Lufthansa airlines to clear airfare reimbursement backlog 'within six weeks': CEO

25 June, 2020

Lufthansa Group chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr, speaking during the company's general meeting, said (25-Jun-2020) it hopes to process the repayment backlog of passenger airfares cancelled due to COVID-19 within six weeks "at the latest". During the meeting, Lufthansa head of HR, legal affairs and M&A Michael Niggemann noted around EUR1 billion in refunds have already been processed.