Lewis Harper

Lufthansa group believes there are "opportunities and challenges" created by conflict in the Middle East as fuel prices rise but customers seek alternatives to flying through the region's global hubs.

Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr has been one of the main cheerleaders for the idea that the global airline industry has a new-found "resilience" in the post-Covid era.

As airlines work to make sense of the fallout from the US and Israeli attacks on Iran that began on 28 February, it is becoming clear that the crisis will impact different operators in very different ways.

While countries in the Middle East region are well-versed in handling regional conflicts, the latest escalation of tensions is on a scale that has not been seen for some time.

With the Iran war in its third week and developments pointing towards escalation rather than resolution, the global airline sector is adapting to a string of challenges.

Lufthansa group believes there are “opportunities and challenges” created by conflict in the Middle East as fuel prices rise but customers seek alternatives to flying through the region’s global hubs. Lufthansa Group believes there are “opportunities and challenges” created by conflict in the Middle East as fuel prices rise but customers seek alternatives to flying…

IATA director general Willie Walsh will leave the association and become the chief executive of Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo by early August. The ex-IAG chief will take the position vacated by former KLM head Pieter Elbers, who abruptly resigned from IndiGo earlier in March, just over three years since taking the helm, in the wake…

With the Iran war in its third week and developments pointing towards escalation rather than resolution, the global airline sector is adapting to a string of challenges. With the Iran war in its third week and developments pointing towards escalation rather than resolution, the global airline sector is adapting to a string of challenges. For…

As airlines work to make sense of the fallout from the US and Israeli attacks on Iran that began on 28 February, it is becoming clear that the crisis will impact different operators in very different ways. As airlines work to make sense of the fallout from the US and Israeli attacks on Iran that…

The end of last week provided some positive news for airlines globally as the supposed reopening of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran brought hope of a lasting end to hostilities in the region. Even though the near-term outlook for crude prices and jet fuel availability is cloudy at best under all scenarios, the development