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JAL – World’s most on-time airline

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Japanese are famous for their fast trains that are precisely on-time and, as of recently, their airline services. According to records from FlightStats, Japan’s JAL and ANA were named the world’s most on-time airline companies.

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Lufthansa Airbus wingstrike

Here’s something you don’t see very often. An Airbus belonging to Lufthansa suffered a wingstrike while trying to land at the Hamburg airport, on 1 March 2008 during the Emma storm. Luckily, nobody was hurt and the plane landed safely. Here’s footage from the incident:

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Win miles to travel around the world

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Lufthansa, Europe’s leading airline, is getting ready to launch its A380 with an exciting competition. You, the passengers, are invited to suggest a name for the flaship aircraft and entered in the competition to win 1,000,000 miles. The miles from the Lufthansa Miles & More programme are enough to circle the globe twice, in Business [...]

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New look for Lufthansa’s A380

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Today, we’re having a look at a new and shiny Airbus A380. It’s being painted and scheduled to be finished this week. Looking forward to seeing more of it!

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BMI cuts 600 employees to survive the recession

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BMI recently announced that it may be cutting 600 jobs and closing its final salary pension scheme to about 1,000 existing members, in an attempt to survive the recession.

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Lufthansa Faces Unexpected Problems

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It became known that during the meeting with investors, Lufthansa told that it faced considerable risks concerning its earnings targets. The causes of the problem were fresh oil price rises and weak passenger demand. Shares of Lufthansa decreased by 5.5 per cent to close at €10.37. The German carrier is sure that such situation can [...]

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Lufthansa Europe’s Leading Airline

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Founded in 1955, Lufthansa has became over time one of the leading airline companies all over the world.  The company has stakes in several major carriers and also it has complete ownership of Austrian and Swiss airlines. A big number of awards were received by Lufthansa. “Best Airline of Europe” is the latest award that [...]

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