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Startup travel aggregator AfroAtlas announced it has established a new partnership with Lufthansa Group that has given it direct access to an Artificial Intelligence-powered platform that could reduce the cost of access to air transport services in eastern Africa. AfroAtlas CEO Ahmed Ugas says the German company’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) platform will consolidate online […]
Three foreign airlines, among which German Lufthansa, are interested in acquiring equities in Air Namibia, The Namibian reports. Namibia’s public enterprises minister Leon Jooste is leading negotiations with Lufthansa, Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways, the media says. “Three airlines, namely South African Airways, Ethiopian Airways and Lufthansa indicated an interest to pursue further discussions,” […]
UK’s flag carrier British Airways and Germany’s national carrier Lufthansa have temporarily suspended flights to capital Cairo on the ground of serious security concerns. British Airways announced Saturday it was suspending flights to Cairo for seven days as part of evaluation of the security situation at world airports where the airline operates flights to. “The […]
Lufthansa announced that it will launch two weekly flights linking Munich and Frankfort to Agadir starting from autumn 2018. The flights will be available every Monday and Saturday from Frankfort and on Sundays in Munich, the company said on its website. The air route will be operated by A320 aircrafts with a tariff starting with […]
Germany’s Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have halted flights to Tripoli due to insecurity in Libya, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The decision came as a preventive move to avoid any eventual attack from armed men who have declared European interests, companies and citizens as “enemies.” The company started operations in Libya barely a year ago after […]