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Airline Weekly
Supply chain issues at big planemakers Airbus and Boeing aren't going away anytime soon. Airfare sticker shock is here to stay for a while.
1 year ago
Blended travel isn't the only thing that Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr is looking forward to. Limits on adding back flights and strong travel demand are boosting the bottom line.
News Blog
The Lufthansa Group cannot catch a break. Pilots at its budget subsidiary, Eurowings, will go on strike Thursday unless a last minute deal on wages can be reached. Pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit said Tuesday that wage negotiations had "failed" and called for a one-day strike on October 6. The move came after 10 rounds of…
Edward Russell | 2 years ago
The Lufthansa Group and Ryanair have signed significant new sustainable aviation fuel agreements ahead of an expected EU mandate aimed at boosting demand for the fuels. Both airlines will take sustainable aviation fuel supplies from Austrian-based OMV beginning in 2023. Lufthansa has signed for 211 million gallons (800,000 metric tonnes) over seven years through 2030,…
Lufthansa sees schedules to remaining constrained through the fall as airlines recover from their bad summer. That means higher fares for travelers, but also profits for some carriers.
2 years ago
Swiss International Air Lines is the latest to fall victim to the operational disarray European airlines find themselves in this summer. The Zurich-based Lufthansa Group carrier will cancel roughly 2 percent of its schedule in August, September, and October in order to minimize disruptions, Swiss said Tuesday. That represents 676 flights over the three month…
Airlines
Europe is taking the lead on sustainable aviation fuel that many see as key to cutting airline carbon emissions. The EU has until the end of the year to come to an agreement over the amount and what kind of these fuels to mandate.
Those flight cancellations won't be Austria's last for awhile — not unless its aviation industry quickly solves its staffing shortage problem, a global issue that is wreaking havoc on flight schedules.
Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Zuzanna Szymanska, Reuters | 2 years ago
European airlines remain bullish on summer travel even with a war on the continent. But that's not to say risks don't exist, particularly the closer to the conflict that an airline flies.
Business Travel
Travelport is certainly firming up a lot of the themes alluded to in its rebranding. And it's good timing, as the travel tech giant's reincarnation may well coincide with the business travel sector's delayed recovery.
Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago
