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17.01.2023 - 11:35 UTC
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Lufthansa to offer to buy just 40% of ITA now - report
20.12.2022 - 18:23 UTC
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Lufthansa looks to ramp up short-haul fleet
31.10.2022 - 10:08 UTCLufthansa (LH, Frankfurt International) lacks small narrowbody capacity and will "definitely have to buy" aircraft in that segment, Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told staff during a meeting.
As reported by Aviation Week, Spohr admitted that the German carrier had more competition than in the past on some of its key feeder routes as low-cost carriers and other airlines have expanded their short- and long-haul networks. As a result, Lufthansa now needs to look for new markets to feed its hubs which requires a larger fleet of small narrowbody aircraft.
Spohr did not provide any further details concerning potential types, the number of aircraft, a timeline for the order and deliveries, and whether Lufthansa would operate them itself or place them with another group AOC.
The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that the German flag carrier's narrowbody fleet currently comprises twenty-three A319-100s (which are 20.2 years old on average), fifty-seven A320-200s, thirty A320-200Ns, twenty A321-100s, forty-three A321-200s, and fifteen A321-200NX. The smallest type Lufthansa has...
Rushed Rome asks ITA Airways bidders for better proposals
07.08.2022 - 23:54 UTCItaly has asked bidders vying for a majority stake in ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) to come up with better proposals as the government sees the current bids as insufficient, the country’s economy and finance minister, Daniele Franco, said during a news conference.
The two bidding consortiums - MSC-Lufthansa on one side and the private equity fund Certares, which is understood to be with Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines, on the other - had already sent in second binding offers in early July. They will now have to quickly send a third version so that the winner can be announced in ten days, Franco outlined on August 4. The rush is also partly driven by looming parliamentary elections set for late September.
“Neither of the two proposals received for ITA is fully consistent with the requirements of the Prime Minister’s Office. For this reason, in a very short time, within days, they will be asked to formulate further proposals and will be asked to respond in a very short...