Sunday, January 9, 2011

Lufthansa Airlines History

History
1920-1930-they are: The early years
The company was founded on January 6, 1926 based in Berlin, after a merger between "Deutsche Aero Lloyd (DAL) and Junkers aircraft [9] company's original name was German Luft Hansa Aktiengesellschaft. Lufthansa, as a word used since 1933 .. On December 9, 1927 German air Hansa sent on behalf of the German government signed an agreement with the Spanish government authorizing an air service between the two countries. This includes investing in the plane that would eventually establish becomeIberia.In the years before World War II, a pioneer in business routes to the Far East and theNorth Atlantic and South Atlantic, with a fleet of mostly Dornier, Junkers, Heinkel, Focke-Wulfand other German-designed aircraft. Lufthansa was the first commercial aircraft companies for commercial transatlantic relations by air mail between Europe and South America has been in the 1930s, flew with the Air Mail byDornier that boat landing in the middle of the Atlantic, where special offers cruise seaplane reconstruction, where whale fuel and then again in the air to fly to South America or return to West Africa catapults. [10] It is also actively involved in the creation of a number of South American Airlines, primarily through its subsidiary Condor Syndicate. After the outbreak of war in 1939, Lufthansa was only able to use the services of the neutral countries to get upright. At the beginning of the war, along with Italian Transcontinental Airline (Linee Italiane Aereo Transcontinentali or Lati), the company competed vigorously in South America. [11] However, exposed to all the services offered by Lufthansa after the German defeat in 1945.1950: Post-Reformation War
Lufthansa back in the January 6, 1953 as a corporation for air traffic demand (Luftag) and was renamed Lufthansa German society August 6, 1954. "New" Lufthansa of 1953 is the legal successor of the Lufthansa was founded in 1926, and existed during and before World War II. On 1 April 1955, Lufthansa resumed service in Germany with the Convair 340-planned international operations started on May 15, 1955 with flights to points in Europe, followed by service to New York on June 8 Lockheed Super Constellations.South Atlantic routes in August 1956. RetrialEast Germany sought his own airline to establish in 1950 with the Lufthansa name, but it has sparked a dispute with Germany, where the airline is already working. East Germany renamed its national airline international flights, which in 1991 was established.Lufthansa was allowed to fly to West Berlin to the fall of East Germany's regime.

1960: Introduction Jetliner

In 1958, Lufthansa took an order for four Boeing 707 Jet to start from Frankfurt to New York ožujka 1960 Boeing 720s were later bought a copy of the 707 fleet. In February 1961, in the Far East routes from Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong and Tokyo has been extended. Cities ofLagos, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa was taken in 1962.Lufthansa introduced the Boeing 727 into service in 1964 and in May of that year they began the Polar route from Frankfurt to Tokyo.In February 1965, the company received an order for Boeing 737 09:00 medium-range aircraft in service was established in 1968.Lufthansa was the first customer to buy the largest number of Boeing 737, and was one of only four technical buyers of new 737-100s (the others were NASA, Malaysia, Singapore Airlines and Avianca and NASA structure was first built, it was last delivered and originally intended for the provision of Lufthansa). At the same time, the first foreign launch customer for Lufthansa Boeing commercial aircraft.

1970-1980-they are: wide body time

Starting wide-body era for Lufthansa was the first meeting of the Boeing 747 flight marked the 26th April 1970. In 1971 Lufthansa began service in South America. In 1979 Lufthansa and advanced Swissairwere launch customer for new Airbus A310 with an order for 25 aircraft.Company fleet modernization for the year 1990 began on June 29, 1985 an order for fifteen Airbus A320s and seven Airbus A300-600. Ten Boeing 737-300 orders a few days later. All aircraft were delivered between 1987 and 1992. Lufthansa Airbus A321 has also purchased the Airbus A340 and Boeing 747-400.Lufthansa has a new corporate identity in 1988. The fleet has a new dress, and tents were city offices and airport lounges redesign.

1990-2000: Further expansion

On October 28, 1990, 25 days after reunification, Berlin became a Lufthansa destination again. On 18 May 1997, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways and United Airlines formed the Star Alliance, the world's first multilateral airline alliance.In 2000 Air One became partner airline of Lufthansa and Air One, almost all the flights are code-shared with Lufthansa, while the purchase of Air One, Alitalia. Lufthansa has a good track record of placing profits in 2001 after 9 / 11, the airline suffered significant losses in profits, but still managed to stay in the country."Announced [12] While many other airlines layoffs (typically 20% of the workforce), Lufthansa retain their current workforce. [12]In June 2003, Lufthansa opened Terminal 2 at Munich Airport Franz Josef Strauss stressed the main hub in Frankfurt, suffering capacity constraints. This is one of the first terminals in Europe partially owned airline.On 17 May 2004, Lufthansa started a customer for Connexion by Boeing in-flight online connection.On March 22, 2005 SWISS merged with Lufthansa. Merger Regulation contains the provision that the majority shareholders (the Swiss government and Swiss companies) be offered payment if Lufthansa's share price has outperformed the index over the years, the airline after the merger. The two companies will continue to operate separately.On 6 December 2006 Lufthansa ordered 20 Boeing 747-8 aircraft, was given the first client. The airline is also the second European airline Airbus A380 to work (after Air France). His first A380 was delivered 19th May 2010. [13][Edit] Alliances & PartnershipsLufthansa is by private investors (88.52%), MGL Society for air traffic values (10.05%), German Postbank (1.03%) and Deutsche Bank (0.4%) and 37,042 employees (in March, 2007 hold) [3].On 14 December, Lufthansa and American low-cost airline JetBlue announced the beginning of a partnership more than 19% of JetBlue Lufthansa course buy shares. This is the first major property investment by European carrier in the U.S. support of the EU-US Open Skies agreement came into effect in 2008.End of 2007, Lufthansa Cargo hub was peeled by Russia.Lufthansa was forced to its cargo hub from Kazakhstan to move to Russia.On August 28, 2008 Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines announced that it negotiate the reunification [14].On 15 September 2008 to jointly announced that Lufthansa Airlines 45% stake in Brussels Airlines with the option of the remaining 55% gain in 2011 to purchase. As part of this agreement to join Brussels Airlines Star Alliance. Brussels at the Star Alliance in December 2009.On 28 October 2008, Lufthansa's option (one for 20% of Lufthansa) a further 60% of BMI exerted to obtain this led to a dispute with the former owner Sir Michael Bishop, though. Both sides agreed to at the end of June 2009, so that the acquisition was effective from 1 July 2009. [18] With the acquisition of the remaining 20% comes from Scandinavian Airlines, Lufthansa has full control of BMI from 1 November 2009. [19]In November, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines announced an agreement to buy those of Lufthansa, the majority of the shares of the Austrian government. The work was completed in January 2009. In January 2009, Lufthansa announced that it is in serious negotiations with the Scandinavian Airlines System, in merging two airlines, Lufthansa, but would make significant changes in the SAS as a result of the financial situation in the Scandinavian Airlines System in the past year is possible. In May 2009 he announced that the talks between the occurrence of "closer trade cooperation between the two companies, but not in Lufthansa's takeover plans.[20] He also announced that if the British government Airwayswas to its merger with Iberia Airlines to complete to try to talks with Spanish airline to restart itself. [21]In 2010, Lufthansa was appointed to the European Commission's investigation into price fixing, but was not punished for acting as a whistleblower.

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