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Deutsche Lufthansa AG is an airline with operations all over the world. It operates its core business of passenger transport through Lufthansa Passage Airlines (incl. Lufthansa Regional), Austrian Airlines, SWISS, and Germanwings and through affiliates Brussels Airlines and SunExpress. Its other business fields are logistics, engineering, catering and IT services. Deutsche Lufthansa AG has the management and supervisory structures typical for companies in Germany. The Executive Board is responsible for managing the Company and defining its strategic direction. In doing so, the aim is to increase Company value sustainably. The Supervisory Board appoints, advises and supervises the Executive Board. Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the parent company and the largest single operating company in the Lufthansa Group. The individual business segments are run as separate Group companies, with the exception of the Lufthansa Passenger Airlines. They have their own profit and operating responsibility and are monitored by their respective supervisory boards, in which members of Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Executive Board are also represented.

The Deutsche Post and DHL corporate brands offer a one-of-a-kind portfolio of logistics and communications services. The Group provides its customers with both easy to use standardized products as well as innovative and tailored solutions ranging from dialog marketing to industrial supply chains. About 475,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories form a global network focused on service, quality and sustainability. With programs in the areas of climate protection, disaster relief and education, the Group is committed to social responsibility.

British Midland Ltd. provides airline services. It has operations in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. It operates 2,000 flights a week from London's Heathrow Airport to 40 destinations worldwide. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Derby, the United Kingdom.