and Last week, Lufthansa took an even more extreme step when it announced that starting in September it would charge passengers roughly $18 for the option of b

and Last week, Lufthansa took an even more extreme step when it announced that starting in September it would charge passengers roughly $18 for the option of booking plane tickets through third-party sites. To avoid the fee, passengers must book the ticket through Lufthansa-owned channels. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/business/pulling-fare-data-from-travel-sites-some-airlines-seek-to-book-more-flights.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/business/pulling-fare-data... and German air carrier Lufthansa's new project "Eurowings" will incorporate "Germanwings" brand, and is expected to become third largest carrier in Europe and Asia. On March 24, the Germanwings Airbus A320 flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf crashed in a remote area of the French Alps killing all 150 people on board. According to the information from the plane’s black boxes, copilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane after locking the pilot out of the cockpit. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-08/lufthansa-ceo-targets-service-savings-in-germanwings-crash-wake http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-08/lufthansa-... , http://sputniknews.com/business/20150608/1023069809.html http://sputniknews.com/business/20150608/1023069809.html