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Lufthansa Group ends crisis year 2009 with an operating profit of 130 million euros
Lufthansa has achieved its aim and defied a market-related revenue decline of 2.56 billion euros by posting an operating profit of 130 million euros for 2009. The Group thus earned about 1.2 billion euros less than during the previous year. The past year's figures were burdened by economy-related weaker demand and the disproportionate decline in average yields in the passenger business segment that accompanied it; both were consequences of the financial and economic crisis.

At minus eight million euros, the operating result for the Passenger Airline Group, which includes the financial results of Germanwings, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and bmi, was significantly below the level of the previous year. Lufthansa Passenger Airlines posted a loss of 107 million euros. SWISS posted an operating result of 93 million euros. From the date of full consolidation Austrian Airlines contributed an operating loss of 31 million euros to the overall result of the Passenger Airline Group and bmi entered a loss of 78 million euros. Germanwings posted an operating profit of 24 million euros.

Lufthansa flying in summer to 204 destinations in 81 countries
In the coming summer flight schedules, Lufthansa is serving an almost unchanged number of destinations with virtually the same number of flights as in the previous year.

Seating capacity will be slightly higher. On average, Lufthansa will be operating 12,853 flights weekly in the summer schedules compared with 12,860 last time round. Despite a smaller fleet, available seating capacity is higher than the year-earlier level following successive fleet renewal and the replacement of older aircraft by larger types. This effect is evident in both the continental and intercontinental fleet. Capacity overall (available seat-kilometres) is up year-on-year by 3.6 per cent. Included in the calculation are the planned services with the Airbus A380 , which is to begin scheduled flights with Lufthansa from June this year. "More seats with roughly the same number of flights - we are achieving that and better productivity with larger, more modern aircraft. Simultaneously, we are moving a step nearer our goal of improving our results sustainably by one billion Euros by the end of 2011," said Lufthansa Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales Thierry Antinori. The summer timetable is valid from Sunday, 28 March, to  Saturday, 30 October 2010.

Lufthansa is serving 204 destinations in 81 countries in the summer timetable (prior year: 206 destinations in 78 countries). Six newcomers in the flight schedules are Rostock-Laage, Bari, Palermo, Zadar, Chisinau and Tashkent. Services in Europe have been marginally reduced to 11,445 flights weekly to German and European destinations (previous year: 11,519 flights). In contrast, flights in the long-haul, intercontinental network have been increased to a weekly 1,408 flights (previous year: 1,341 flights weekly).

"With more than 200 destinations this summer, including six newcomers, we are offering passengers an attractive timetable of outstanding quality in respect of flight connections," said Thierry Antinori.  "We have adapted flight schedules to demand, notably on European routes. However, customers affected by the cuts can in most cases fall back on alternative connections, which we offer with partners.  We are also laying on more than a dozen new connections in Europe enabling our passengers to profit from more non-stop flights."

Tashkent new long-haul destination

Lufthansa has included a new destination in a virtually unchanged timetable of flights in the long-haul network.  Starting on 28 March, the airline will be operating thrice-weekly flights with its PrivatAir partner ex Munich to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Furthermore, thrice-weekly flights with an Airbus A330 are to be resumed ex Munich to Miami in addition to the existing connections from Frankfurt and Dusseldorf.  Non-stop flights from Munich to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia will be increased from two to three weekly, alongside the daily flight from Frankfurt.  Lufthansa is also considering several new flight connections to Iraq (Baghdad, Erbil). More details on flight times and fares together with the start of bookings for the new  connections will be disclosed at a later date.

Lufthansa Starts Services with the Airbus A380

One of the highlights in the summer flight schedules are Lufthansa's inaugural services with the Airbus A380. According to current planning, the world's biggest passenger aircraft will commence scheduled flights in the airline's intercontinental route network from June 2010. The first A380 destinations will be named at the beginning of April. Bookings can then commence for the first flights with the new Lufthansa flagship.

15 new connections in Europe

Lufthansa has optimised its timetable in Germany and Europe with four new destinations and 15 additional connections.  Daily flights from the Munich hub to Chisinau, the capital of Moldowa in south-eastern Europe, will be available from 22 April. Also new in the timetable are Rostock/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as Zadar/Croatia and Bari/Italy on the Adriatic. These destinations will be served non-stop from Munich - Bari with daily flights, Zadar with flights on Saturdays, Rostock with flights on Saturdays and Sundays. 

Some European destinations will  be served in summer with flights from further German airports in addition to the existing connections. Tallinn, capital of Estonia, for example, will be served for the first time non-stop from  Munich. The number of non-stop connections ex Dusseldorf has been raised by a further six: Athens/Greece, Edinburgh/Great Britain, Gdansk/Poland, Dubrovnik/Croatia, Lisbon/Portugal and Naples/Italy. In the summer timetable, passengers can fly non-stop from Stuttgart to Athens and Manchester/UK. Daily flights are also available  between Dresden and Milan/Malpensa in northern Italy. Naples, Italy's third largest city, will be served daily from Frankfurt alongside connections from Dusseldorf, Munich and Milan.

Lufthansa Italia is expanding its route network out of Milan/-Malpensa with flights in summer to  Warsaw and Stockholm as well as the Italian destinations of Palermo (new in the timetable) and Olbia. All in all, the Milan-based carrier will then be offering 172 flights weekly to 13 destinations in Italy and Europe. .

For economic reasons, Lufthansa has in recent months discontinued connections to  Balaton/Hungary, Berne/Switzerland (henceforth as code-share destination), Hof-Plauen (henceforth as code-share destination), Rønne/Denmark as well as the intra-Asian tag-flight from Seoul to Shenyang/China.

The Lufthansa Group airlines - Austrian Airlines, bmi, Brussels Airlines and SWISS - will also be commencing their summer flight schedules on 28 March. Together with Lufthansa, all five airlines will be serving 274 destinations in 104 countries on four continents from their hubs at Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Munich and Zurich with their own as well as numerous code-share flights.

New destinations in Lufthansa summer timetable 2010

At its 5^th Year Lufthansa Private Jet offers Jubilee special

It has been 5 years since Lufthansa launched private jet service to its customers. To mark the five-year anniversary of the service, Lufthansa Private Jet is offering a five-week Jubilee Special combined with attractive benefits from 1 May: Up to 6 June, customers can profit from a five per-cent discount on flights booked from 1 March on routes beyond Germany's borders. During the five jubilee weeks, each passenger will earn 50,000 instead of 10,000 award miles per flight. These miles also count as Status and HON Circle miles.

"The pinnacle of air travel - exclusive and flexible, that's precisely what our premiumsegment passengers want and that's what we offer them with Lufthansa Private Jet," sais Lufthansa Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales Thierry Antinori. With the service, customers can fly in private jets to more than 1,000 destinations in Europe and the Russian Federation. As varied and diverse as the choice of destinations is, the price concept is simple: The flights are on offer at a fixed price. Depending on flight distance, the price is all-inclusive and independent of the number of passengers. Available free of charge, too, is a limousine before and after the flight.

Lufthansa Private Jet is the easy and convenient way for passengers to travel to out-ofthe- way places, by combining several flights across Europe or connecting seamlessly to long-haul flights in the global route network operated by Lufthansa and SWISS. Wherever the destination, Lufthansa Private Jet is the right option. A personal contact person is at the beck and call of customers round-the-clock, a dedicated event manager coordinates the itinerary from start-to-fiinish. Catering and in-flight entertainment are arranged to suit individual requirements. At the disposal of customers at the Frankfurt, Zurich, Munich and Dusseldorf hubs, is lounge access, VIP support and a limousine for convenient transfer from a private jet to a long-haul flight. The Lufthansa Private Jet fleet consists of three, different-sized aircraft types: three Cessna Citation CJ1+ (light size) seating four passengers, two Cessna Citation CJ3 (small size) for six passengers and two Cessna Citation XLS+ (mid-size) for six to eight passengers. Larger aircraft are available, as needs dictate: e.g. a Challenger 850 seating up to twelve passengers from certified partners, like DC Aviation and Jet Alliance.

First Lufthansa business lounge with beer garden

Lufthansa has a Bavarian touch in store for its guests in Munich from 23 March 2010. While waiting for their flight, status customers and Business-Class passengers can for the first time spend the time in a beer garden admiring a panoramic background provided by the Bavarian Alps. In cooperation with Munich's Franziskaner brewery, Lufthansa is giving passengers a chance to relax at traditional beer tables, enjoying draught beer tapped from the barrel with Bavarian pretzels. The beer garden is integrated in the refurbished Business Lounge in the Schengen departures area (Gate Area G) of Terminal 2. On total floor space of 1,100 square metres, the lounge is equipped with more than 300 seats and has many new opportunities for passengers to catch up with work or simply unwind and relax.

Besides a re-designed bistro area, the Business Lounge offers six new satellite bars and a large seater bench accommodating up to 28 passengers. Leather-upholstered armchairs invite passengers to sink into for a while, and enjoy peace and quiet in the comfort zone. The more industrious have 18 workstations, some equipped with integrated computers, to choose from. From any seat in the lounge, passengers can surf the net with their laptop or check their emails. Two large screens in a separate TV area provide entertainment in a choice of television programmes. Also available are two shower rooms, complete with air dryer, towels and a range of toiletries.