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<description><![CDATA[Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, are staging a several-hour strike that has prompted the company to cancel hundreds of flights.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17396772-lufthansa-strike-forces-flight-cancelations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17396772-lufthansa-strike-forces-flight-cancelations</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>strike</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:32:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa workers to strike at German airports</title>
<description><![CDATA[A union says workers at Lufthansa,  Germany's largest airline, will stage one-day strikes Thursday to increase pressure ahead of a new round of wage negotiations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17383662-lufthansa-workers-to-strike-at-german-airports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17383662-lufthansa-workers-to-strike-at-german-airports</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>strikes</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:53:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa to order 102 new Airbus planes</title>
<description><![CDATA[German airline Lufthansa AG says it plans to buy 102 new aircraft from European planemaker Airbus to improve fuel efficiency and meet future demand.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17307588-lufthansa-to-order-102-new-airbus-planes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17307588-lufthansa-to-order-102-new-airbus-planes</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>lufthansa-ag</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:47:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa has ?990M year profit, cancels dividend</title>
<description><![CDATA[German airline Lufthansa says it made (EURO)990 million ($1.3 billion) net profit last year but canceled its dividend payment to shareholders and said it would close sites and merge office functions as it presses ahead with restructuring its business.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17020314-lufthansa-has-990m-year-profit-cancels-dividend</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17020314-lufthansa-has-990m-year-profit-cancels-dividend</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:39:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa attendants accept pay settelement</title>
<description><![CDATA[A union representing flight attendants at Lufthansa says its members have voted to accept a pay deal with the airline &#8212; averting the possibility of strikes during the holiday season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15837177-lufthansa-attendants-accept-pay-settelement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15837177-lufthansa-attendants-accept-pay-settelement</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:59:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Arbitrator: Lufthansa reaches agreement with union</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's biggest airline Lufthansa and its flight attendants have reached a new labor deal that averts the possibility of widespread strikes during the holiday season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rising]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Rising]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15131644-arbitrator-lufthansa-reaches-agreement-with-union</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15131644-arbitrator-lufthansa-reaches-agreement-with-union</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:43:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7781c4c1-0db4-41c1-934b-d06c304f07f0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7781c4c1-0db4-41c1-934b-d06c304f07f0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Lufthansa cabin personnel work in a Boeing 747-8 plane at the airport in Frankfurt. The arbitrator in a wage dispute between Germanys biggest airline Lufthansa and its flight attendants says the sides have reached a deal, averting the possibility of widespread strikes during the holiday season. Arbitrator Bert Ruerup said details of the deal would be announced later Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012. The UFO union was pushing for a 5 percent wage increase over 12 months for the 19,000 cabin personnel, while the airline was offering 3.5 percent over 36 months.   (AP Photo/dapd/Thomas Lohnes,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d20dc080-bf80-4355-8954-50341bf86e9b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d20dc080-bf80-4355-8954-50341bf86e9b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bert Ruerup, arbitrator between Germany's biggest airline Lufthansa and its flight attendants, speaks during a news conference in Wiesbaden, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Ruerup says the two sides have reached a deal that averts the possibility of widespread strikes during the holiday season. (AP Photo/dapd, Thomas Lohnes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lufthansa profits beat estimates despite strike</title>
<description><![CDATA[German airline Lufthansa said profits jumped 30 percent in the third quarter despite a strike and higher fuel prices. The company's CEO said it wasn't enough, however, and vowed to intensify cost cutting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14821960-lufthansa-profits-beat-estimates-despite-strike</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14821960-lufthansa-profits-beat-estimates-despite-strike</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:29:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa to pool EU flights in new budget carrier</title>
<description><![CDATA[German airline group Deutsche Lufthansa AG says it will combine many of its European short-haul flights with its Germanwings budget carrier as part of a wider cost-reduction effort.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13978658-lufthansa-to-pool-eu-flights-in-new-budget-carrier</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13978658-lufthansa-to-pool-eu-flights-in-new-budget-carrier</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>deutsche-lufthansa-ag</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:29:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa, cabin crew union agree on arbitrator</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former economic adviser to the German government has been chosen as the arbitrator in a bitter pay dispute between Lufthansa and its flight attendants and says he hopes for a solution by the end of October.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/13/13846520-lufthansa-cabin-crew-union-agree-on-arbitrator</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/13/13846520-lufthansa-cabin-crew-union-agree-on-arbitrator</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>strike</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa, cabin crew take dispute to arbitration</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crews agreed Friday to take their bitter pay dispute to arbitration after flight attendants walked off the job at airports around the country, forcing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rising]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Rising]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13653444-lufthansa-cabin-crew-take-dispute-to-arbitration</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13653444-lufthansa-cabin-crew-take-dispute-to-arbitration</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>strike</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>germany-lufthansa</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 09:44:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a492b25-30c7-476b-810a-acf17ac26cb6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a492b25-30c7-476b-810a-acf17ac26cb6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers queue at a terminal during a flight attendant's strike of Lufthansa airline at  Frankfurt airport, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. A union representing Lufthansa flight attendants escalated a bitter pay dispute on Tuesday, calling members out on strike at three German airports &amp;#8212; including the two biggest, Frankfurt and Munich &amp;#8212; in a showdown with an airline determined to bring down costs in the face of increasingly tough competition. Lufthansa scrapped many short- and medium-haul flights and said it also had to cancel about a third of intercontinental flights at Frankfurt &amp;#8212; among them services to and from destinations including Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Beijing and Mexico City. It listed around 200 flights as canceled Tuesday morning, most of them to and from Frankfurt.   (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9c79f7b-8dd8-47da-bfbf-55592895c064.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a9c79f7b-8dd8-47da-bfbf-55592895c064.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers waits between luggage at a terminal during a flight attendant's strike of Lufthansa airline at  Frankfurt airport, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. A union representing Lufthansa flight attendants escalated a bitter pay dispute on Tuesday, calling members out on strike at three German airports &amp;#8212; including the two biggest, Frankfurt and Munich &amp;#8212; in a showdown with an airline determined to bring down costs in the face of increasingly tough competition. Lufthansa scrapped many short- and medium-haul flights and said it also had to cancel about a third of intercontinental flights at Frankfurt &amp;#8212; among them services to and from destinations including Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Beijing and Mexico City. It listed around 200 flights as canceled Tuesday morning, most of them to and from Frankfurt.   (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=06e57cf2-1a21-4dc2-b3e0-c7a215babb7b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=06e57cf2-1a21-4dc2-b3e0-c7a215babb7b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers wait at a terminal during a flight attendant's strike of Lufthansa airline at  Frankfurt airport, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. A union representing Lufthansa flight attendants escalated a bitter pay dispute on Tuesday, calling members out on strike at three German airports &amp;#8212; including the two biggest, Frankfurt and Munich &amp;#8212; in a showdown with an airline determined to bring down costs in the face of increasingly tough competition. Lufthansa scrapped many short- and medium-haul flights and said it also had to cancel about a third of intercontinental flights at Frankfurt &amp;#8212; among them services to and from destinations including Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Beijing and Mexico City. It listed around 200 flights as canceled Tuesday morning, most of them to and from Frankfurt.   (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5dd23fc-bebb-4215-9d0f-456b7bf13b72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5dd23fc-bebb-4215-9d0f-456b7bf13b72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="45" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A departure board is pictured during a six hours strike at the Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.  UFO, the union for the cabin crews, is seeking a 5 percent pay raise for the airline's more than 18,000 cabin crew workers. Lufthansa has said it is offering a 3.5 percent raise. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=108bc3b0-627d-48cc-83b1-eef5936b9ba5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=108bc3b0-627d-48cc-83b1-eef5936b9ba5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crew members of the Lufthansa airline are pictured during a six hours strike at the Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. A union representing Lufthansa flight attendants escalated a bitter pay dispute on Tuesday, calling members out on strike at three German airports &amp;#8212; including the two biggest, Frankfurt and Munich &amp;#8212; in a showdown with an airline determined to bring down costs in the face of increasingly tough competition.  (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdafec93-ae05-4642-9d1b-eee182204466.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdafec93-ae05-4642-9d1b-eee182204466.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Lufthansa crew member holds a poster in front of the airline's logo at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.  Lufthansa flight attendants escalated their bitter pay dispute on Tuesday, going out on strike at three German airports  including the two biggest, Frankfurt and Munich  in a showdown with an airline determined to bring down costs.  (AP Photo/dapd, Thomas Lohnes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8d19e88-a4ee-4d66-97a6-77239d1a310b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8d19e88-a4ee-4d66-97a6-77239d1a310b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="58" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lufthansa passenger jets are parked at the airport during a strike by Lufthansa flight attendants, in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. UFO, the union for the cabin crews, is seeking a 5 percent pay raise for the airline's more than 18,000 cabin crew workers. Lufthansa has said it is offering a 3.5 percent raise. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d745734-6d81-4fdb-8511-a7d058114b63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d745734-6d81-4fdb-8511-a7d058114b63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers line up at Lufthansa counters at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, during a strike of Lufthansa flight attendants. UFO, the union for the cabin crews, is seeking a 5 percent pay raise for the airline's more than 18,000 cabin crew workers. Lufthansa has said it is offering a 3.5 percent raise. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c370295-a415-4026-a6f2-ce93427db407.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c370295-a415-4026-a6f2-ce93427db407.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ALTERNATE CROP TO PFRA110 - Lufthansa cabin crew members gather for a demonstration as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on an 24-hour-strike for higher wages at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Lufthansa canceled 1200 flights. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=baabd2e4-8a47-493d-97ef-16e1c1a5e96f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=baabd2e4-8a47-493d-97ef-16e1c1a5e96f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers wait in front of a Lufthansa counter in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Lufthansa canceled about two-thirds of its flights Friday after flight attendants walked off the job at airports around the country in an escalating battle with Germany's largest airline, but signs emerged that the two sides may be prepared to return to the negotiating table. (AP Photo/dapd, Olaf Malzahn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1fbd2b9-8992-4961-ae3d-cf6158a3d054.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1fbd2b9-8992-4961-ae3d-cf6158a3d054.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lufthansa cabin crew members gather for a demonstration as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on an 24-hour-strike for higher wages at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Poster at center reads &quot;Franz it's enough now&quot; in reference to Lufthansa's CEO Christoph Franz. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81176bf2-8380-4d0d-8ec1-9157baaa45d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81176bf2-8380-4d0d-8ec1-9157baaa45d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Canceled flights are displayed on a board as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline go on an 24-hour strike for higher wages at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Lufthansa canceled about 1,200 flights. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc40c0ce-0408-4aa4-bc6f-68847bf3a1c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc40c0ce-0408-4aa4-bc6f-68847bf3a1c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers wait in front of Lufthansa counters as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on an 24-hour-strike for higher wages at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c5132c4-cec4-4cff-afbb-ba8121823e2e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c5132c4-cec4-4cff-afbb-ba8121823e2e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Children of Lufthansa cabin crew members watch a demonstration as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on an 24-hour-strike for higher wages at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fed9471-26ce-4268-95ce-ea66f50e4a0a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5fed9471-26ce-4268-95ce-ea66f50e4a0a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Lufthansa cabin crew member holds a poster during a demonstration as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on an 24-hour-strike for higher wages at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. First sentence on the poster reads &quot;Finish smiling away&quot;. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdf8fe18-fce2-4a7f-97db-defe7932a084.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fdf8fe18-fce2-4a7f-97db-defe7932a084.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers stand behind an exit sign near Lufthansa counters as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on an 24-hour-strike for higher wages at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ab2f45d3-0800-409d-bf8a-4e652203b51c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ab2f45d3-0800-409d-bf8a-4e652203b51c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A camera man films beds for stranded passengers as flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a 24-hour-strike for higher wages at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lufthansa flight attendants strike at 3 airports</title>
<description><![CDATA[A union representing Lufthansa flight attendants called members at Frankfurt and Berlin's Tegel airport out on strike Tuesday, escalating a pay dispute with Germany's biggest airline and forcing widespread flight cancelations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13521695-lufthansa-flight-attendants-strike-at-3-airports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13521695-lufthansa-flight-attendants-strike-at-3-airports</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>strike</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:27:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05c721a4-1da1-4253-a29d-eb580ad136c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05c721a4-1da1-4253-a29d-eb580ad136c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cabin attendants take part in a demonstration at the Frankfurt airport as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike,  Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Frankfurt, Germany. Lufthansa flight attendants are on strike at Germany's busiest airport, causing the cancellation of dozens of flights. The cabin crews walked off the job early Friday morning at Frankfurt airport in an eight-hour strike that is to last until early afternoon. The UFO union says it will continue staging short-term strikes until its demands for better pay and conditions for some 18,000 cabin crew at the airline, Germany's largest, are met. Lufthansa says it has canceled about a quarter of the 360 flights at the airport that were scheduled during the strike hours, all short and middle-distance routes. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe52f370-5a64-4c17-925f-f9594d1dcf40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe52f370-5a64-4c17-925f-f9594d1dcf40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cabin attendants take walk in a hall at the Frankfurt airport as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Frankfurt, Germany. Lufthansa flight attendants are on strike at Germany's busiest airport, causing the cancellation of dozens of flights. The cabin crews walked off the job early Friday morning at Frankfurt airport in an eight-hour strike that is to last until early afternoon. The UFO union says it will continue staging short-term strikes until its demands for better pay and conditions for some 18,000 cabin crew at the airline, Germany's largest, are met. Lufthansa says it has canceled about a quarter of the 360 flights at the airport that were scheduled during the strike hours, all short and middle-distance routes. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1b79f3c6-2a9b-4e2c-9da7-9af2dde7cd51.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1b79f3c6-2a9b-4e2c-9da7-9af2dde7cd51.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Passengers queue in a terminal at the Frankfurt airport as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 , in Frankfurt, Germany. Lufthansa flight attendants are on strike at Germany's busiest airport, causing the cancellation of dozens of flights. The cabin crews walked off the job early Friday morning at Frankfurt airport in an eight-hour strike that is to last until early afternoon. The UFO union says it will continue staging short-term strikes until its demands for better pay and conditions for some 18,000 cabin crew at the airline, Germany's largest, are met. Lufthansa says it has canceled about a quarter of the 360 flights at the airport that were scheduled during the strike hours, all short and middle-distance routes. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a667002-a69e-46c4-af46-3e716d095214.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a667002-a69e-46c4-af46-3e716d095214.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Striking cabin attendants pose for a picture as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 at Frankfurt Airpot, Germany. Lufthansa flight attendants are on strike at Germany's busiest airport, causing the cancellation of dozens of flights. The cabin crews walked off the job early Friday morning at Frankfurt airport in an eight-hour strike that is to last until early afternoon. The UFO union says it will continue staging short-term strikes until its demands for better pay and conditions for some 18,000 cabin crew at the airline, Germany's largest, are met. Lufthansa says it has canceled about a quarter of the 360 flights at the airport that were scheduled during the strike hours, all short and middle-distance routes. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f03cd9ef-7070-4c34-9df2-3a5c397349c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f03cd9ef-7070-4c34-9df2-3a5c397349c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Canceled flights appear on a board as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike at the airport of Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2012 causing at least 60 cancelled flights. More and longer lasting strikes are announced for the next days and weeks.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2aaba649-73d0-4c6d-8416-4b32bc91cac6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="317" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2aaba649-73d0-4c6d-8416-4b32bc91cac6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A cabin attendant takes part in a demonstration at the Frankfurt airport as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike at the international airport on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany, causing at least 60 cancelled flights. More and longer lasting strikes are announced for the next days and weeks.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2086d6db-d9db-40c5-9dd1-a88affee75ce.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2086d6db-d9db-40c5-9dd1-a88affee75ce.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cabin attendants take part in a demonstration at the Frankfurt airport as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike at the international airport on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany, causing at least 60 cancelled flights. More and longer lasting strikes are announced for the next days and weeks.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fa3210c-5c49-453e-9c3d-4dfbfac43018.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fa3210c-5c49-453e-9c3d-4dfbfac43018.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Canceled flights are displayed on a board as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike at the airport of Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2012 causing at least 60 canceled flights. More and longer lasting strikes are announced for the next days and weeks.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc9cc389-c7bb-42f7-b468-85cb6e302d9a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc9cc389-c7bb-42f7-b468-85cb6e302d9a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cabin attendants take part in a demonstration at the Frankfurt airport as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike at the international airport on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany, causing at least 60 cancelled flights. More and longer lasting strikes are announced for the next days and weeks.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3b24a29-82aa-48d6-ac99-95d1f043460e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3b24a29-82aa-48d6-ac99-95d1f043460e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cabin attendants take part in a demonstration at the Frankfurt airport as the flight attendants of German Lufthansa airline went on a seven hour strike at the international airport on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany, causing at least 60 cancelled flights. More and longer lasting strikes are announced for the next days and weeks.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Does a computer glitch at Newark Int'l Airport really compromise U.S. homeland security?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Last Saturday, August 18th, my friend &amp; comrade, Fred, and I arrived at Newark International Airport,&nbsp;Terminal B, by Lufthansa 408 coming in from Duesseldorf, Germany. The Airbus was mainly occupied by German and American folks.
The plane was on time, around 2:40 pm, &n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13488486-does-a-computer-glitch-at-newark-intl-airport-really-compromise-us-homeland-security</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13488486-does-a-computer-glitch-at-newark-intl-airport-really-compromise-us-homeland-security</guid><category>us</category><category>travel</category><category>germany</category><category>immigration</category><category>newark</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>9-11</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>computer-glitch</category><category>duesseldorf</category><category>newark-international-airport</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:12:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth220AB985-F90E-89EE-2F5F-F2B9275144D0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth220AB985-F90E-89EE-2F5F-F2B9275144D0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth52B33F01-A30B-A35E-6AD7-3804671CBF36.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="533" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth52B33F01-A30B-A35E-6AD7-3804671CBF36.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenrothA6648601-50F4-37CD-4EEF-56DA0158A480.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="533" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenrothA6648601-50F4-37CD-4EEF-56DA0158A480.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lufthansa Q2 profit falls on fuel costs, taxes</title>
<description><![CDATA[German airline Lufthansa blamed high fuel costs and new taxes on air travel in its home and Austrian markets for a 24 percent decline in second-quarter earnings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13081403-lufthansa-q2-profit-falls-on-fuel-costs-taxes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13081403-lufthansa-q2-profit-falls-on-fuel-costs-taxes</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>world-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>airline-lufthansa</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 07:16:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Germany's Lufthansa in Q1 loss due to fuel costs</title>
<description><![CDATA[German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG reported a first-quarter loss of (EURO)397 million ($521.3 million) on Wednesday, blaming high prices for fuel and other expenses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518350-germanys-lufthansa-in-q1-loss-due-to-fuel-costs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518350-germanys-lufthansa-in-q1-loss-due-to-fuel-costs</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>deutsche-lufthansa-ag</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 11:53:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa warns profits to slide again this year</title>
<description><![CDATA[German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG on Thursday warned of lower profits this year due to high fuel prices and economic uncertainties caused by the debt crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juergen Baetz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Juergen Baetz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10698900-lufthansa-warns-profits-to-slide-again-this-year</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10698900-lufthansa-warns-profits-to-slide-again-this-year</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>deutsche-lufthansa-ag</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:19:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4be20bcd-6561-4674-af65-e927d605d560.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4be20bcd-6561-4674-af65-e927d605d560.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This July 28, 2008 file picture shows Lufthansa planes at Frankfurt's Rhein-Main airport. Lufthansa AG says Thursday, March 15, 2012, it expects lower profits this year as high fuel prices and economic uncertainties weigh on earnings. The company said its operating profit is expected to slide from euro 820 million (US dollar1.1 billion) in 2011 to a &quot;mid three-figure million euro range&quot; in 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Roland, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/719586e1-f7f7-409d-a719-17d3d84687f4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="397" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/719586e1-f7f7-409d-a719-17d3d84687f4.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Aug. 1, 2008 file photo shows German airline Lufthansa planes stand on the airfield at the airport in Munich, southern Germany. Lufthansa AG says Thursday, March 15, 2012, it expects lower profits this year as high fuel prices and economic uncertainties weigh on earnings. The company said its operating profit is expected to slide from euro 820 million (US dollar1.1 billion) in 2011 to a &quot;mid three-figure million euro range&quot; in 2012. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lufthansa to sell Britain's BMI to BA owner</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's Lufthansa revealed Friday that it plans to sell its British Midland Ltd subsidiary to the owner of rival British Airways, having failed to turn the business around after nearly three years of ownership.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geir Moulson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Geir Moulson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8629622-lufthansa-to-sell-britains-bmi-to-ba-owner</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8629622-lufthansa-to-sell-britains-bmi-to-ba-owner</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>bmi</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>germany-lufthansa</category><category>british-midland-ltd</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:07:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Third Lufthansa plane forced to land in a week </title>
<description><![CDATA[Merkel: EU must not dictate ECB action  (25 Oct 11)
This is the third time in the last six days that a Lufthansa plane has had to make unscheduled landings due to strange odours or smoke on board.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8510360-third-lufthansa-plane-forced-to-land-in-a-week</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8510360-third-lufthansa-plane-forced-to-land-in-a-week</guid><category>planes</category><category>aircraft</category><category>us-news</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:21:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Germany's Lufthansa issues profit warning</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's biggest airline, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, says it is scaling back its earnings forecast for this year amid economic uncertainty.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/20/7854498-germanys-lufthansa-issues-profit-warning</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/20/7854498-germanys-lufthansa-issues-profit-warning</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>lufthansa</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:53:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>European aviation authorities find faults in German planes</title>
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International flight safety authorities found 545 faults in German planes in just over a year, according to a report published on Sunday. Opposition parties say the government is cutting costs at the expense of safety ...
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/20/6896313-european-aviation-authorities-find-faults-in-german-planes</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/20/6896313-european-aviation-authorities-find-faults-in-german-planes</guid><category>technology</category><category>germany</category><category>airlines</category><category>safety</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>carriers</category><category>air-berlin</category><category>cost-cutting</category><category>spiegel</category><category>germanwings</category><category>technical-faults</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa pilot caught with deadly slingshots</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Lufthansa pilot has been arrested at Frankfurt Airport after he tried to bring two deadly slingshots and hundreds of ball bearings into Germany, officials said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6462243-lufthansa-pilot-caught-with-deadly-slingshots</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6462243-lufthansa-pilot-caught-with-deadly-slingshots</guid><category>germany</category><category>arrest</category><category>pilot</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>illegal</category><category>weapon</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>frankfurt</category><category>ball-bearings</category><category>slingshots</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:56:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>(Germany) Fake euro coin scam uncovered</title>
<description><![CDATA[Investigators probing a massive fraud involving fake euro coins have raided offices and homes of Bundesbank and Lufthansa workers, according to a Thursday media report.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6380471-germany-fake-euro-coin-scam-uncovered</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6380471-germany-fake-euro-coin-scam-uncovered</guid><category>germany</category><category>china</category><category>europe</category><category>counterfeiting</category><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>bundesbank</category><category>fake-coins</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:59:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lufthansa expects increased 2011 revenues</title>
<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germany's biggest airline, said Thursday it expects revenues and operating profit to continue to increase in 2011 on the heels of a sharp upturn in profit in 2010.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/16/6287589-lufthansa-expects-increased-2011-revenues</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/16/6287589-lufthansa-expects-increased-2011-revenues</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>apfn</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:33:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. airlines honor armed forces' personnel with preferred boarding - thumbs up!</title>
<description><![CDATA[ When my colleague,  co-traveler to the U.S., 1st Lieutenant of the German Army Reserve and regular civil servant of the Bundeswehr administrative staff (with more than 14 months of Afghanistan experience at the financial branch, German HQ  Mazar-e-Sharif) and I were about to emb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/05/5992967-us-airlines-honor-armed-forces-personnel-with-preferred-boarding-thumbs-up</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/05/5992967-us-airlines-honor-armed-forces-personnel-with-preferred-boarding-thumbs-up</guid><category>travel</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>american-airlines</category><category>honor</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>generosity</category><category>bundeswehr</category><category>preferred-boarding</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:41:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Strike by Lufthansa Paris crew disrupts flights</title>
<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Lufthansa AG was forced to cancel another 60 flights to and from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport Tuesday because of a strike by its check-in crew at the French hub, the German airline said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/18/5871109-strike-by-lufthansa-paris-crew-disrupts-flights</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/18/5871109-strike-by-lufthansa-paris-crew-disrupts-flights</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>strike</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>deutsche-lufthansa-ag</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:03:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Siddiqui: Air Canada's hypocrisy on UAE exposed - thestar.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[There once was a healthy relationship, steadily going strong. But it turned sour. Now there's constant sniping. The bad blood has already cost Canadian taxpayers at least $300 million. An annual trade of $1.5 billion is also at risk.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bigsaf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bigsaf]]></source><link>http://bigsaf.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5834335-siddiqui-air-canadas-hypocrisy-on-uae-exposed-thestarcom</link><guid>http://bigsaf.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5834335-siddiqui-air-canadas-hypocrisy-on-uae-exposed-thestarcom</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>middle-east</category><category>emirates</category><category>europe</category><category>conservatives</category><category>troops</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>equipment</category><category>british-columbia</category><category>profits</category><category>sabotage</category><category>visa</category><category>partnership</category><category>aircraft</category><category>world-news</category><category>air-canada</category><category>toronto</category><category>united-arab-emirates</category><category>vancouver</category><category>dubai</category><category>harper</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>ontario</category><category>north-africa</category><category>lufthansa</category><category>liberals</category><category>alberta</category><category>tories</category><category>labour</category><category>uae</category><category>ottawa</category><category>calgary</category><category>stephen-harper</category><category>canadians</category><category>abu-dhabi</category><category>protectionism</category><category>corporate-welfare</category><category>bob-rae</category><category>passengers</category><category>partisan-politics</category><category>subsidized</category><category>routes</category><category>reform-party</category><category>star-alliance</category><category>undiplomatic</category><category>the-star</category><category>etihad-airways</category><category>flight-times</category><category>holy-mission</category><category>foreign-competition</category><category>liberal-foreign-affairs-critic</category><category>camp-mirage</category><category>visit-visas</category><category>canadian-taxpayers</category><category>air-canada-s</category><category>flights-to-canada</category><category>arab-airlines</category><category>emirates-study</category><category>canadas-friendship</category><category>crass-commercial-interest</category><category>national-trade</category><category>geopolitical-interests</category><category>bad-canadian</category><category>arab-royals</category><category>duncan-dee</category><category>emirati-citizens</category><category>onward-journeys</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:15:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>