Issue 4/2018

Dear Readers of the Lufthansa Policy Brief,

German aviation disappointed countless travelers in the summer months. Families, vacationers and business travelers suffered delays or had to change their travel plans. This kind of situation must not be allowed to be repeated. That is why, on 5 October, airlines, airports and air traffic control, together with the political community, adopted important measures to ensure more reliability. This close alliance is essential in order to be able to offer customers both quality and punctuality. The Lufthansa Group itself is investing heavily in order to do its part to stabilize the situation. Details regarding this are included in this issue of the policy brief.

The extent to which punctuality in aviation is linked to political regulations is currently demonstrated by an initiative of the Bundesrat, Germany's Federal Assembly. According to the will of the federal states, airlines are supposed to compare boarding passes with travelers' identity documents in the future. Additional delays in boarding would then be in the cards. We would be grateful if you would acquaint yourself with the arguments of the aviation industry.

In our new policy brief, we also take a look at Istanbul, where a new airport, whose passenger capacities will clearly exceed those of Frankfurt, will open at the end of October. In the medium term, the goal is to operate the largest airport in the world on the banks of the Bosporus. In our usual concise manner, we tell you how this will affect the aviation location of Germany.

We wish you pleasant reading about these and other topics

Reliability in aviation

Achieving more quality together

More than a third of all European flights were delayed this summer. This figure is unacceptable for the aviation industry. On 5 October, representatives from the fields of politics, airlines, airports and air traffic control agreed on measures to ensure more reliability and quality. ...more

Additional boarding checks

Only the risk of delay is certain

Politics and the aviation industry want to make concerted efforts to ensure more punctuality in aviation, according to the unanimous statement made at the „Aviation Summit“. Essential for this are efficient processes at the airports in particular. At the same time, however, federal states in Germany are considering the idea that airlines should, in the future, compare the boarding passes with travelers‘ identity documents. This would delay boarding and thus thwart the aim to achieve better punctuality – and all without generating any gain in security. This would also be contrary to the recommendation of the European Commission. ...more

New hub in Istanbul

German aviation under pressure

Turkey will be opening the doors to its new airport in Istanbul at the end of October. The airport capacity is such that it will be able to handle 90 million passengers a year – and even 200 million travelers in the final stage. By comparison, around 64.5 million passengers took off and landed in Frankfurt in 2017. The Turkish infrastructure policy aims to draw away transfer passengers also from EU airports. ...more

Aircraft noise

Building permits counteract noise reduction

The desire for more mobility – whether for personal or business reasons – is one of the megatrends around the world. Road, rail and air traffic are being called on to facilitate mobility that is as sustainable and thus as quiet as possible. Airlines and airports have been on the right path for years. However, successes are being counteracted by questionable building permits. ...more

Lounge

So you can also enjoy tasty food up in the sky

The senses react very differently to flavors on the ground and at high altitudes. This means that if meals were not prepared carefully, they would taste rather bland over the clouds, as though you were suffering from a cold. Specialized cooks at the Lufthansa subsidiary LSG Group develop recipes suitable for these conditions – whether for passengers in airplanes or astronauts on the ISS space station. ...more

Telegram

Topic overview

Climate protection: Lufthansa group invests a further 3 billion euro in its fleet

Women in the cockpit:

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