The FAA has already ordered new measures designed to improve the screening of airline and airport workers who have access to planes, tarmacs, runways, cargo and baggage areas, and congressional aides said legislative steps in this area were likely as well, such as mandatory criminal background checks.
The Lufthansa group includes the world's largest maintenance company, the largest airline caterer (with 29% of the market), the leading air-cargo operator and a big systems company.