Overview
Lobbying Costs
700,000€ - 799,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
57
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Lufthansa Group (LHG)
EU Transparency Register
0714344663-32 First registered on 21 Nov 2008
Goals / Remit
The Lufthansa Group is an aviation group with operations worldwide. It is composed of the segments Network Airlines, Eurowings and Aviation Services. Aviation Services comprises the segments Logistics, MRO, Catering and Additional Businesses and Group Functions. The latter also include Lufthansa AirPlus, Lufthansa Aviation Training and the IT companies. All segments occupy a leading position in their respective markets.
Main EU files targeted
Main focus of the EU Liaison Office of Lufthansa Group is on legislative and non-legislative files concerning aviation, transport, environment, climate, consumer protection, competition policy, digitalisation and internal market.
Address
Head Office
Venloer Straße 151-153
Köln 50672
GERMANYEU Office
Rue du Luxembourg 3
Brüssel 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Nicolas Philippe Pierre Dünkelsbühler 14 Oct 2024 13 Oct 2025 Steffen VON EICKE UND POLWITZ 08 Jul 2024 07 Jul 2025 Steffen VON EICKE UND POLWITZ 24 May 2023 24 May 2024 Ruben Alexander SCHUSTER 26 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Oliver Francois SIMONIS 26 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Oliver Francois SIMONIS 27 Sep 2022 27 Sep 2023 Mr Menno VAN DER KAMP 27 Sep 2022 27 Sep 2023 Mr Joerg MEINKE 24 Sep 2022 23 Sep 2023 Ms Hannah CARTER 16 Sep 2021 16 Sep 2022 Oliver Francois SIMONIS 16 Sep 2021 16 Sep 2022 Mr Menno VAN DER KAMP 16 Sep 2021 07 Sep 2022 Mr Joerg MEINKE 16 Sep 2021 17 Sep 2022 Mr Joerg MEINKE 14 Oct 2020 16 Sep 2021 Mr Menno VAN DER KAMP 16 Apr 2020 16 Apr 2021 Thies Julius LORENZEN 07 Apr 2020 02 Dec 2020 Mr Samuel ULITZE 22 Feb 2020 09 Apr 2020 Mr Joerg MEINKE 05 Nov 2019 14 Oct 2020 Ms Friederike BORNGRÄBER 29 Aug 2019 29 Feb 2020 Mr Menno VAN DER KAMP 17 Apr 2019 16 Apr 2020 Mr Carl Elimar VON GOTTBERG 26 Feb 2019 01 Sep 2019 Ms Vicky BLUHM 22 Jan 2019 22 Mar 2019 Mr Joerg MEINKE 19 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Ms Vicky BLUHM 30 Aug 2018 22 Jan 2019 Ms Sinje ROHWEDDER 26 Apr 2018 01 Aug 2018 Mr Menno VAN DER KAMP 18 Apr 2018 17 Apr 2019 Ms Victoria NGUYEN 03 Jan 2018 12 Apr 2018 Mr Joerg MEINKE 01 Nov 2017 19 Oct 2018 Ms Victoria NGUYEN 10 Jan 2017 03 Jan 2018 Mr Joerg MEINKE 17 Nov 2016 01 Nov 2017 Ms Regula Dettling-Ott 05 Sep 2016 28 Jun 2017 Ms Victoria NGUYEN 07 Jan 2016 05 Jan 2017 Ms Regula Dettling-Ott 26 Sep 2015 06 Sep 2016 Ms Regula Dettling-Ott 25 Sep 2014 23 Sep 2015 Ms Rodica Schuller-Seles 16 Jan 2015 23 Dec 2015 Mrs Regula DETTLING-OTT 25 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Ms Rodica Schuller-Seles 21 Jan 2014 16 Jan 2015 Stefanie ERDMANN 16 Oct 2013 06 Jun 2014 Mrs Regula DETTLING-OTT 03 Oct 2013 25 Sep 2014 Mrs Regula DETTLING-OTT 22 Nov 2012 03 Oct 2013 Stefanie ERDMANN 22 Nov 2012 16 Oct 2013 Mrs Regula DETTLING-OTT 13 Oct 2012 14 Oct 2012 Stefanie ERDMANN 13 Oct 2012 14 Oct 2012 Stefanie ERDMANN 24 Jan 2012 01 Oct 2012 Mrs Regula DETTLING-OTT 31 Jan 2012 01 Oct 2012 Complementary Information
Addtionally to the FTEs specified here, the EU Liaison office is occasionally supported by different experts from the Lufthansa Group.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
IATA - The International Air Transport Association
A4E - Airlines for Europe
ENAA - European Network Airlines Association
E4FC - Europeans for Fair Competition
BDI - Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
BDL - Bundesverband der Deutschen LuftverkehrwirtschaftMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
700,000€ - 799,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
700,000€ - 799,999€
Other financial info
The annual costs consist mainly of personnel costs and the office/infrastructure rent. To avoid duplication with other transparency registers (e.g. Germany), the membership fees of associations are not included in the amount specified above, but included in the budget of the corporate government affairs department of Lufthansa Group.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Consultative Forum on EU External Aviation Policy#E03519#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3519 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group Global Gateway Business Advisory Group#E03898#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3898 #Member #C#Industry#Digital Transport and Logistics Forum#E03280#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3280 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group on alternative transport fuels ('the Sustainable Transport Forum')#E03321#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3321 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
57 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 22 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject To discuss recent legislative proposals impacting airlines (the revision of the package travel directive and passenger rights). Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucie Rousselle (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Summit - EU 2040 targets implication for air transport : carbon market diplomacy, and how to ensure competitiveness and prevent carbon Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
- Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Decarbonization of aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
- Dino Toljan (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Discussing the current situation and prospects of the aviation industry in Europe. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Attending - Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Aviation and decarbonization Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Dino Toljan (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 06 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Aviation - Cargo operations and global supply chains Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Aviation, green transition, level playing field, competitiveness, connectivity Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the Fit for 55 policies affecting aviation and on current and future challenges of the European aviation industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Tokyo Subject Airlines operations in Japan DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 21 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Meeting CEO Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject slot relief for winter season DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 25 May 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Fit for 55, slots DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 30 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with CEO Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the Fit-for-55 package and the airline’s contribution to the EU’s climate goals Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 29 Nov 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject Online meeting with Joerg Meinke and Oliver Simonis who presented Lufthansa and SN Brussels view over the Commission proposal on the ETS, ReFuelAviation and Energy Taxation Directive. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2021 Location hybrid meeting Subject EU Digital COVID Certificate, travel restrictions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Potential economic impacts of decarbonisation policies for the aviation sector. Current and future challenges of the aviation industry. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2021 Location online Subject Discussion on Fit for 55 and the airline industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Kyriacos Charalambous (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2021 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the Green deal and the Fit for 55 package and the Transport policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
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Date 12 May 2021 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Covid 19 impact on aviation, Sustainability DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 11 Mar 2021 Location video call Subject Climate roadmap for aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU transport and climate policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 28 May 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject aviation, SES DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 15 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Annual Global Partner Council of Lufthansa Cargo Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
- Silke Obst (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU transport and climate policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Sep 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject SES, CATAs, CORSIA DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 30 Aug 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU Aviation sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Aviation issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Feb 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject cargo issues DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 08 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Mr Meinke Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Silke Obst (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Meeting Mr Meinke- aviation topics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject aviation strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Apr 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Aviation Strategy DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 01 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Aviation issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
- Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject European Air Trafic Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Jan 2017 Location Davos Subject Aviation Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
- Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Dec 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject GDS, A4E, drones DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 08 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
- Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Current financial challenges for European airlines within the EU. DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 23 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Development cost charges, Airline ownership and control, GDS DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 07 Apr 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Mandates for EU Air service agreement, A4E, drones DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject aviation strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
- Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU aviation industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2016 Location Davos Subject Aviation Package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
- Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2016 Location Amsterdam, The Netherlands Subject Meeting CEOs of european airline companies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
- Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
- Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 02 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Jakub Cebula (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation package DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU Aviation Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu Portfolio Regional Policy Attending - Mathieu Fichter (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belguim Subject Meeting representives of 5 airline companies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
- Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jul 2015 Location Brussels, Belguim Subject Meeting 4 CEO's of European airlines Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
- Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
- Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 07 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Strategy DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location BERL 8/26 Subject Presentation of Deutsche Lufthansa Group and Air France / KLM Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Challenges and vision, Level playing field, Capacity: Slots & new airport infrastructure, Airport charges DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General)
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