Lufthansa Group

Lufthansa Group is an international aviation concern in Europe.

Aktivs

2022: In operation for May - 285 aircraft

Число planes operation in some airlines as of May 26, 2022. For comparison, Aeroflot's indicator in early 2022 is 243 aircraft

History

2023

Killnet hackers claim cyber attacks on Lufthansa

On February 15, 2023, it became known that shortly after a massive failure in the Lufthansa registration and landing system, this airline was subjected to a DDoS attack. Responsibility for it, according to Gazeta.Ru, was assumed by the Russian group KillNet.

We killed the corporate network of Lufthansa employees with 3 million requests for fat data packets per second. It was a rat experience that was successful. Now we know how to stop the work of any airport in the world, "said the leader of the KillNet group, a KillMilk hacker quoted by Gazeta.Ru.

Named the cause of the failure in the IT system - damage to the Deutsche Telekom cable

The reason for the violations in the Lufthansa check-in and boarding system, which on February 15, 2023 led to mass cancellations of flights throughout Germany, is cable damage during work carried out by the Deutsche Telekom provider. Frankfurt Airport, where the accident occurred, is the airline's main hub.

The cause of the failure was the operator Deutsche Telekom

On February 15, 2023, it was reported that malfunctions were observed in the Lufthansa airline computer system in charge of registration, which caused flights around the world to be delayed. The consequences of the damage affected, in addition to Frankfurt, the system in Munich, and also disrupted the movement of flights around the world, Lufthansa reported. In addition to Lufthansa, subsidiaries Eurowings, Austrian, Brussels and Swiss also collided with the inability to scan codes on suitcases, register flights and board.

Deutsche Telekom is the cause of the failures. They carried out construction work on their network in Frankfurt and damaged an important cable in the process. Deutsche Telekom and I are working quickly to resolve the problem and a full recovery is expected by February 20, "said Wolfgang Becker, IT engineer at Lufthansa.

According to Deutsche Telekom, the fiber optic line was damaged on February 14, 2023 in the evening. As a result, not only air traffic was disrupted, but also internet, telephone and television services in the Frankfurt area. After determining the location of the damage, the team with Deutsche Telekom called the emergency recovery team, which was installing the optical cable insert and two optical couplings. On February 16, Deutsche Telekom continues to work on the complete restoration of IT systems for Lufthansa airline, and according to workers, the situation is constantly improving.^[1]

Global IT System Glitch: Worldwide Flight Cancellations and Delays

Not a single plane of the Lufthansa group can take off due to a global failure in the company's information system, wrote Reuters on February 15, 2023.

The flight plan is seriously disrupted, flights around the world are canceled and delayed. On some flights, passengers are registered by manually writing their data on paper, since digital services are not available. Shares were down nearly 2%.

2022: Removal of Russians from flights with connections in Europe

In March 2022, it became known that against the background of the sanctions hysteria of the EU countries during a special operation Russia on To Ukraine Lufthansa and do not KLM allow Russians on flights from Istanbul with transit to. To Europe Passengers departing from Istanbul with transfers in cities Europe report massive refusals to board. In particular, there are reports of non-admission to flights from Istanbul Mexico with a transfer to, to Amsterdam the Dominican Republic with a transfer in Frankfurt.

2021: 7th place in the purchase of jet fuel in Russia

According to 2021