In 2013 the passenger airlines in the Lufthansa Group beat the four-litre mark for the first time, with an average consumption of just 3.91 litres of kerosene per passenger per 100 kilometres. This is an improvement of 3.8 per cent over 2012. In short, the aviation group achieved over twice the annual efficiency target increase … Dowiedz się więcej
The airlines in the Lufthansa Group carried a total of 21.7 million passengers in the first quarter, 0.5 per cent more than in the same period last year. The number of flights was lower by 1.2 per cent across the Group, while an average of 75.6 per cent of seats on passenger planes were taken. … Dowiedz się więcej
Successful start to the refit of the ‘megaliner’ for Lufthansa Technik / Including new deliveries, a quarter of the A380 fleet now has the new Business Class A key milestone in the accelerated programme to fit the new Business Class was reached today in Hamburg. Lufthansa Technik handed over the first of the ten Airbus … Dowiedz się więcej
Four new Lufthansa destinations – more than three quarters of European routes excluding Frankfurt and Munich transferred to Germanwings. Flights to Tokyo city airport Haneda, four new long-haul services, additional Mediterranean destinations and the continued transfer of Lufthansa direct connections to Germanwings: these are the main highlights of the 2014 summer flight timetable. For Lufthansa … Dowiedz się więcej
Deutsche Lufthansa AG has achieved the targeted improvement in earnings well. Adjusted for non-recurring effects, the operating profit rose year on year by 62 per cent to EUR 1.042bn (previous year: EUR 643m). The reported operating profit came to EUR 697m, having totalled EUR 839m the previous year. A comparison of the reported results is … Dowiedz się więcej
On 1 January 1914, the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the first scheduled passenger airline service. The twice-daily flight between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, was piloted by Tony Jannus in a Benoist XIV flying boat, covering the 21-mile distance in 23 minutes. The first paying passenger was former St. Petersburg mayor Abraham C. Pheil, … Dowiedz się więcej