Word: lufthansa
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...think you've heard every reason to get a wi-fi--equipped laptop, here's a new one: live broadband Internet access on airplanes. This April, Lufthansa will begin to offer the wireless broadband service Connexion by Boeing on certain transatlantic flights. Other airlines are quickly moving to provide similar features. Both Scandinavian Airlines System and Japan Airlines will have in-flight broadband by the end of the year...
...deep discounts on airline fares. The best deal still available is from flag carrier Cathay Pacific, aimed at travelers from the U.S.: a round-trip ticket from San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York costs $999, and includes a further stop in one of 17 other Asian cities. Lufthansa offers one of the best fares from Europe, from London...
...country's large carriers suffering financially and cutting back flights and amenities, a fresh flock of new and expanding niche carriers is rushing to fill the gap with wildly varying routes and styles of service. Indigo and an unprecedented transatlantic Boeing Business Jet service offered by Germany's Lufthansa Airlines are aimed at executive travelers. Others, like JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways, are profitably targeting bargain hunters. Some are even more offbeat: Want to fly among skimpily clad hostesses from Atlanta or Newark, N.J., for a golf weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C.? Try Hooters Air. Feel the urge to disrobe...
...international aviation industry is closely watching Lufthansa's new all-business-class service from Dusseldorf, Germany, to Newark (offered in partnership with PrivatAir), and some are even calling it the "new Concorde." The flight's VIP service and the absence of crying babies and scruffy backpackers have pleased the route's early passengers and encouraged the airline to expand service to Munich from Newark and schedule a Chicago-to-Dusseldorf flight starting in June. The carrier will not say whether the route is profitable, but it has been flying at a healthy 60% of capacity. Among U.S. business travelers, Indigo...
...slapped with a tax of 16% on pet food; company cars will be hit with a 1.5% tax, leading the auto industry to predict 150,000 fewer cars will be sold next year. Air travelers were threatened with a 15% tax on frequent-flyer miles, prompting national airline Lufthansa to say it was considering moving its program overseas, which would eliminate 500 jobs. The government will impose a flat 15% tax on capital gains from the sales of shares and houses, boost gasoline taxes and offer fewer subsidies for new home construction (hence the architect joke). At the same time...