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Italy To Press Ahead With Plans To Sell ITA Despite MSC Snub

Italy's government will press ahead with plans to sell a majority stake in airline ITA Airways, the successor to Alitalia, economy minister Gianc...

Shipper MSC Drops Interest In ITA Airways Privatisation

Shipping group MSC has told Italian authorities that it is no longer interested in investing in ITA Airways as part of a planned privatisati...

Lufthansa Forecasts Strong Air Travel Demand In Months Ahead

Germany's Lufthansa has given an upbeat forecast for air travel, saying it expected demand to remain strong, with high average yields, as holidaymaker...

Lufthansa CEO Sees Sector Growth Buoyed By Pickup In Travel Demand

The reopening of Japan to tourists and a rise in demand for business travel will keep the aviation sector growing, Lufthansa's chief executive said, though...

Lufthansa Raises 2022 Profit Outlook On Strong Demand For Air Travel

Lufthansa raised its forecast for full-year adjusted operating profit to over €1 billion on Monday 17 October, boosted by strong demand for air travel...

Eurowings Pilots Begin Strike Over Workload

Pilots at Lufthansa's Eurowings began a three-day strike on Monday 17 October over working hours, their union said, confirming action that could affect tho...

Europe's Travel Disruption Stretches Into Autumn

Strikes and staff shortages forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights to avoid hours-long queues at major airports in the first summer following wides...

Pilots At Lufthansa's Eurowings Plan Strike After Talks Fail

Pilots at Lufthansa's budget airline Eurowings plan to go on a one-day strike on 6 October after 10 rounds of talks failed, pilots' union Vereinigung Cockp...