Swiss Shines But Lufthansa Lags

Airline Weekly Lounge · Aug 6, 2026 · 33m

Swiss out-earned the entire Lufthansa Group network division it belongs to last quarter, while the core Lufthansa brand slid back into an operating loss. Gordon and Jay work through how a fuel bill undid a solid demand quarter, and why Swiss keeps outperforming its much larger sibling.

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