Europe’s Leading Global Airline Is Losing $1 Million an Hour and Needs a Bailout

Europe’s Leading Global Airline Is Losing $1 Million an Hour and Needs a Bailout
Passenger planes of German airliners Lufthansa and TUI pass one another at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, on July 29, 2008. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Lufthansa is locked in crunch talks with the German government on the terms of a rescue deal, as it fights to avoid bankruptcy while keeping state influence at bay.

Europe’s leading global airline group held its first virtual annual general meeting on Tuesday, unveiling a €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) first-quarter loss and painting a bleak picture of the outlook for global aviation, which has been brought to a virtual standstill by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.