Up to now it has been a closely guarded secret, but with the completion of the painting of the first Lufthansa Airbus A380 on Friday (5 February) it can now be revealed that the aircraft bears the name “Frankfurt am Main”. Lufthansa’s second A380, which arrived at the Airbus facility in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on Wednesday afternoon [...]

The longhaul airbus baptised on the name of Essen has now performed the longest flight in the history of Lufthansa: Five minutes before midnight the flight took off on Wednesday. The airbus A340-600 flew from Munich to Santiago de Chile as a charter flight. On board were passengers bound for a cruise in Latin America. [...]

This summer Lufthansa will be offering flights from Munich to three new long-haul destinations. From the end of March, Tashkent, Teheran and Miami will be included in the timetable. In addition, services to Cairo, which were launched this winter from Munich, will be extended until 30 May 2010. “It is important to grasp market opportunities, [...]

This summer Lufthansa is launching three new routes from Munich – to Tallinn and Rostock on the Baltic Sea and to Zadar on the Adriatic coast. The airline is also increasing its flights to popular Mediterranean destinations. “Our customers flying from Munich have the widest choice of flights to European destinations within the Lufthansa route [...]

Business travellers acclaim Lufthansa with top marks – Best Business Class in Germany and Europe - Best website for business travellers
Readers of the German business travel magazine, Business Traveller Deutschland, have again given Lufthansa top marks for selected services, ranking the airline best of class in two categories in 2009. Aside from leading the [...]

Inside information on 50 Lufthansa destinations worldwide at www.lufthansa.com
What’s the weather like in Istanbul? What’s on the must agenda in Vienna? Where to find the best restaurants and hottest bars in San Francisco? These and a host of other tips for exploring 50 destinations in Lufthansa’s global network are available to travel-happy passengers at www.lufthansa.com [...]

IATA commends baggage processes at Frankfurt Airport
Lufthansa and Frankfurt Airport have been voted top of the class in terms of passenger baggage handling. This achievement is recognised in the “2009 BIP Best Airport Award” made by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which regularly examines the baggage handling performance of the world’s major international airports [...]