Date:27/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/27/stories/2008112753941600.htm

Business

Lufthansa sets up Italian airline

ITALY: German airline Lufthansa will set up its own Italian airline early next year, even as it courts Alitalia, as the battle to make inroads into the lucrative Italian air travel market heats up. Lufthansa’s new airline will fly under the “Lufthansa Italia” brand, Lufthansa Chief Executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber said.