Flying high
Germany's national airline is weathering difficult times well
NOT all is gloom in Germany, nor at every big airline. This week, despite a feeble economy and fragile demand for air travel, Lufthansa, the national flag-carrier, reported a pre-tax profit of euro650m ($601m) for the first nine months of 2002, more than two-and-a-half times its 2001 result.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Flying high”
From the November 9th 2002 edition
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