{
  "id": 17950606,
  "title": "Aviation: Lufthansa expects double-digit increase in flight prices in 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/luftfahrt-lufthansa-erwartet-zweistelligen-anstieg-bei-flugpreisen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-03T10:43:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/dienstleister/luftfahrt-lufthansa-erwartet-zweistelligen-anstieg-bei-flugpreisen-2027/100266944.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Frankfurt - Lufthansa predicts a double-digit increase in flight prices in 2027 due to persistently high kerosene prices. The airline's CEO, Carsten Spohr, stated that ticket prices will rise into the double digits in the upcoming year. This rise was already evident in the fourth quarter of this year. Till Streichert, Lufthansa's finance chief, added that despite the price hikes, demand remains strong. Consequently, the network airlines managed to pass on 85% of the fuel cost increase to customers, with Eurowings subsidiary absorbing it entirely. Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, previously estimated that the airline would need to raise prices by 20% to offset the cost increase, though this scale may not be feasible in the market. Premium customers are helping Lufthansa weather the storm.",
  "summary": "The persistently high kerosene price is likely to burden the industry - and thus the customers - also in the coming year. However, this has probably had no major impact on demand so far.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}