Lufthansa Group

Lufthansa Group General Manager Australia Anil Rodricks will depart his role to pursue new interests outside the aviation industry, The Walshe Group has confirmed.

Scandinavian Airlines is responding to increasing customer demand for premium service, introducing a new European Business Class, effective 1 October 2025. The new offering ensures a clear and recognisable Business Class product, providing an elevated experience tailored to customers seeking comfort, flexibility, and a higher level of service.

ITA Airways has terminated its membership in the SkyTeam Alliance, which will see the Italian airline exit the group by 30 April 2025. The decision follows ITA Airways’ final approval by regulators to join the Lufthansa Group, announced last month.

Italian airline ITA Airways is a new member of the Lufthansa Group after the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Europe’s leading aviation group jointly completed the transaction.

Lufthansa’s new long-haul Business product, Allegris, will enter service on 1 May 2024, with the German carrier assigning its first Airbus A350 fitted with the new luxury cabin on its Munich-Vancouver route.

Star Alliance has completed development of an interoperable biometric identity and identification platform that it says will significantly improve the travel experience for frequent flyer programme customers of Star Alliance member airlines.

The Lufthansa Group airlines, comprised of Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, have announced general changes to its ticket fare structure until the end of December 2020.

The Lufthansa Group is simplifying its status program and offering its customers an easier and more transparent collection system for achieving and maintaining Frequent Traveller, Senator and HON Circle levels. Loyalty towards Lufthansa Group airlines will be rewarded to a greater extent than ever before. In the future, the airlines will also be appointing their guests Frequent Traveller and Senator for life in recognition of their long-standing loyalty. All changes to the status program will apply to flights from 1 January 2021 and onwards.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has launched a new lounge experience at Zurich Airport’s Terminal A that features a alpine hut-like ambience. Spread over 500 square metres, the SWISS Alpine Lodge is located at the former site of the First Class Lounge in the terminal and accommodates up to 100 travellers.

Lufthansa Group’s Supervisory Board has approved the purchase of a total of 40 state-of-the-art aircraft for the group’s airlines. The 20 Boeing 787-9 and 20 additional Airbus A350-900 planes will primarily be replacing four-engine aircraft. The new planes will be delivered between late 2022 and 2027.

The commercial activities and the representation of Brussels Airlines, the Belgium member of the Lufthansa Group, will be fully integrated into the Lufthansa Group in Australia effective 1 March 2019.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways is expanding its services to Europe with the upcoming launch of a new daily non-stop route from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Vienna International Airport. ANA will begin the new Austrian route from  17 February 2019, utilising Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Vienna will be the cornerstone of ANA’s strategy to meet growing business demand for flights connecting Asia and Europe.