Tag: Lufthansa

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Germany to sell its Lufthansa shares acquired during the pandemic

  

  The German Finance Agency has announced that in the coming weeks it will proceed to the sale of the state's 20% stake in the flag carrier Lufthansa, which it acquired in the midst of the pandemic to help impede the collapse of the company.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 13:07 UTC

  Lufthansa to repeat historic trip to Falklands

  

  Lufthansa will on Tuesday repeat its longest-ever non-stop flight as it flies an A350 from Hamburg to Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, according to aviation industry website Simple Flying. The German flag carrier first flew the route in January 2021 with a flight clocking in at 15 hours and 36 minutes.

• Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Hamburg/Falklands/Munich: details from Lufthansa's longest nonstop flights

  

  An airline preparing to launch its longest-ever flight – a fifteen-hour non-stop flight from Hamburg Germany to the Falkland Islands in an A350 – is as tricky a project as one might expect.

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands-Munich, Lufthansa completes record-breaking flight

  

  Yesterday at 1:24 pm the crew of the Lufthansa record-breaking flight received a very warm “welcome back” upon their return in Germany. After landing at Munich Airport, the Airbus A350-900 was greeted by the fire department with a water salute.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Lufthansa lands in Falklands with scientists; returns to Germany on Wednesday

  

  Lufthansa’s longest flight ever has landed in the Falkland Islands. The aircraft departed Hamburg at 21:23 on Sunday, landing at Mount Pleasant Complex at 09:00. The flight, which is also the longest flight to have departed Hamburg, clocked in at 15 hours and 36 minutes.

• Monday, February 1st 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Lufthansa Airbus A350 en route to Falklands, on its longest non-stop flight

  

  This Sunday, January 31, an Airbus A350-900 takes off on the longest non-stop flight in Lufthansa's history under flight number LH2574: 13,700 kilometers from Hamburg to the Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Germany denies change of policy regarding the Falklands dispute

  

  Germany said that its position on the Falkland Islands dispute has not changed, following claims by Argentina that Lufthansa's request for two flights to the Islands, in support of a polar research expedition, implied recognition of the archipelago as Argentine territory.

• Friday, January 22nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentina rejoiced with Germany's position on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  Argentina is rejoicing because Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa formally requested the Civil Aviation National Administration and the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands provincial government over flight and landing authorization for two charter flights to the Malvinas Islands from Hamburg.

• Thursday, January 21st 2021 - 00:48 UTC

  Lufthansa to fly nontop to Falklands carrying German scientists

  

  German carrier Lufthansa Wednesday issued a press release confirming plans are underway for a nonstop charter flight between Hamburg and Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands for scientific purposes. The airline highlighted the trip will be one of its longest nonstop stretches ever.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:42 UTC

  German government rescues Lufthansa taking a 20% stake in the company

  

  The German government and the management of flagship carrier Lufthansa, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, have reached a preliminary deal on a 9 billion euro (US$9.8 billion) bailout, two people close to the matter said.