Price comparison

Flying more expensive than traveling by train

The market research institute Quotas undertook a comparison of rail and flight prices on behalf of the International Union of Railways UIC. Eleven routes between cities were selected, including Berlin – Frankfurt, Berlin – Munich, Stuttgart – Paris and Paris – Frankfurt. We quote the authors: “The results of our investigations contradict the commonly assumed price advantage of airlines in the perception of customers. With 514 simulated bookings, the rail service provided was significantly cheaper in all the periods included in our investigation – in more than 80 percent of cases.

Medical treatment

ECG at an altitude of 10,000 meters

Experiencing acute heart problems when you are high above the clouds, far from a hospital or a heart specialist, is something you wouldn’t wish on anyone. Lufthansa is now improving the medical care they can offer in emergency situations such as these – Lufthansa is the world’s first airline to have fitted all their long-haul aircraft with a mobile ECG system.

The intuitively-designed system enables flight attendants with no specialist knowledge of cardiology to perform an ECG. Experts on the ground are available around the clock to evaluate the data and give the cockpit crew advice. Through the “Doctor on board” program run by Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines, we can also quickly identify any doctors on board our flights, along with details of their specialist areas. There are currently more than 11,000 doctors enrolled onto the program.

Reliability

Investments have paid off

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group have once again provided a more reliable service this summer – despite some continuing bottlenecks in our infrastructure, both on the ground and in the air. To achieve this, the Lufthansa Group invested around EUR 250 million in the stabilization of its flight operations, for example through the use of more reserve aircraft and through a diverse range of further measures, such as the lengthening of ground times in order to create additional buffers. This has paid off – our level of reliability this summer stood at 98 percent.

Lufthansa Technik

Training offensive 2019