Tag: Lufthansa

Lufthansa Makes New Offer to VC Pilots’ Union

Reading Time: 2 minutes Deutsche Lufthansa AG has made the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ union (VC) a new offer to resolve the present industrial dispute. The company is now offering a two-step 4.4% increase in remuneration plus a one-off payment. Remuneration would be increased by 2.4% for 2016 and by a further 2.0% for 2017. This latest offer is not […]

Vereinigung Cockpit Calls for Strikes Again

Reading Time: < 1 minute Pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called on its members to strike again. The next walkouts have been announced, this time with a duration of two days. This Tuesday, on 29 November, there will be strikes affecting all short-haul flights from 00:01 to 23:59. And for the following day, Wednesday, 30 November, strikes affecting all […]

Lufthansa’s Nightmare Goes on After Pilots Announce Additional Strike

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lufthansa notes that the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit has announced an additional strike for Thursday before Wednesday’s strike has even begun. Once more, they are inflicting extensive damage on company and especially on customers. The union has announced the strike on its website for Thursday, from 00:01 to 23:59. Once again, all Lufthansa long- and […]

Lufthansa Faces One-Day Pilot Strike

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hundreds of Lufthansa flights may be delayed as Lufthansa’s pilots will be going on strike for 24 hours in support of a current pay dispute. Other Lufthansa-group airlines such as Lufthansa CityLine, Germanwings, Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, SWISS and Brussels Airlines will not be affected by the pilots’ action. The 24-hour action will start […]

First Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 to Land in Delhi

Reading Time: < 1 minute On December 19, 2016, the Lufthansa Group will receive its first A350-900, which is the most modern long-haul aircraft worldwide and which will be based at Lufthansa’s Munich Hub. The first regular commercial flight will be from Munich to Delhi, starting on February 10, 2017. Tickets are available now. “We are looking forward to welcoming […]

Ryanair On Collision Course with German Carrier Lufthansa

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryanair has confirmed plans to move into Lufthansa’s home hub of Frankfurt, stepping up its push into bigger airports and ratcheting up pressure on the German carrier which is expanding its own budget flights. Lufthansa said earlier yesterday it would offer fewer seats than planned this quarter as it seeks to offset pressure on ticket […]

Bye Bye and Welcome to the Boeing 737

Reading Time: 3 minutes As Lufthansa Passage bids farewell to the Boeing 737 after almost 50 years, the next chapter is set to begin shortly for Lufthansa Technik with the Boeing 737 MAX in the seemingly unending story of this aircraft, which is so closely tied to the Hamburg location. As the last “Bobby” – as Lufthansa pilots used […]

Lufthansa Soft Launches GX for Aviation

Reading Time: 2 minutes Inmarsat has announced that its next generation in-flight broadband service, GX for Aviation, has gone live under a ‘soft launch’ phase with Lufthansa. The landmark achievement was unveiled during an evening reception organised by Inmarsat for airlines, partners and the media at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, where the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) is currently […]

Emergency Landing in Canada: Smoke in Lufthansa Jumbo Jet Cockpit

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Lufthansa Boeing 747 jumbo jet with 363 people on board made an emergency landing in eastern Canada on Tuesday after being diverted due to smoke in the cockpit, the German airline says. The 345 passengers and 18 crew members on the flight from Frankfurt bound for Orlando, Florida, were uninjured and were able to […]

Lufthansa Technik to Provide Paperless Maintenance

Reading Time: 2 minutes From now on Lufthansa Technik documents the resolution of defects on aircraft from Lufthansa Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo in electronic form. The electronic job sheet (eJobcard) has already been introduced at all German line maintenance stations, and the Ground Log Book (GLB), a paper-based document, has been replaced with the electronic Ground Log (eGL). In […]