Due to increasing ticket demand, Lufthansa is pushing for the first easing steps.
Flights to the USA in particular should be possible again soon, the airline demands.
Munich - Lufthansa is calling for air traffic to be relaxed.
During the corona pandemic, the aviation business came to a standstill, and last year the largest German airline made a record loss of 6.7 billion euros.
The Lufthansa executive suite wants a rapid increase in flight movements all the more urgently.
The Executive Board has one goal in particular: the USA.
Lufthansa Executive Board calls for air travel to be relaxed - booking numbers explode
Germany needs an "opening perspective for the transatlantic", emphasized board member Harry Hohmeister on Tuesday.
In the past two weeks, the number of bookings for summer flights to the USA to New York, Miami and Los Angeles has risen by up to 300 percent.
Further US destinations are to follow from June.
So far, there are strict entry regulations for holidaymakers from Germany.
The Federal Foreign Office advises against unnecessary tourist trips to the USA.
The general entry ban for citizens from the Schengen area continues to apply, so that only US citizens and their relatives, diplomats, green card holders and employees of international organizations are allowed to enter the USA.
For aviation companies like Lufthansa, the strict entry regulations mean low passenger numbers.
The ailing airline is therefore hoping for easing so that tourists can also enter the United States.
Lufthansa board member Harry Hohmeister is relying on falling corona infection numbers and an increasing vaccination rate to make traveling easier.
After the recent falling share prices, the Lufthansa share increased noticeably.
And thus recovers from Annalena's Baerbock's declaration of war against domestic flights.
In the event of her chancellorship, she wants to abolish this in the future.
Annalena Baerbock calls for "climate-friendly taxation of flights"
Most recently, Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock caused a stir in the aviation industry. In the event of government takeover, Baerbock would fight for the abolition of short-haul flights. Even cheap prices such as Mallorca flights for 29 euros should no longer exist if you are serious about climate policy, Baerbock told
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: “Everyone can go on vacation wherever they want. But climate-friendly taxation of flights would stop such dumping prices. "
The Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry criticized Baerbock's statements. The chancellor candidate made allegations that were "inaccurate" and did not stand up to a fact check, the association said on May 16 in a tripartite statement. The interest group refers to the economic performance that the aviation sector provides and to the jobs that airlines create in Germany. Lufthansa is a member of the Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry. (
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