It was the first Lufthansa flight to China after a four-month hiatus. In Tianjin, on Saturday May 30, company personnel had deployed a banner at the foot of the bridge, to celebrate the arrival of 200 passengers from Frankfurt: so many executives and leaders established in the Middle Kingdom. However, a few hours later, the news fell: an engineer on flight LH 342 tested positive for coronavirus and all his compatriots placed in quarantine. Purely anecdotal, the incident nevertheless illustrates the perilous nature of the rescue of the German airline.
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The transporter hopes to quickly dissipate these grains of sand. On Monday, its supervisory board voted in favor of the public aid package intended to save the carrier, on the verge of bankruptcy. And thus closed a serial with multiple twists and turns. The State temporarily settles in the capital. In return, the European Commission obtains from Lufthansa the sale of its
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