Lufthansa Group is expecting to hire approximately 5500 new employees in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium this year. The airline group is looking to hire over 1300 flight attendants – primarily at the Munich hub and at SWISS in Zürich. For the core Lufthansa brand, around 1200 new hires are planned at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs, in all business areas. Lufthansa Group is also hiring a large number of additional employees worldwide. In addition, up to 500 future pilots are to begin their training as flight students with Lufthansa Aviation Training at the European Flight Academy in 2019. In order to stabilise flight operations after a turbulent summer, Lufthansa Group is investing approximately a quarter of a billion euros. For instance, around 600 employees are being hired to ensure quality in operations. <br/>
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LOT has been named the best airline in emerging Europe by US magazine Global Traveler. It is the second year in a row that LOT has won the award, outranking rivals such as Aeroflot, Croatia Airlines and WizzAir. “It’s an important award, which attests to the fact that LOT is becoming more popular and recognisable overseas,” said a LOT spokesman. Nearly 9m passengers flew with LOT this year, more than in any previous year. The airline is targeting 10m passengers in 2019. LOT was also honoured in the Best New Air Link category for launching direct flights from New York to Budapest. <br/>