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Eurowings will have six aircraft in Berlin for the summer flight schedule from the end of March 2023

Eurowings to double fleet at Berlin airport

Eurowings is doubling its fleet at Berlin's airport and expanding its flight programme, said the Lufthansa subsidiary's head Jens Bischof today, filling a gap left by rivals EasyJet and Ryanair at the German capital's airport.

Business • 21 Nov 22

Eurowings said it would cancel nearly 170 of about 400 scheduled flights at airports in Duesseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg and Stuttgart today

Thousands of passengers affected by Eurowings strike

Pilots at Lufthansa's Eurowings began a three-day strike over working hours, their union said, affecting tens of thousands of the budget airline's passengers today.

Business • 17 Oct 22

The VC union said Lufthansa's most recent offer had been a step in the right direction but remained short of its demands

Lufthansa pilots reject wage offer, could go on strike

Pilots at Lufthansa have rejected a wage offer by Germany's flagship carrier and could go on strike anytime, union VC said, as a dispute over pay continues.

Business • 26 Aug 22

Demand for summer flights to New York, Miami and Los Angeles has increased by up to 300%, Lufthansa said today

Lufthansa sees surge in demand for flights

Lufthansa said today it was seeing a surge in demand for flights to the US and to European destinations following a loosening of German travel restrictions as coronavirus case numbers decline.

Business • 18 May 21

Eurowings is the low-cost airline owned by Lufthansa

Lufthansa unit Eurowings to cut headoffice staff

Eurowings, the low-cost airline owned by Lufthansa, said it would cut a third of the jobs at its headquarters as part of wider efforts to return the German airline group to profitability after a major state bailout.

Business • 26 May 20

A Eurowings plane was forced to turn back on arrival in Sardinia

Red faces at Eurowings as flight finds Sardinia airport

What should have been an encouraging sign of business bouncing back after the coronavirus turned into a fiasco for low-cost German airline Eurowings, as a plane was forced to turn back on arrival in Sardinia.

Business • 25 May 20

A passenger has filed a class-action lawsuit against United Airlines for refusing to pay a refund after his family's flight was cancelled

Airlines warn millions of jobs at risk due to Covid-19

Global airlines warned that 25 million jobs across the world could be at risk from the coronavirus air travel downturn, and held out against offering refunds to passengers as cash runs out.

Business • 08 Apr 20

Lufthansa is to ground 150 of its more than 750 planes worldwide,

Lufthansa to ground 150 planes over coronavirus

German airline giant Lufthansa said today it would ground 150 of its more than 750 planes worldwide, days after announcing a slimmed-down timetable over the effects of the novel coronavirus.

Business • 04 Mar 20

Eurowings' revenue is forecast to fall sharply in the second quarter

Lufthansa announces overhaul of budget unit Eurowings

Lufthansa today announced a turnaround plan for Eurowings in which the budget carrier will focus on short-haul flights and seek a 15% cut in costs by 2022 in the hope of returning to profit.

Business • 24 Jun 19

Lufthansa is seeing intense price competition from low-cost rivals in Europe

Lufthansa profit warning spooks European airline sector

Germany's Lufthansa sent shockwaves through the European airline sector as it cut its full-year profit forecast.

Business • 18 Jun 19

Lufthansa said it expects the market to grow by 4% in summer, compared with a rise of 9% seen in winter

Lufthansa Q1 net loss widens as fuel costs hit

Lufthansa said its net loss widened nine-fold to €342m in the first three months of the year, hurt by rising fuel costs and excess capacity in Europe.

Business • 30 Apr 19

Lufthansa - Germany's biggest airline - today reported an 11% decline in fourth-quarter operating profits

Lufthansa eyes mid single-digit revenue growth in 2019

Lufthansa has forecast stable margins and revenue growth in the mid-single digits this year as it eyes cautious expansion in the busy summer months, manages costs and targets break even at its budget airline Eurowings.

Business • 14 Mar 19

Niki Lauda is under time pressure to fill his planes for the summer, and is keen to benefit from Lufthansa's sales and marketing channels

Niki Lauda's new airline to cooperate with Lufthansa

Austria's Laudamotion will provide up to eight crewed aircraft to Lufthansa's low-cost carrier Eurowings until the end of May, Niki Lauda's repurchased and rebranded carrier said today.

Business • 23 Mar 18

Lufthansa is benefiting from low fuel prices, strong demand and last year's collapse of local rival Air Berlin

Lufthansa eyes stable pricing after record 2017 profit

German airline group Lufthansa said it expected pricing this year to be stable and predicted slightly lower profit due to increased fuel costs, after it reported record annual earnings for the third year in a row.

Business • 15 Mar 18

Air Berlin filed for insolvency in August and was subsequently carved up

Lufthansa offers EU concessions over Air Berlin deal

Lufthansa has offered concessions to ease EU concerns about its plan to buy Air Berlin assets, aiming to avert a collapse of the deal that could unravel the insolvent carrier's carve-up.

Business • 01 Dec 17

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