Dubai-based luxury hotel company Jumeirah has signed an agreement to lease and operate a new hotel in Frankfurt’s major new PalaisQuartier leisure and retail development, a project of MAB Development. The agreement will see the 219 room luxury hotel launching in mid-2010 alongside the launch of the...

Air India has officially opened its European hub at the Frankfurt International Airport from where it will operate its west-bound flights. The airline had launched two new daily US-bound flights from Mumbai and Delhi and back last Sunday. Deputy Chairman of the Frankfurt International Airport Stefan...

Flying into the Frankfurt airport next week? You could buy und Snickers and splash cold water on your face in the bathroom on landing — or you could stop in at Lufthansa‘s brand-new Welcome Lounge, a 12,000-square-foot way to say "Welcome to Germany, complete with breakfast buffet, PCs...

China Airlines’ new summer schedule will include increased frequencies to New York and Frankfurt, as well as new flights to Sydney and non-stop flights to Vienna. The summer schedule will take effect on March 29. Beginning on March 29, an extra non-stop flight to Frankfurt, CI-62, will depart...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German union UFO said it will start balloting cabin crew members at Deutsche Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) on Monday for industrial action, escalating a wage dispute that has grounded dozens of flights over past weeks. "And the balloting does not rule out warning strikes in the meantime,"...

FRANKFURT, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Deutsche Lufthansa  may face a full strike by its cabin crew members after trade union UFO said on Tuesday the latest round of wage talks with the German flagship carrier had failed. "We will decide on (whether to call for) further strikes today," a...

A blinding downpour and perhaps an erroneous marking of the taxi-bay at Kolkata airport nearly triggered a mishap in the wee hours of Sunday. A Lufthansa flight, bound for Frankfurt with 230 passengers on board, took a wrong turn while taxing for takeoff and was stopped in the nick of time. It was around...

German airline Lufthans a will increase the number of connections from Germany to India, including the addition of daily flights between the cities of Munich and Mumbai, said an official Friday. “There is tremendous potential here,” said Karl Ulrich Garnadt, executive vice president services...

Lufthansa is expanding the services it offers to customers flying to Brazil and launching codeshare flights in partnership with the Brazilian carrier TAM. From 18 August, Lufthansa and TAM passengers will be able to book any of the flights operated jointly by either carrier between Frankfurt or Munich...