113,000 passengers grounded as Lufthansa crew expands strike
The strike, now in its third day, is expected to last a week.
Nov 09, 2015, 20:55 PM IST
Lufthansa cancels 290 flights due to cabin staff strike
German airline Lufthansa said it will cancel 290 flights on Friday, the first day of a planned week of walkouts by cabin staff in a long-running dispute over cost-saving measures.
Nov 07, 2015, 02:21 AM IST
Russian airline rules out 'technical fault', blames crash on 'external' factor
The Russian airline Kogalymavia blamed "external activity" for its plane crash on Saturday in Egypt's Sinai peninsula in which all 224 people on board were killed.
Nov 02, 2015, 16:58 PM IST
140,000 Lufthansa passengers grounded by pilots' strike
German airline Lufthansa Wednesday said 140,000 passenger were grounded and 1,000 flights cancelled as a two-day strike by pilots entered its second day.
Sep 09, 2015, 19:50 PM IST
German court orders Lufthansa pilots to halt strike
A German court of appeal ordered pilots at the Lufthansa airline to halt their strike on Wednesday, ruling it was illegal, overturning a judgement from a lower court the day before.
Sep 09, 2015, 17:12 PM IST
Lufthansa hits back as striking pilots threaten more action
Germany`s Lufthansa hit back at striking pilots on Tuesday, taking the long-running dispute to the courts and saying it would no longer hire new pilots under generous German labour contracts.
Sep 08, 2015, 22:35 PM IST
Lufthansa hit by new pilots` strike on long-haul, freight services
Pilots at German airline Lufthansa said Monday they will stage new walkouts on freight and long-haul passenger services on Tuesday in their long-running dispute with management over early retirement provisions.
Sep 07, 2015, 17:19 PM IST
Lufthansa, lifted by cheap fuel, triples net profit
German airline Lufthansa, still reeling from the crash of one of its Germanwings planes in March over the French Alps, said Thursday it tripled net profit in the second quarter, helped by cheap fuel.
Jul 30, 2015, 16:00 PM IST
Lufthansa starts premium eco class on Delhi-Frankfurt route
The first flight with premium economy offering took off from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on April 23
May 04, 2015, 17:49 PM IST
Lufthansa says some frequent flyer accounts hacked
Lufthansa said hackers had managed to break into the accounts of some of its frequent flyers and use their miles to make purchases, just two weeks after British Airways suffered a similar attack.
Apr 10, 2015, 22:20 PM IST
Lufthansa, Airbus shares slide on French plane crash
Shares in German airline Lufthansa and European planemaker Airbus tumbled Tuesday after a Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps, with all 148 people on board pronounced dead.
Mar 24, 2015, 17:49 PM IST
Lufthansa says services back to normal after pilots' strike
German airline Lufthansa said today that services were more or less back to normal after a four-day walkout by its pilots in a long-running dispute over early retirement provisions.
Mar 22, 2015, 18:41 PM IST
Lufthansa says services back to normal after pilots` strike
German airline Lufthansa said Sunday that services were more or less back to normal after a four-day walkout by its pilots in a long-running dispute over early retirement provisions.
Mar 22, 2015, 16:46 PM IST
Lufthansa cancels 750 flights due to pilots` strike
German airline Lufthansa cancelled around 750 short- and medium-haul flights Wednesday as pilots began a two-day walkout in a long-running dispute over early retirement.
Mar 18, 2015, 13:13 PM IST
Lufthansa pilots extend strike to Thursday: Union
A German pilots` union has extended its strike to Lufthansa long-haul flights on Thursday, after already calling stoppages for short- and medium-haul services on Wednesday.
Mar 18, 2015, 04:03 AM IST
Lufthansa pilots to go on strike on Wednesday
Pilots at German airline Lufthansa plan to strike on Wednesday as they seek to raise the pressure on management in a long-running dispute over an early retirement scheme and plans to expand budget flights.
Mar 17, 2015, 13:31 PM IST
Lufthansa CEO says no plans to sell IT arm
German carrier Lufthansa has said it has no plans to sell its IT arm Lufthansa Systems, though it has outsourced some part of the job to the tech giant IBM last year.
Feb 11, 2015, 20:03 PM IST
Lufthansa pilots to strike again on long-haul on Thursday
Pilots at Deutsche Lufthansa AG said they would strike again on Thursday on long-haul and cargo flights, after a two-day stoppage on Monday and Tuesday stranded thousands of travellers.
Dec 03, 2014, 10:07 AM IST
Etihad Airways to begin operations from Kolkata in February
Presently, the city airport handles annual traffic of 11 million passengers while 23 foreign airlines companies have operations out of the airport.
Dec 02, 2014, 18:30 PM IST
IBM signs 10-year multi-billion cloud deal with ABN Amro
Last month, IBM said it had won a 7-year outsourcing contract from Germany`s Lufthansa worth 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion) that will see the US company take over the airline`s information technology infrastructure services division and staff.
Dec 01, 2014, 20:26 PM IST
