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Lufthansa expands flights services in
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Lufthansa
is continuing to expand its services as with the
introduction of the 2007/2008 winter timetable, the
airline`s global route network will encompass 188
destinations in 79 countries. Three new routes are
included: to Orlando, Karachi and Lahore. In order to
maintain as stable a schedule as possible throughout the
year, many of the new services that were added this
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will continue to operate in
the forthcoming winter season. The new winter timetable
is valid from Sunday 28 October 2007 to 29 March 2008.
The offered seating capacity across Lufthansa`s entire
network will increase by 5.7 per cent compared with last
year. Available capacity will be increased by 4.0 per
cent on European routes and by 6.5 per cent on
international routes. |
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"We are enlarging our longhaul route
network, with the focus on America and Asia," said
Karl Ulrich Garnadt, member of the Board of Lufthansa
Passenger Airlines. "In Europe, we are further
expanding our route network to Eastern Europe and
simultaneously raising frequencies on several routes to
business destinations," he added.
The winter timetable includes a total of 13,272
scheduled flights, which represents an increase of 2.9
per cent on the previous year (winter 2006/2007: 12,908
flights). From 28 October, Lufthansa will operate 12,208
flights per week on domestic German and European routes
and 1,064 long-haul flights to 42 countries in three
continents.
Extended route network in growth markets North America:
Lufthansa is launching a new route to Orlando and will
thus be offering passengers flights to a second
destination - after Miami - in Florida, the "Sunshine
State". In addition, business travellers will have the
option of an earlier Lufthansa Business Jet flight to
New York (Newark). These flights will be operated by the
Swiss carrier PrivatAir. The existing Business Jet
service from Munich will be operated by an Airbus A340
with First, Business and Economy Class cabins. The seat
offer on routes to North America out of the southern
German hub will be almost doubled. Out of Germany
Lufthansa will offer a choice of 416 flights per week to
19 destinations.
South America Lufthansa is resuming flights to
the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, serving it
non-stop from Heathrow five times per week. This is Lufthansa`s longest nonroute, with a flight distance of
just under 11,500 kilometres. Flight time to Buenos
Aires, which is the second-largest city in South
America, is 13½ hours.
Lufthansa is also launching a new, direct service to
Pakistan,
one of the most densely populated countries in the
world. Lufthansa is launching the new route from
Heathrow to Karachi and Lahore with three flights a
week.
In
Europe, Lufthansa is starting a new service from
Heathrow to Wroclaw in Poland and will continue the
service launched on 1 September from Munich to the
Romanian city of Sibiu. Some 69 additional weekly
connections mainly to eastern and south-eastern European
destinations are being offered out of Munich. Lufthansa
flies to several other business destinations which are
also likely to attract leisure travellers, particularly
at weekends. From Heathrow, passengers will have a
choice of three flights a day to Bordeaux in Southwest
France. From 14 January 2008, services between Berlin
and London will be enhanced with the introduction of a
twice-daily non-stop flight from Berlin- Tegel to London
City Airport.
The most important new connections starting 28
October 2007
• Heathrow - Buenos Aires (nonstop) 5x per week
• Heathrow - Karachi/ Lahore 3x per week
• Heathrow - Newark (Business Jet) 6x per week
• Heathrow - Orlando 5x per week
• Berlin (Tegel) - London City 2x daily
• Heathrow - Bordeaux 3x daily • Heathrow - Wroclaw
daily
• Munich - Sibiu daily
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