Word: lufthansa
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...Think any airline can remove all the hassle from flying? Lufthansa is trying. On Dec.1, the Frankfurt-based carrier opened the world's first exclusive terminal for first-class and high-mileage travelers. Lufthansa's ?lite fliers are met at the entrance of a sleek gray sandstone-and-glass terminal in Frankfurt Airport by a personal assistant who handles all of air travel's mundane tasks?from bag check-in to seat assignments. These pampered passengers?only about 350 daily?then wait in an opulent lounge with overstuffed Italian leather chairs, a linen-tablecloth restaurant, offices and a cigar room...
...quite a while, airline passengers have been able to surf the Web via in-flight phones. But airlines embracing wifi aim to make Web surfing more practical. Last May Lufthansa introduced a high-speed wi-fi Internet service called FlyNet on flights between Los Angeles and Munich. Its Charlotte, N.C.--Munich and San Francisco--Munich routes will have it by the end of the year, and the airline wants its entire fleet equipped within two years. Scandinavian, Singapore and at least half a dozen other airlines have announced plans to follow suit...
...seat on the plane. If you decide to get your toddler a seat, ask the airline whether it gives discounts on tickets for children under 2; many offer up to half off. When flying internationally, parents should check with each airline, since the rules vary greatly. Icelandair and Lufthansa, for example, don't allow the use of safety seats during takeoff and landing, while Alitalia bans them altogether and charges an extra fee for lap riders. --By Lisa McLaughlin
...expressed outrage at the hard-line employer tactics. "Germany's future does not lie in low wages," fumed Franz Müntefering, chairman of the ruling Social Democratic party. Some politicians demanded that executives at companies give up part of their salary before demanding wage cuts, as happened at Lufthansa three years ago. "The managers in the higher floors should give up 10% of their own pay," said Kurt Beck, head of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. "That would be a signal to employees." DaimlerChrysler did just that; the company's management board - headed by chief executive Jürgen...
...Lines, successor to the defunct Swissair, has been flying low since it took off in 2002. The unprofitable carrier is seeking to get lift from its new CEO, Franz, 44, who most recently worked at the German railway Deutsche Bahn. But it was Franz's track record at Lufthansa that put him in the Swiss pilot's seat. In the early 1990s, Franz helped then CEO Jurgen Weber free the German carrier from high labor costs and years of losses. Lufthansa tried and failed to grab Swiss late last year...