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Company Watch - Lufthansa

AirGuide Business, Sept 8, 2008

Sep 7, 2008

Lufthansa Flight Training will open a multimillion-dollar center at Munich in October housing three cockpit simulators and training devices for service and emergency training. An Embraer E-190 simulator owned by Swiss Aviation Training will go into operation in March 2009 and A320 and A330/A340 simulators owned by LFT will follow. E-190 simulator training will be conducted by SAT. Sep 5, 2008

Lufthansa Systems won a four-year deal with Tirana International for its ELWIS cargo handling solution. Part of LS's AdvancedCargo Suite, ELWIS integrates wireless technology using wireless PCs, handheld devices and forklift-mounted terminals and offers real-time tracking and tracing over shipment lifecycle. Sep 1, 2008

Lufthansa is competing with Air France KLM to be a strategic partner with a reorganized Alitalia, whose board declared bankruptcy last Friday, the head of a key investor group told La Repubblica Friday. Roberto Colaninno, who reportedly leads the consortium of 16 Italians organized by Intesa Sanpaolo and prepared to invest EUR1 billion ($1.48 billion) in the carrier, said, "We are negotiating with both, and they're going at the same speed. . .one of the two will do." AF KLM confirmed its interest in partnering with Alitalia last week . LH did not comment.

Sep 1, 2008

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