Lufthansa Case
Angelina Kolesnik
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Lufthansa Case
1)I think that Herr Ruhnau decided to purchase the Boing jets at the right time. He couldn`t wait
till the dollar/deuchemark exchange rate would drop. In addition he thought about safety of
flights and wanted to renew company planes. We can also observe the given trend in movements
of the dollar/deuchemark rate over previous 3 years. Trend tends upward, so the postponing the
desision of purchase can bring company to a higher dollar exchange rate, that, as a result, will
mean that expences will be substantially higher.
2)To leave the whole amount of exposure unhedged was too risky at that time. Herr Ruhnau
wasn`t also hundred percent confident, that exchange rate would drop. Remaining the whole
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