Company: Lufthansa announces all lease agreements with Laudamotion

Lufthansa terminated the contracts for nine aircraft that it leased to Laudamotion. This corresponds to almost half of the fleet of the Austrian holiday traveler, who had succeeded in the spring of the former Air Berlin subsidiary, Niki. Laudamotion was their payment obligations "again not met as agreed," said Friday Lufthansa step.

The Dax Group can use the machines according to its own information to its brand Eurowings low-cost though. However, the termination of the contracts with Laudamotion has not started yet. It's already a date of hearing, said a spokesman. At Laudamotion, at Vienna Airport, no comments were received initially

The European Commission had agreed Thursday that Europe's largest low-cost airline, Ryanair, would take over three quarters of Laudamotion. After the failures of Air Berlin and Niki, the former Austrian pilot and operator Niki Lauda took over Niki, whom he had founded, and relaunched it in March under the name of Laudamotion . A little later, Ryanair brought Ryanair as the new shareholder of the boat

Ryanair accused Thursday Lufthansa of having delayed the payment of 1.5 million euros to Laudamotion. The termination of leases for nine Ryanair aircraft has called another attempt by Lufthansa to "destabilize and harm Laudamotion". The Germans would not have made available all the promised aircraft. Lufthansa rejected the allegations. The allegations were devoid of any basis, the airline said.

Lufthansa had first, after the bankruptcy of Air Berlin, Niki want to take over. As the Austrian planes were rented, Lufthansa bought the machines and rented them to Niki. However, the acquisition of the company failed because of competition from the EU competition, and Lufthansa had to leave the machines already bought to the buyer Niki Laudamotion. She offered Laudamotion all the machines badigned to sell, writes Lufthansa. Laudamotion preferred a lease.