Lufthansa planning aircraft order

Lufthansa Group is planning to order 108 new aircraft – up to 100 short and medium-range aircraft and eight long-range aircraft. The carrier is in negotiations with Airbus and Boeing but the deliveries will be made between 2015 and 2025. The airline group disclosed the plans in their annual report, which recorded revenues of €30.1 billion – up 4.9% over last year – and an operating profit of €524 million, a decline of 36.1%. Lufthansa had forecast an operating profit for 2012 in the mid-three digit million euro range. The operating result contains restructuring costs arising from measures taken in