Lufthansa braces for dip in demand for flights to US in third quarter

DUESSELDORF (Reuters) -Germany's Lufthansa is bracing for weaker demand in the third quarter for flights to the United States after a boom in the summer, according to CEO Carsten Spohr. Speaking at a business journalists' event late Thursday, Spohr said "the first quarter was better than the previous year, but we are seeing a levelling-off in the third quarter." The Lufthansa group of airlines, which includes Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Swiss and ITA Airways, flies to the United States 60 times a day.