Lufthansa

German heavyweight airline Lufthansa cancelled a further 890 flights on Nov. 30 as pilots remained on strike in a long-running wage dispute.

Lufthansa pilots in Germany said they will extend strike action until Nov. 26 and target long-haul flights, further raising pressure on management in a long-running pay dispute. 

Pilots at German flagship carrier Lufthansa stayed away from work for a second straight day on Nov. 24, forcing the airline to scrap 912 flights and grounding 115,000 more passengers.

The airline had already scrapped nearly 900 flights that affected 100,000 passengers on Nov. 23 after pilots staged a walkout in a row over pay and working conditions.

Lufthansa has signed a route sharing deal with China's flagship carrier Air China , capping off two years of talks that will boost Germany's biggest airline's access to the world's fastest growing aviation market.

A strike of Lufthansa employees will cancel flights between the Bulgarian capital and the airports in Frankfurt and Munich on Wednesday.

Sofia airport informed that two flights to and from Frankfurt will be cancelled, namely the one departing at 6.40 o'clock (EET) and the one arriving at 13.15 o'clock (EET).

German passenger Airline ‘Lufthansa’ announced it would expand its daily Greek domestic flights to and from Athens and Thessaloniki this summer to include new routes to Kerkyra, Zakynthos, Mykonos, Heraklion, Kos, Rhodes and Santorini.

Air France-KLM is getting good traffic volume and has seen no major impact from attacks on the Brussels airport and underground system last week, its chief executive told Reuters.

German airline Lufthansa said on March 17 that low oil prices and booming passenger business sent profits soaring in 2015, a year marred by the Germanwings crash and drawn-out industrial action by pilots and crew.

SunExpress, a joint venture company of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has said it broke another revenue record in 2015, adding that 2016 would be a year for seeking new markets in a written statement on March 2. 

Airbus Group said on Feb. 24 its net profits climbed 15 percent last year and predicted deliveries of more than 650 aircraft in 2016 and a rise in orders to record levels.

The France-based European aerospace group chalked up a net profit of 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion), with sales up 6 percent to 64 billion euros.