| 1926 | Aug 10, 1926 - The Lufthansa, or German Air League, has invited Miss Gertrude Ederle, first to swim the English Channel, to fly from Paris to Elerlin and from Berlin to any place in Germany at the league s expense. The invitation closes vith "sincerest congratulations to the 'Queen of the .eas' in ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00914F8355E1B7A93C2A81783D85F428285F9
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| 1955 | Aug 20, 1955 - West Germany's Lufthansa Airline will start trans-polar service to the west coast of the United States within two years, Dr. Hans Christian Seebohm, Minister of Transport, said today. I "All required landing rights p have been obtained for a route linking Germany with California via ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B16FE3A5E107B93C2AB1783D85F418585F9
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| 1972 | Oct 31, 1972 - The chairman of Lufthansa, the West German airline, and a Lufthansa pilot took the responsibility today for a controversial decision to release three Arab terrorists in Yugoslavia without winning the simultaneous release of 18 people on a hijacked airliner. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20815F83A591A7493C3AA178BD95F468785F9
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| 1977 | Nov 15, 1977 - West German pilots were ordered to fly special missile-evasion patterns Monday on the eve of a terrorist deadline for blowing up three Lufthansa jetliners in flight. Protective measures for Lufthansa planes also were in effect at American and other foreign airports. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/654348082.html?dids=654348082:654348082&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+15%2C+1977...Lufthansa...
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| 1997 | Mar 3, 1997 - When Frederick Reid takes the controls at Lufthansa on Apr. 1, he had better strap in for a rough ride. Reid, the first American ever to head a non-US air carrier, will fly straight into the final phase of Europe-wide airline deregulation, due to kick off the same day. ... www.businessweek.com/archives/1997/b3516101.arc.htm
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| 2001 | May 17, 2001 - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Angry ground crews and caterers shouted down hundreds of striking Lufthansa pilots Thursday, as columns of picketers marched through the continent's busiest airport and tried to conduct a US-style labor protest. The clash during the second full-day pilots' ... www.usatoday.com/money/world/2001-05-17-lufthansa.htm
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| 2005 | Mar 21, 2005 - By Dinah Deckstein. The planned take-over of beleaguered Swiss, Switzerland's national flag carrier, by Lufthansa marks not only the second time the German company has courted its southern competitor, but also a radical change of its corporate culture. CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber is ... www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,347572,00.html
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| 2007 | Dec 14, 2007 - LONDON - While investors in JetBlue were elated after Lufthansa announced it had spent $300 million on a 19% stake in the low-cost carrier, ... Lufthansa has probably pounced now because the cut-rate airline's share price really is also cut-rate: it's been at an all-time low of $6.25, ... www.forbes.com/2007/12/14/lufthansa-jetblue-investment-markets-equity-cx_po_1214markets21.html
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| 2008 | Jul 29, 2008 - But a day-and-a-half into the dispute, Lufthansa is beginning to feel the effects. Though passengers will be only marginally affected on Tuesday, ... On day two of a nationwide strike against Lufthansa, the German national airline said it could be forced to cancel up to 70 short-haul ... www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,568750,00.html
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| 2009 | Aug 28, 2009 - AFP/File – An Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa plane sit on the tarmac at Schwechat Airport in Vienna. The European … BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Commission on Friday approved Lufthansa's takeover of Austrian Airlines (AUA) but said the German flag carrier must make promised changes ... news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090828/bs_afp/eugermanyaustriacompetitiontakeoverlufthansaaua_ 20090828150345
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