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Lufthansa update

9th April 2009 Lufthansa is withdrawing a service between Bristol and Frankfurt as part of its summer flying schedule.

The new timetable sees the seasonal reintroduction of a third daily service between Edinburgh and Frankfurt and also confirms the introduction of a seasonal service between Inverness, in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, and Düsseldorf, from 20 June to 12 September.

In addition, the London to Berlin service will transfer to London Heathrow instead of London City Airport to allow the introduction of Airbus 319 aircraft, increasing capacity on the route by over 50 per cent. The summer timetable also includes the new offer of flights by Lufthansa Italia between London Heathrow and Milan Malpensa.

Lufthansa are also expanding their route network in Central & Eastern Europe with the introduction of a number of new destinations - Rzeszów in south-eastern Poland (five times a week from 27 April), a new daily flight from Frankfurt to Poznan in the west of the country (in addition to the daily flights from Munich), subject to approval from the authorities, and a daily connection from Munich to Lviv in Ukraine. In addition, a new daily connection from Düsseldorf to Venice will be added to the schedule on 20 April. On weekends, Lufthansa will also operate direct connections to the two Adriatic cities of Split and Dubrovnik (Croatia) from Munich. Elsewhere in Europe, the connections to Madrid, Stavanger (Norway), Nizhny Novgorod and Perm (Russia) will also be operating with additional flights.

In the Middle East and Africa, Lufthansa will expand its flight offer to Tel Aviv and, subject to approval from the authorities, will reintroduce a four times a week connection to the most important Israeli metropolis from Munich. The Saudi Arabian cities of Jeddah and Riyadh will each be served by a daily non-stop flight from Frankfurt and there will also be daily flights to Muscat, the capital of Oman, and Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

There will also be additional flights to the long-haul destinations of Algiers (Algeria), Sana (Yemen), Dubai (U.A.E.) and Mumbai (India).

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