Lufthansa losing 1 mn euros per hour, will need state aid: CEO

 Lufthansa is losing a million euros (USD 1.1 million) per hour as coronavirus pandemic paralyses travel, CEO Carsten Spohr said, warning that German airline giant would need state aid to survive.

"We are losing about a million euros in liquidity reserves per hour. Day and night. Week by week," Spohr said in a video mess to staff on Wednesday, seen by AFP on Thursday.

Europe's largest airline group by passenger numbers "will t be able to survive this increasingly longer lasting crisis without state support", he ded.

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