Lufthansa misses third quarter profit estimates as fuel costs weigh

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's biggest carrier Lufthansa said it would raise its number of flights more modestly than peers this season after missing profit estimates for the third quarter this year. The company on Tuesday reported adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of 1.35 billion euros (1.20 billion pounds), against expectations of 1.41 billion euros in the July-September period."We expect to see our full-year costs increase by more than 1 billion euros in 2018 due to fuel..