Lufthansa to repay government 'as quickly as possible' Germany's largest airline has said it is on track to recovery as COVID-19 infection numbers drop. Demands for flights had increased more than tenfold in May, the group said. "When and how we can fully stand on our own two feet again also depends on how the pandemic develops," says Lufthansa Germany's national carrier Lufthansa has said it wants to repay the government "as quickly as possible" after it announced a record loss of €6.7 billion ($8 billion) in the COVID-19-stricken year of 2020. The airline's CEO Harry Hohmeister on Tuesday told the newspapers of Germany's Funke media group that Lufthansa would rather finance itself again on the capital market.