Italian airline ITA Airways is a new member of the Lufthansa Group after the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Europe’s leading aviation group jointly completed the transaction.

The Lufthansa Group airlines, comprised of Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, have announced general changes to its ticket fare structure until the end of December 2020.

The Lufthansa Group is simplifying its status program and offering its customers an easier and more transparent collection system for achieving and maintaining Frequent Traveller, Senator and HON Circle levels. Loyalty towards Lufthansa Group airlines will be rewarded to a greater extent than ever before. In the future, the airlines will also be appointing their guests Frequent Traveller and Senator for life in recognition of their long-standing loyalty. All changes to the status program will apply to flights from 1 January 2021 and onwards.

Lufthansa Group Airlines has announced new flights from Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich to the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, following the demise of Adria Airways last week.

The commercial activities and the representation of Brussels Airlines, the Belgium member of the Lufthansa Group, will be fully integrated into the Lufthansa Group in Australia effective 1 March 2019.