Lufthansa's Ocean leisure subsidiary to operate three long haul aircraft in spring 2021: Union

Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) reported (17-Sep-2020) Lufthansa Group has internally announced plans to push ahead with its proposed leisure airline platform 'Ocean' "in the coming months". VC stated that corresponding job advertisements have been published, an AOC is being applied for and the group has internally announced that it intends to operate three long haul aircraft in spring 2021. The union reported that it expects that the concept will be based on the Edelweiss Air model as a secondary leisure product line alongside Lufthansa at its Frankfurt and Munich hubs. [more - original PR - German]