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Lufthansa passengers who opt to check in online or via their mobile phone not only save time at the airport but can also help a good cause. As part of a campaign that runs until 31 January 2013, Lufthansa will donate one sheet of paper to schools in developing countries
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Did you know that, on average, Lufthansa Group aircraft require about four litres of fuel to carry one passenger a distance of 100 km? In fact, its most advanced aircraft ? the Lufthansa A380 and the Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 ? have already reduced their fuel burn to well below the four-litre mark.
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More than 103 million passengers flew with airlines in the Lufthansa Group last year. In total, Lufthansa, Germanwings, SWISS and Austrian Airlines carried 2.5 million or 2.4 per cent more passengers in the January to December term than in the previous year. All the Group airlines profited from
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J?rgen Homeyer (52) will take over as interim Head of Corporate Communications until a successor is named. Homeyer was a journalist at the Handelsblatt publishing group and later at the Focus Magazin publishing house. He subsequently moved to the Metro Group, where he was Head of Corporate Communications until
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Star Alliance commends today?s announcement by Heathrow Airport to designate Terminal 2 as the new home for its member carriers serving one of the world?s most important international airports. ?We are delighted by today?s decision, which gives the green light for creating a new travel experience for
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Star Alliance commends today?s announcement by Heathrow Airport to designate Terminal 2 as the new home for its member carriers serving one of the world?s most important international airports. ?We are delighted by today?s decision, which gives the green light for creating a new travel experience for
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Alexander Schlaubitz (47) is to take up the role of Head of Marketing at Lufthansa Passenger Airlines in Frankfurt on 7 January 2013. In this position, he will be responsible for the airlines? entire marketing activities. Besides classic advertising and brand management, this will include direct marketing and marketing analysis
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Cologne/Bonn ? German budget airline Germanwings is set to revolutionise the European low-cost market. In the future it will offer the highest value airline product in this segment in Europe. On 1 July 2013, the ?new Germanwings? will launch a completely new brand and product concept allowing all passengers to
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Lufthansa is expanding its product portfolio and will equip the entire Lufthansa long-haul fleet with a Premium Economy. The Supervisory Board has approved the investment capital for the introductory project to achieve this. At the beginning of next year, a project group will be formed to manage the introduction and
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Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB). He succeeds Rob Fyfe, CEO Air New Zealand, who held the post for the last two years. ?On behalf of all Star Alliance members I
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Lufthansa is continuing to roll out its FlyNet broadband Internet service across its intercontinental network. Two years after the launch of FlyNet, it is now able to offer inflight broadband connectivity on a record 80 aircraft in its long-haul fleet, thus making it the largest broadband Internet-enabled long-haul fleet in
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Shenzhen Airlines today became the latest carrier to join the Star Alliance network. At a ceremony held at Shenzhen Bao?an International Airport, Mark Schwab, CEO Star Alliance, welcomed the airline into the family on behalf on the Alliance?s Chief Executive Board (CEB). ?Shenzhen Airlines is China?s fifth