Makes it sound like Lufthansa is just a scared, weak-child of an airline... It, like BA, will likely become another dinasoar if it does not become more cost competitive and address a growing low-fare market.
It knows that it can't compete with Ryanair on a cost basis, so, it will use well-oiled government cronies to block a legit competitor from using an outlying airfield. How LAME is that? I suppose LH management is effective in that it has successfullly thwarted competing threats, but German travelers suffer - and they are not entirely stupid...
Wake up and smell the sourkraut Lufthansa, your status-quo days are numbered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a down-economy, passengers will always gravitate toward a low-fare airline - even a fair number of business passengers. You can only block airfare progress for so long...
Aufwiedersehen Kinder!