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Lufthansa Group

Lufthansa Group Adjusted EBIT for 2018 only slightly below prior year despite higher fuel and one-off costs

“2018 was another successful year for the Lufthansa Group in financial terms,” says Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. “We generated the second-best result in the history of our company. This is a great teamwork achievement by all the 135,000 people who make up our group workforce.”

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Lufthansa Group orders 40 state-of-the-art Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft

Lufthansa Group is consistently forging ahead with the modernization of its long-haul fleet. In today’s meeting, based on the recommendation of the Executive Board, the Supervisory Board 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 […]

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Poland posts its strongest growth in patent applications at the European Patent Office in four years

Patent applications filed by Polish inventors, companies and research institutions with the European Patent Office (EPO) grew by 19.7% in 2018, one of the highest growth rates among European countries and well above the average of the 38 EPO member states (+3.8%), according to the EPO Annual Report 2018 published today. It is the second […]