Lufthansa is selling seats on flights through Airbnb
Facing headwinds, Lufthansa has quietly listed seats on its planes on Airbnb. “Our cabin isn’t in the woods, but in the sky!” exclaims the ad. Lufthansa isn’t just being cute by tapping the Airbnb platform. It’s trying to fill its planes. Last week, the airline lowered its profit expectations for 2016, saying it would likely earn less than the year before. “Advance bookings, especially on long-haul routes to Europe, have declined significantly, in particular due to repeated terrorist attacks in Europe and to greater political and economic uncertainty since the original forecast was made in March,” the airline said. It’s the first time an airline has listed flights on the room-and-home-rental site, according to Airbnb, though KLM has previously offered a night on a grounded jet at Amsterdam Schiphol. <br/>
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Lufthansa is selling seats on flights through Airbnb
Facing headwinds, Lufthansa has quietly listed seats on its planes on Airbnb. “Our cabin isn’t in the woods, but in the sky!” exclaims the ad. Lufthansa isn’t just being cute by tapping the Airbnb platform. It’s trying to fill its planes. Last week, the airline lowered its profit expectations for 2016, saying it would likely earn less than the year before. “Advance bookings, especially on long-haul routes to Europe, have declined significantly, in particular due to repeated terrorist attacks in Europe and to greater political and economic uncertainty since the original forecast was made in March,” the airline said. It’s the first time an airline has listed flights on the room-and-home-rental site, according to Airbnb, though KLM has previously offered a night on a grounded jet at Amsterdam Schiphol. <br/>
