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Lufthansa’s second approach at low-cost, long-haul will have new brand – Runway Girl Network
Apparently Lufthansa will never learn. After realizing it had overextended the whole Eurowings frankenairline, it said it would pull back and stop flying long-haul. If you thought that meant Lufthansa was rationalizing, …
Last week, I mentioned how the good people at Hahn Air asked me to be the first passenger to fly on a reservation ticketed via blockchain. Unfortunately, this turned into a giant mess. I suppose I could try to blame KLM for the delay or my children for passing …
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The Evolution of Basic Economy – an Update – VisualApproach.io
You might be surprised to learn that airlines have started using Basic Economy in different ways since it started. This article looks at some examples of what’s been going on on both the micro and macro …
Eurowings, Lufthansa’s lowish-cost group of airlines, is, to be polite, a mess. The cobbled-together jumble of airlines has resulted in losses — expected to be 4 to 6 percent this year — despite promises that profitability was imminent. This is a surprise to nobody, as detailed in previous posts. …
Thomas Cook is one of the most storied names in European travel, but it has not been doing well financially. Now the company is looking to sell off its airlines to prop up the rest of the group, and Lufthansa is one of the interested bidders. Could an acquisition be …
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Exclusive Interview: Lufthansa Explains Its New Livery, Why Yellow Was Dropped (+Photos) – Airways
Though the commenters on this article trashed the piece for not really getting answers, I found it fascinating to hear the designer’s take on why Lufthansa ended up with the new livery …
When I first saw the announcement that United and its joint venture partners Lufthansa Group and Air Canada were rolling out Transatlantic fares without the first bag free, I glossed over the communication thinking it was just an extension of Basic Economy (BE) into a new market. I was wrong. …
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Heritage meets the future. Lufthansa presents a new brand design. – Lufthansa Group Newsroom
The new Lufthansa livery is out and it’s… well, it’s fine. Basically, the tail just changed to a dark blue with the crane logo now in white. That’s it. There are other …
Airline consolidation in Europe has gone very differently from how it’s gone here in the US. Unlike the true mergers we have here, Europeans have instead delicately thrown together several different airlines under one larger umbrella. The differences can likely be attributed to the fact that those dotted lines on …
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The ongoing saga of Berlin’s unfinished airport – CNN Travel
I’ve been watching with disbelief as the normally-efficient Germans find themselves completely incapable of opening the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport. I mean, it’s been years since the airport nearly opened, but now, it’s likely to be …
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For the First Time, Allegiant Air Learns What It’s Like to Configure a New Airplane – Skift
This is a great story from Brian Sumers about how Allegiant had to learn how to outfit an aircraft. The airline has always chosen used aircraft, but now it …
In a TV-worthy press conference of a scale not seen since… well, since Trump’s reality show Supreme Court nominee reveal the evening before, Etihad and Lufthansa announced that they’re increasing cooperation. That increase, however, is a whole lot less than what had been rumored. For now.
For years, Etihad …
