Lufthansa
Lufthansa to Restart Service to 20 Cities in June, Drop A380 Fleet from Frankfurt
Lufthansa said it plans to restore service to 20 additional locations next month, a company spokesman told Frequent Business Traveler on Sunday. It also said it plans to discontinue Airbus A380 service from its Frankfurt hub.
The list of cities includes Crete, Faro, Ibiza, Malaga, Mallorca, and Rhoades, and the flights are slated to start in the middle of the month. All of the flights will operate from Frankfurt.
On Friday, Lufthansa …
American, Delta, Lufthansa to Require Passengers Wear Face Masks
Two major U.S. airlines and one European carrier announced they would require passengers to wear face masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The move comes two days after JetBlue Airways announced a similar policy and a week after Air Canada’s announcement.
Earlier in the week, American Airlines said it would provide passengers with face masks and disinfectant wipes when it announced flight attendants would be required to wear masks. Passengers …
Lufthansa to Mothball 747s, A380s, and Ground Germanwings
Lufthansa said it plans to ground its low-cost subsidiary Germanwings and permanently reduce the size of its fleet, while warning that it will take years until the aviation industry sees a return to the type of traffic that it experienced in the past few years before the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“It will take months until the global travel restrictions are completely lifted and years until the worldwide demand …
Coronavirus Update: Italy Expands Lockdown, New Cases in China Fall Dramatically, Austria Restricts Access at Italian Border
TODAY’S FACTS AND FIGURES
The worldwide number of cases of Covid-19 stands at 116,359. The global death toll from the virus is 4,091. Of the current active cases, which total 47,621, 12% or 5,788 are serious, while the other cases are mild.
Italy, which has effectively quarantined its entire population as of Tuesday morning – now has 9,172 of the world’s cases and more than 463 of at least 4,000 deaths.
The United …
Lufthansa to Reduce Capacity by 50%, May Ground A380s
Lufthansa Group said late Friday that it may reduce capacity by up to 50% in the coming weeks. The move will impact all carriers owned by Lufthansa, including Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, and Swiss International Air Lines.
The airline cited the “exceptional circumstances” of the drop in demand due the novel coronavirus as the reason for the move.
The German flagship carrier also said it is investigating the possibility of temporarily …
Austrian, Lufthansa, Swiss to Relocate to New Berlin Airport in Early November
Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and Swiss International Air Lines announced they would relocate their operations to the new Willy Brandt Berlin Brandenburg Airport on November 8. Eurowings, another Lufthansa subsidiary, will begin operations there starting on November 4.
The news came following the announcement Wednesday that the airport will finally open on October 31, 2020.
The six Lufthansa Group airlines carry up to 33,000 passengers a day to and from Berlin …
American, Air Canada, BA, United, Lufthansa All Suspend Flights to China
As the coronavirus continued to vex Asia, more airlines announced they would cancel flights to China.
American Airlines said it would cancel flights from Los Angeles to Beijing and Shanghai from February 9 through March 27, 2020.
British Airways said it too would cancel flights to China, but didn’t specify a timeframe for resumption of service.
Air Canada, meanwhile, said it would suspend flights to and from China from January 30 through February …
