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The New Eurowings Operates Its First A320 Service

Aircraft Airlines February 1, 2015

On Sunday, 1 February 2015, an Airbus A320 registered D-AIZQ and painted in the new Eurowings livery departed Hamburg at 10:55 a.m. and flew to Prague, where it was expected to land at 12:00 noon.

Lufthansa Completes Transferring Its Non-Hub, Short-Haul Routes to Germanwings

Airlines Airports January 8, 2015

With the transfer of the Düsseldorf–Zurich route this week, Lufthansa Group has completed transferring all of Lufthansa’s short-haul, non-hub routes within Germany and Europe from the mainline Lufthansa operation to Germanwings, the group’s lower-cost subsidiary.

Lufthansa Group’s New Eurowings Low-Cost Operation to Fly A330s and A320s

Airlines December 4, 2014

As part of the go-ahead decision, Lufthansa Group’s supervisory board has approved the lease of up to seven Airbus A330-200 widebodies for the new low-cost operation’s intercontinental routes. The operation will also operate up to 23 Airbus A320 single-aisle jets.

Lufthansa Proposes Launching New Low-Cost Long-Haul Carrier Operating A330-200s

Aircraft Airlines Destinations October 30, 2014

Lufthansa German Airlines expects to put forward to its supervisory board in December a business plan to create a non-Lufthansa-branded, long-haul, low-cost carrier which would operate a fleet of leased Airbus A330-200s, each configured to seat approximately 300 passengers.

Tenth Boeing 747-8I Begins Hectic Lufthansa Delivery Schedule for 2014

Aircraft Airlines February 10, 2014

During February and March, Lufthansa is taking delivery of three Boeing 747-8Is, one Airbus A380, one A330-300 ‒ the last of 19 on order ‒ and two A320s. Overall, Lufthansa Group expects to receive 23 new commercial aircraft this year.

Lufthansa Group Restructuring On Course: CEO

Airlines January 30, 2014

Dr. Christoph Franz, Lufthansa Group’s executive board chairman and CEO, says the SCORE restructuring program the group’s supervisory board launched in 2012 “is on course, despite massive headwinds: We are very confident we will achieve our targets.”

United Airlines to Be First User of New Heathrow Terminal 2

Airlines Airports Sustainable Tourism January 21, 2014

A United Airlines service from Chicago landing early on the morning of June 4 will be the first flight to use London Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 2. United Airlines will be alone for two weeks as the first user of the new Terminal 2 main building.

Lufthansa and Germanwings to Expand Services and Capacity for Winter 2013

Airlines Airports Travel Technology October 12, 2013

Together, Lufthansa and fast-growing low-cost subsidiary Germanwings will serve 211 destinations in 81 countries in their forthcoming winter flight schedules, a marginal expansion of services which includes at least one new destination, the Russian resort city of Sochi on the Black Sea.

Lufthansa Group Orders 48 Jets in Deals Valued at Nearly $4.7B

Aircraft Airlines September 23, 2010

Lufthansa Group’s supervisory board has approved orders for 40 Airbus aircraft and eight Embraer 195s, with the Airbus aircraft destined for Lufthansa, group subsidiary airlines Swiss International Air Lines and Germanwings and the Embraer 195s to go to Lufthansa Regional.