Swiss drugs firm Roche says Nestlé chief Paul Bulcke, Lufthansa head Christoph Franz and Royal Dutch Shell boss Peter Voser will stand for election to its board of directors next year... more
Three airlines face having to replace as many as half their Rolls-Royce engines of the type that disintegrated on a giant Qantas Airbus, the Australian carrier reveals... more
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic confirms it has called in advisers to conduct a strategic review, which analysts predicted could see the tycoon surrender control of the business... more
Emirates airline more than quadruples its first-half profit to $925 million (£576 million) as it packs more passengers and cargo into its planes... more
The value of Europe's leading airlines has plunged by millions of pounds in the City over fears that the impact of the volcanic cloud could last for several more days... more
Three of London’s best-known and most upmarket hotels — the Berkeley, Claridge’s and the Connaught — could soon end up being controlled by the Irish taxpayer... more
Lufthansa and Sir Michael Bishop, chief executive of bmi, have settled a long-running multi-million-pound legal dispute, meaning the German flag carrier will finally take over Britain's number three airline... more
Aviation: The takeover of much of the European airline industry by the continent’s biggest carrier seemed to move ahead as separate reports linked German giant Lufthansa with bids for SAS of Scandinavia and Italy’s Alitalia... more
German airline Lufthansa is serving British dishes such as fish and chips and beef wellington to passengers in a bid to lure away corporate clients from BA... more
Aviation: Italian national carrier Alitalia has set to work to persuade the two remaining hold-out unions to agree to a government-brokered rescue plan... more
Cabin crews and ground staff at Lufthansa have voted for strike action starting on Sunday 27th which will bring chaos for thousands of visiting businessmen... more
A price tag of £800m was hung on the British Midland airline group amid rising speculation that Heathrow's second-largest airline will fall prey to a takeover or merger... more
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