Lufthansa Ready at Home in Germany for Long Battle With Low-Cost Rivals


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Lufthansa had it pretty easy in its home market for a long time, but sustained low-cost competition has come at a bad time. It will be hoping a revamped Eurowings is enough to see off EasyJet and Ryanair.

Lufthansa Group is preparing for a sustained battle with low-cost competitors Ryanair and EasyJet in its home market of Germany. The collapse of Air Berlin in 2017 allowed other airlines to plant a flag on Lufthansa’s home turf and with that has come more planes and lower prices making it harder for the once-dominant legacy carrier. Lufthansa though is braced for a fight. “When it comes to distribution and how do we fight off Ryanair and EasyJet, we are expecting that we will indeed have a very tough price competitive situation with these carriers for the rest of the year and maybe a