新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Lufthansa Mulls Cutting Daily Beijing Flights Amid Competition
新闻日期：2024-09-20
汉莎航空考虑终止从弗兰克福到北京的每日航班，原因是其无法与在俄罗斯空域自由飞行的海湾航空公司竞争。公司还指出，由于飞机交付延迟和非欧洲航空公司的投资优势，欧洲航空公司在与中国竞争中处于劣势。
欧洲最大的航空集团表示，在中俄之间的商旅竞争中，欧洲航空面临与海湾和博斯普鲁斯航空的不平等竞争。这些航空公司享有低成本、低社保标准及高政府投资等优势。
汉莎航空已对北京航线进行了一定规划，旨在巩固其在欧洲最发达市场间的商务旅行份额。但该战略受到商务旅行复苏缓慢以及企业努力降低出行成本和碳排放的影响。
公司表示，最终决定将在十月份作出，并将继续从慕尼黑飞往北京。
原文摘要：
is reviewing whether to cut its daily flight from Frankfurt to Beijing, citing its inability to compete with Gulf airlines that are free to travel through Russian air space. Europe’s biggest airline group said it’s considering to halt the flights, also citing slow aircraft deliveries and the competitive edge of carriers based outside Europe. China is Germany’s main trading partner, with Lufthansa flights enabling goods and people to flow between Europe’s largest economy and its Asian counterpart. “European airlines, unlike those from the Persian Gulf and Bosporus, are in an extremely unequal competitive position with China,” Lufthansa said in an emailed statement. “All airlines from these countries benefit from low location costs, low social standards and high government investment in the aviation sector.”For Lufthansa, any retreat from China would mark a blow to its strategy of dominating business travel in and out of Europe’s most affluent countries. The company has invested heavily in new business and first-class sections, seats often taken by the employees of German multinationals like and as well as the staff of family-owned businesses known as the Mittelstand. Yet business travel has struggled to recover from its pre-pandemic levels as companies push to lower travel expenses and cut their emissions tabs. Meanwhile, delays in the delivery of long-haul aircraft are also pushing Lufthansa to pivot away from Asia to focus on transatlantic routes.A final decision will be made in October, the airline said. Lufthansa will continue to fly to Beijing from its Munich hub, it said.Read More: A partial retreat would follow similar moves by the likes of and , which have also pulled back their Chinese offerings.
