht is to continue the efforts to reinstate Austrian Airlines firmly...

One of Lufthansa’s Airbus A380s is now the proud bearer for the first time of the name of “Wien“. The naming ceremony, attended by 250 invited guests, was held at Vienna Airport shortly after the mega-jetliner’s early-morning arrival in the Austrian capital. Vienna Airport is the central hub of Austrian Airlines, which is based there...

Swiss International Air Lines intends to further strengthen its positioning and its profile as the airline of Switzerland over the coming years. While maintaining a keen focus on such key business competencies as cost management and flexibility, SWISS will be striving to further intensify its collaborations within the Lufthansa Group, and will be putting a...

There is a possibility of an air traffic controllers strike in Germany on Thursday August 4 between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Customers travelling on the Star Alliance network now have access to all Alliance related travel information through their iPhone. The new Navigator app delivers up to the minute information about flights and enables passengers to make informed travel choices. The new app includes among toher features a real time flight status updates with departure and...

Deutsche Lufthansa AG has posted an operating profit of three million euros for the first six months of 2011. The figure is 174 million euros above the previous year’s figure. The Group was thus able to record a positive operating result despite the result being burdened by losses in the lower triple-digit millions as a...

Climate research project supports the creation of a worldwide measurement infrastructure

The ultimate in comfort over an area of more than 1,800 sq. metres / First Senator Lounge with spa facilities / Lufthansa Lounges now with free Internet access

In a festive ceremony at OR Tambo International Airport, the A380 D-AIME was named Johannesburg by councillor Parks Tau, the executive mayor of the city of Johannesburg. Tau, assisted by Captain Jürgen Raps and Kay Kratky – member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board responsible for the airline’s Frankfurt and flight operations division – unveiled...

Come 28 June, Lufthansa will be offering a free mobile application (app) for all iPad users – with numerous functionalities and services centred on flying with Lufthansa. Individual functions have been tailored to iPad specifics, giving iPad users a totally new experience. The central feature of the iPad app is an interactive world map for...

On Monday, June 20, Lufthansa flight LH411 from New York to Munich aborted its takeoff after another plane approached the runway that had been cleared for LH411’s takeoff.  Officially referred to as a takeoff halt, this standard operating procedure is frequently practiced by Lufthansa’s pilots in the training simulator. At no point was the safety...

Reduced-rate flights to cities hosting the event / Tickets to be won to the World Pride 2012 in London including overnight hotel stays

Top Swiss chef Roland Schmid is the Lufthansa Star Chef in July and August

The performance figures for the passenger business were severely distorted in April by the effects of the ash cloud in the previous year, but in May sales continued to develop at a similar level (+6.9%) to the first quarter and the pricing environment remained stable.

Research activities to be pooled and the introduction of renewable energy sources promoted. Leading German research institutes, companies in the aviation sector and biofuel producers founded the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany (AIREG) on 8 June in Berlin. The founding ceremony was attended by German Transport Minister Dr. Peter Ramsauer. AIREG sees itself...

ANA, Japan’s largest airline, and Lufthansa are announcing that they are launching a strategic joint venture with each other on Japan-Europe routes

Lufthansa and the German Football Association (DFB) are to remain partners and are extending their cooperation.

Lufthansa Systems on May 16 presented NetLine/Hub, the world’s first fully integrated hub management solution for airlines. This comprehensive IT system, which handles the most important transfer and turnaround processes at hubs, was unveiled at the AGIFORS Airline Operations conference in London. By improving flight connections and accelerating the recovery of operations in case of...

Lufthansa is simplifying its free baggage allowance policy and adopting the piece concept on all its flights. The new rules apply to all tickets purchased on or after 1 June 2011. This concept has been successfully implemented a while ago on many of the airline’s long-haul flights on North Atlantic routes, particularly. In future, passengers...

Europe’s largest television event takes to the skies as Lufthansa starts operating its specially decorated Boeing 737-500 in the Eurovision Song Contest look between Düsseldorf and Europe’s metropolises.

The Lufthansa Group closed the first quarter of 2011 with a revenue of EUR 6.4bn (previous year: EUR 5.8bn) and an improvement of EUR 103m in the operating result to EUR -227m.

Prospects are good for Lufthansa shareholders with the Lufthansa Group posting a net profit of around 1.1 billion euros and an operating result of 876 million euros for the last year – more than any other European aviation group. Lufthansa Group Chairman and CEO Christoph Franz presented the good result to shareholders on May 2...

The fuselage is white, the tailfin is blue. But the logo at the tail and the lettering on the fuselage have still to appear.

Cargo Airline of the Year Award 2011 goes to Lufthansa subsidiary