Lufthansa reaches agreement with pilot’s union
Lufthansa and the Vereinigung Cockpit pilot’s union have reached an agreement regarding all previously unresolved collective bargaining matters, in a deal lasting until 2022. Both parties have agreed to provisions for transitional payments, pension plans, the framework agreement on employment conditions and the collective wage agreement for the pilots of Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and Germanwings. […]
Lufthansa and pilots union agree 8.7% pay rise by 2019
Lufthansa Group and pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have agreed to mediation recommendations of salary increases totalling 8.7 per cent by the end of 2019. Mediator Dr Gunter Pleuger has recommended a retroactive two per cent pay increase of two per cent from 1 January 2016, 2.3 per cent from 1 January 2017, another 2.4 […]
Lufthansa and VC agree on arbitration as seek solution
Lufthansa and the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have agreen on arbitration for the collective wage agreement and are aiming to reach a joint solution by the end of January. Yesterday, both agreed to approach a mediator for the collective wage agreement together and the negotiating parties agreed to finalise the arbitration by the end of January […]
Brussels Airlines taken over by Lufthansa
Lufthansa has taken over Brussels Airlines acquiring the remaining 55 per cent of the shares at a cost of 2.6 million euros ($2.7 million). Brussels Airlines will be fully integrated into the Lufthansa Group in 2018 joining the Eurowings Group, which Lufthansa says will strengthen its market position. Lufthansa had acquired a 45 per cent […]
Lufthansa makes offer to pilots as it looks to end strikes
Lufthansa has made the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ union (VC) a new offer to resolve the present industrial dispute – which has led to pilots striking and cancellation of numerous services. The VC union has called on its members to take strike action on six days in total in the latest wave of strikes, which began […]
Lufthansa pilots extend strike action for another day
Lufthansa is warning of another day of disruption as the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit announce another day of strike action on Friday 25 November. The airline says long-haul flights from Frankfurt and Munich will operate as normal but a special schedule for short and medium-haul services is still being finalised. Lufthansa says strike, which it […]
Jettainer wins more contracts and looks to expand further
Jettainer has signed a deal with Brussels Airlines to control and maintain its fleet of unit load devices (ULD) from the spring of 2017, as it continues its consistent growth. Jettainer will look after a fleet of about 1,000 ULDs over the next five years and it will set up a ULD controller at Brussels […]
Lufthansa Cargo restructures business units
Lufthansa Cargo is restructuring its sales structure and by the end of 2016 it will have eight business units rather than four and remove one management level. The previous business areas, namely Europe, Africa, America and Asia/Pacific will be redefined. Sales in Germany will be unchanged and headed by Florian Pfaff as before. New regions […]
Lufthansa board approves full acquisition of Brussels Airlines
The Lufthansa supervisory board has given the green light to the purchase of the remaining 55 per cent of SN Airholding – the parent company of Brussels Airlines. This full acquisition will be acquired through an exercise of call option and the German carrier says the transaction will be concluded at the beginning of 2017. The board of Lufthansa gave the thumbs […]
Moves underway to end Bangladesh cargo ban
Multiple moves are underway to end a ban by three countries on air cargo directly flown from Bangladesh a source in the capital Dhaka, reports Michael Mackey. The three countries are Australia, the UK and most recently Germany. Citing safety concerns the three now require cargo originating from Bangladesh to be re-screened in a third country […]
Lufthansa 2016 profit forecast lowered to ‘below previous year’
Lufthansa has warned that revenue is likely to fall to 15 billion euros ($16.5 billion) in the first half of 2016 and it has reduced its profit forecast for 2016 to ‘below previous year’. The airline is predicting a weak second half of the year as long-haul traffic to Europe has been hit by political […]
Strong growth in Munich reinforces need for third runway
Munich Airport has seen cargo volumes continuing to grow with volumes increasing by four per cent to 163,000 tonnes in the first half of 2016. The airport has seen take-offs and landings increase by 2.5 per cent to 191,000 and expects to see this increase by four per cent in 2017. Munich has seen a […]
FedEx tops the pile in IATA WATS yearbook
FedEx maintained its position in 2015 as the top cargo airline by total freight tonnes carried on scheduled services, according to the International Air Transport Association’s 60th Edition of the World Air Transport Statistics (WATS). The yearbook of the airline industry’s performance for last year, says the US cargo integrator handled 7.1 million tonnes of freight […]
Lufthansa reconnects Munich with Tehran
Lufthansa has relaunched nonstop services Munich – Tehran with three times a week Airbus A330-300 services from today (4 July). Flight number LH602 will leave Munich at 22.10h on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, landing in Tehran at 05.20h. The return flight, number LH603 will leave Tehran at 06.55h on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, landing back […]
Future of unmanned cargo aircraft debated in London
The future operation of unmanned cargo aircraft (UCA) was debated as delegates from the aerospace and logistics industry met to discuss the way forward. The initiative, organised by the National Aeronautical Centre, West Wales Airport, took place at the Lancaster Hotel in London, in the form of a roundtable discussion. It was a world first event […]
Alpine country standing tall in tough market conditions
The Austrian market is a challenge, but despite the difficult conditions there was an increase in overall air cargo tonnage of more than four per cent in 2015. Austrian Airlines, which is part of Lufthansa Cargo, has seen good growth, driven by its expanding network and fleet upgrades. Lufthansa Cargo regional director for Austria, East […]
Lufthansa makes Q1 loss, Cargo struggles
Lufthansa has seen net income in the first quarter become a loss of eight million euros ($9.2 million) while Lufthansa Cargo has struggled. For the airline group, revenue was down 0.8 per cent to 6.9 billion euros and the loss of eight million euros compares to a profit of 425 million euros in 2015. The […]
Lufthansa warns of disruption during ver.di trade union strike
Lufthansa Cargo has warned of delays and disruption due to strikes by the ver.di trade union at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund and Hanover airports today (27 April). The airline warns that striking union members in the ground handling, passenger checks and fire services will result in flight cancellations, primarily at Frankfurt and Munich. Lufthansa […]
Mechanisms needed to make 100% e-freight adoption a reality
The air cargo industry needs mechanisms to make 100 per cent e-freight adoption a reality, delegates at the Kale Thought Leadership Summit for Air Cargo agreed. At the CLEAR VIEW summit, which took place on 11 and 12 February at the Hotel Hyatt Regency in Dubai, delegates from companies including Celebi, Swissport, Vienna Airport, Lufthansa, […]
Eurowings to offer bellyhold capacity
Lufthansa Cargo is to sell the bellyhold capacity of Eurowings’ long-haul flights from 27 March. Low-cost carrier Eurowings, which currently flies to more than 130 destinations across Europe from seven German gateways, as well as to locations further afield from Cologne-Bonn International Airport. Eurowings will offer long-haul capacity to destinations such as Bangkok and Phuket in […]
Arafa appointed Swiss WorldCargo head of global area management
Alexander Arafa has been appointed head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo, to take over on 1 June. Arafa is currently head of cabin crew at SWISS, a position he has held since 2008. He is taking over from Ashwin Bhat, who became head of cargo last October. In his role as head of […]
Miami sees small cargo rise
Miami International Airport (MIA) has seen total cargo volumes increase by 0.3 per cent to 2.2 million tonnes in 2015 with domestic rising and international seeing a slight dip. Freight at Miami fell marginally in 2015 to 2.1 million tonnes while mail increased by 29 per cent to 38,100 tonnes. Total domestic cargo, which covers […]
Lufthansa takes delivery of first A320neo
Lufthansa has taken delivery of the first Airbus A320neo, and the first of 116 the German airline has on order. The A320neo has Pratt & Whitney Pure Power Geared Turbofan engines, which the engine builder says burns 15 per cent less fuel than current generation aircraft. Lufthansa chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the […]
Lufthansa Cargo sees volumes fall in 2015
Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.6 million tonnes of freight in 2015, which was a slight year-on-year decline in volumes on 2014, but it says customer satisfaction levels remain high. The carrier says the total volume declined slightly in a “challenging market environment” and the company had carried around two per cent more freight the previous year. […]
Etihad appeals ‘protectionist’ German codeshare ban decision
Etihad Airways and airberlin are appealing the German government decision to reject 29 codeshares, accusing it of caving into protectionist tactics and lobbying from Lufthansa. The Administrative Court of Braunschweig agreed the German Ministry of Transport was entitled to reject the codeshares. A notice of appeal has been filed in the higher administrative court in […]
Frankfurt volumes fall again in November
Frankfurt Airport saw cargo volumes fall by 3.6 per cent in November to 195,505 tonnes, during the month when Lufthansa strikes caused major disruption. In November, Lufthansa’s flight attendants went on strike, causing a week-long walk out. This resulted in 3,400 scheduled flights being cancelled. Between January and November, Frankfurt Airport has seen cargo volumes […]
United Lufthansa cooperation planned
Lufthansa and United Airlines plan to enhance their cooperation to include cargo operations on routes between the US and Europe. The airlines are discussing the cooperation to create a more efficient and comprehensive transatlantic network with more choice for cargo customers. They are discussing possible elements of cooperation including information technology services and facilities. The cooperation […]
Lufthansa signs agreement over ground personnel pay
Lufthansa has signed an agreement with services union ver.di on pay for about 30,000 ground personnel. Lufthansa has agreed a pay increase for its ground personnel and for staff at Lufthansa-Systems, Lufthansa-Service, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo of 2.2 per cent on 1 January, 2016. There will be a one-off payment of €2,250 euros ($2,380) […]
Lufthansa profits increase but Cargo makes a loss
Lufthansa Group has seen profit increase by 262.7 per cent to 1.7 billion euros ($1.9 billion) helped by selling its stake in JetBlue, the Cargo division making a loss in the third quarter. The Group says 500 million euros of the 1.7 billion euros profit came from selling its equity stake in JetBlue in the […]
Lufthansa to launch Frankfurt to San Jose services
Lufthansa is to start flying to San Jose (US) five times a week from Frankfurt (Germany) using an Airbus A340-300 from 29 April 2016. The service, flight number LH488, will leave Frankfurt Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 10.40h and arrive at San Jose International Airport at 13.40h. The return flight, number […]
