On Friday, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr gave the final keynote interview at the World Aviation Festival, discussing his views on the outlook for aviation in the coming months and years. I listened in .....

On Friday, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr gave the final keynote interview at the World Aviation Festival, .....

26 Sep 202026 September 2020 by Rhys Jones • 80 comments

If you are travelling through Frankfurt or Munich Airport in September, American Express Platinum has extended its deal with Lufthansa to allow cardholders into its lounges. The Platinum Card from .....

If you are travelling through Frankfurt or Munich Airport in September, American Express Platinum has extended .....

1 Sep 20201 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

This article looks at the UK Lufthansa Miles & More payment card.  Slightly (OK, very) weirdly, it comes as a double pack of a Mastercard and a Diners Club card. We were, to put it mildly, a .....

This article looks at the UK Lufthansa Miles & More payment card.  Slightly (OK, very) weirdly, it .....

3 Aug 20203 August 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Ahead of the ‘make or break’ shareholder vote on its €9 billion bailout package today, Lufthansa has come to agreement with its cabin crew over plans to cut the workforce.   The deal .....

Ahead of the ‘make or break’ shareholder vote on its €9 billion bailout package today, Lufthansa .....

25 Jun 202025 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Alex Cruz and Shai Weiss, the CEOs of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic respectively, must wake up in the morning and wonder what they did wrong to end up running a British airline rather than a .....

Alex Cruz and Shai Weiss, the CEOs of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic respectively, must wake up in the .....

19 Jun 202019 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent weeks.  There were a number of reasons for this: the very fact that BA is running any long haul .....

We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent .....

10 Jun 202010 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 183 comments

A reader recently got in touch to suggest we write an article on how you are protected if you book cash flights now for later this year or early 2021. It was a good idea.  After all, you may wish to .....

A reader recently got in touch to suggest we write an article on how you are protected if you book cash .....

1 Jun 20201 June 2020 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

The saga of the Lufthansa bailout is finally over after the European Commission caved in to Lufthansa’s demands to – as near as matters – be given €9 billion with no preconditions. .....

The saga of the Lufthansa bailout is finally over after the European Commission caved in to Lufthansa’s .....

31 May 202031 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

The saga of the Lufthansa bailout took another twist this afternoon. The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa met to consider the terms of the €9 billion bailout which the main board had agreed .....

The saga of the Lufthansa bailout took another twist this afternoon. The Supervisory Board of Deutsche .....

27 May 202027 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

Lufthansa and the German Government finally agreed a €9 billion bailout on Monday, although there remains a risk that the European Commission blocks the deal or requires substantial changes. In .....

Lufthansa and the German Government finally agreed a €9 billion bailout on Monday, although there remains a .....

26 May 202026 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

If you have a Lufthansa / SWISS account, Miles & More – the Lufthansa, SWISS etc programme – gives you 500 bonus miles for downloading their app and logging in for the first time. 500 .....

If you have a Lufthansa / SWISS account, Miles & More – the Lufthansa, SWISS etc programme – .....

24 May 202024 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

If you looking to book a car for travel this Summer, Lufthansa Miles & More has an attractive deal for Avis rentals. Full details are on the Miles & More website here. Here are the terms: .....

If you looking to book a car for travel this Summer, Lufthansa Miles & More has an attractive deal for .....

13 May 202013 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Lufthansa has said that it may enter administration despite the offer of a €9 billion bailout package from the German Government, since it believes that the offer is not attractive enough. According .....

Lufthansa has said that it may enter administration despite the offer of a €9 billion bailout package from .....

4 May 20204 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • 95 comments

Shockingly, it appears that Lufthansa has come to the end of the road. Or, at least, it has come to the end of the road without an immediate bailout of up to €10 billion.  Since this is Germany .....

Shockingly, it appears that Lufthansa has come to the end of the road. Or, at least, it has come to the end of .....

25 Apr 202025 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 166 comments