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LUFTHANSA WINTER FLIGHTS TO 191 DESTINATIONS IN 78 COUNTRIES
Breaking Travel News
9 Oct 2009 at 10:53 AM
In view of weaker demand in the coming winter flight schedules,
Lufthansa is reducing the number of its weekly flights, especially
on German and European routes. All in all, a total of 12,406 weekly
flights will be laid on the new winter timetable (previous year:
13,402), a decrease of 7.4 per cent. Through gradual withdrawal
of smaller regional aircraft and the deployment of larger types,
the available seat capacity will remain stable in a year-on-year
comparison. Overall, through fleet re-dimensioning, the capacity -
measured in available seat kilometres - will increase marginally
by 1.1 per cent, principally through the use of new aircraft in
inter-continental traffic. The winter timetable 2009/2010 is valid
for the period commencing Sunday, 25 October 2009 through to Saturday,
27 March 2010.
In the new winter flight schedules, Lufthansa is offering connections
to 191 destinations in 78 countries (compared with 194 destinations
in 79 countries in winter 2008/09). With 11,282 German domestic
and European flights weekly (previous year: 12,278 flights), the
downsizing is mainly in the continental route network. Long-haul
services in contrast with a weekly 1,146 intercontinental flights
(previous year: 1,124 flights) will increase marginally.
"Our passengers are staying loyal to us because we are maintaining
existing connections and not radically revising our route network. We
are optimising the network so as to retain connection quality, wherever
possible, for our customers," explained Karl Ulrich Garnadt, Member
of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board. "We are keeping a presence
in all traffic regions and cancelling flight connections only when
alternatives are available to our passengers. This adaptation is
a measure resulting from the CLIMB 2011 cost-cutting programme,
with which the Lufthansa passenger business is aiming to improve its
results on a sustained basis by a billion euros . At the same time,
we are opening up new markets in West Africa, for example, so as to
harness new grow opportunities."
Renewed adjustment to the timetable in line with declining demand
will be effected largely by scrapping individual flight frequencies,
amalgamating specific routes and the assumption of selected connections
by airlines in the Lufthansa Group. In the winter schedules, for
example, the flights operated to Brussels by Lufthansa and Brussels
Airlines in cross-border traffic between Germany and Belgium will be
rearranged and harmonised. Lufthansa will take over the connections
to the Belgian capital from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs, Brussels
Airlines will in return connect Brussels with Hamburg and Berlin.
Despite the necessary cuts, Lufthansa is continuing to develop new,
strategically important growth markets. Among its principal targets
are West and Central Africa. Lufthansa is further increasing its
services in that region and will be flying daily to the Nigerian
capital Abuja when the new timetable starts. Those flights will
continue thrice-weekly to Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) and four times
weekly to Nigeria's Port Harcourt, which is thus featuring anew in
the timetable. In July, the biggest German airline is commencing
a new connection to Libreville in Gabon. In this region, rich in
raw materials, Lufthansa is also flying to Luanda (Angola) and Lagos
(Nigeria). In comparison with the previous year, Lufthansa is doubling
its services to the oil-producing countries in West and Central Africa
from 11 to 21 flights weekly.
Since 1 October, Lufthansa customers have been able to book new
code-share connections with cooperation partner JetBlue. The US
carrier is operating flights also under Lufthansa flight numbers
from 11 November 2009 with seamless flight connections ex New York
or Boston to twelve US destinations and Puerto Rico. Additionally,
seasonal services Hamburg-Innsbruck (Austria), Frankfurt-Cape Town
(South Africa) and Dusseldorf-Miami (USA) will be resumed.
In the past months, Lufthansa has for economic discontinued flights to
Erivan (Armenia), Bristol (UK), Ufa (Russia) and Portland/Oregon (USA).
The airlines in the Lufthansa Group - Austrian Airlines, bmi, Brussels
Airlines and SWISS - are also commencing their winter flight schedules
on 25 October. In harness with Lufthansa, all five airlines are
together serving 254 destinations in 101 countries on four continents
via their hubs at Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow,
Munich, Vienna and Zurich. They are also each augmenting their own
services with an array of code-share fights with partner airlines.
Breaking Travel News
9 Oct 2009 at 10:53 AM
In view of weaker demand in the coming winter flight schedules,
Lufthansa is reducing the number of its weekly flights, especially
on German and European routes. All in all, a total of 12,406 weekly
flights will be laid on the new winter timetable (previous year:
13,402), a decrease of 7.4 per cent. Through gradual withdrawal
of smaller regional aircraft and the deployment of larger types,
the available seat capacity will remain stable in a year-on-year
comparison. Overall, through fleet re-dimensioning, the capacity -
measured in available seat kilometres - will increase marginally
by 1.1 per cent, principally through the use of new aircraft in
inter-continental traffic. The winter timetable 2009/2010 is valid
for the period commencing Sunday, 25 October 2009 through to Saturday,
27 March 2010.
In the new winter flight schedules, Lufthansa is offering connections
to 191 destinations in 78 countries (compared with 194 destinations
in 79 countries in winter 2008/09). With 11,282 German domestic
and European flights weekly (previous year: 12,278 flights), the
downsizing is mainly in the continental route network. Long-haul
services in contrast with a weekly 1,146 intercontinental flights
(previous year: 1,124 flights) will increase marginally.
"Our passengers are staying loyal to us because we are maintaining
existing connections and not radically revising our route network. We
are optimising the network so as to retain connection quality, wherever
possible, for our customers," explained Karl Ulrich Garnadt, Member
of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board. "We are keeping a presence
in all traffic regions and cancelling flight connections only when
alternatives are available to our passengers. This adaptation is
a measure resulting from the CLIMB 2011 cost-cutting programme,
with which the Lufthansa passenger business is aiming to improve its
results on a sustained basis by a billion euros . At the same time,
we are opening up new markets in West Africa, for example, so as to
harness new grow opportunities."
Renewed adjustment to the timetable in line with declining demand
will be effected largely by scrapping individual flight frequencies,
amalgamating specific routes and the assumption of selected connections
by airlines in the Lufthansa Group. In the winter schedules, for
example, the flights operated to Brussels by Lufthansa and Brussels
Airlines in cross-border traffic between Germany and Belgium will be
rearranged and harmonised. Lufthansa will take over the connections
to the Belgian capital from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs, Brussels
Airlines will in return connect Brussels with Hamburg and Berlin.
Despite the necessary cuts, Lufthansa is continuing to develop new,
strategically important growth markets. Among its principal targets
are West and Central Africa. Lufthansa is further increasing its
services in that region and will be flying daily to the Nigerian
capital Abuja when the new timetable starts. Those flights will
continue thrice-weekly to Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) and four times
weekly to Nigeria's Port Harcourt, which is thus featuring anew in
the timetable. In July, the biggest German airline is commencing
a new connection to Libreville in Gabon. In this region, rich in
raw materials, Lufthansa is also flying to Luanda (Angola) and Lagos
(Nigeria). In comparison with the previous year, Lufthansa is doubling
its services to the oil-producing countries in West and Central Africa
from 11 to 21 flights weekly.
Since 1 October, Lufthansa customers have been able to book new
code-share connections with cooperation partner JetBlue. The US
carrier is operating flights also under Lufthansa flight numbers
from 11 November 2009 with seamless flight connections ex New York
or Boston to twelve US destinations and Puerto Rico. Additionally,
seasonal services Hamburg-Innsbruck (Austria), Frankfurt-Cape Town
(South Africa) and Dusseldorf-Miami (USA) will be resumed.
In the past months, Lufthansa has for economic discontinued flights to
Erivan (Armenia), Bristol (UK), Ufa (Russia) and Portland/Oregon (USA).
The airlines in the Lufthansa Group - Austrian Airlines, bmi, Brussels
Airlines and SWISS - are also commencing their winter flight schedules
on 25 October. In harness with Lufthansa, all five airlines are
together serving 254 destinations in 101 countries on four continents
via their hubs at Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow,
Munich, Vienna and Zurich. They are also each augmenting their own
services with an array of code-share fights with partner airlines.