Lufthansa announced today that it will begin flying to Mexico City and Toronto from Munich beginning with the Summer 2014 timetable.
Specifically, Munich – Mexico City will begin on April 3, 2014 and will operate 5 days week (No flights on Monday or Wednesday). LH520 will depart Munich at 10:25p, arriving in Mexico city at 4:45a the following morning. The return flight will be LH521 departing Mexico City at 10:30a, arriving in Munich at 5:25a the following morning. Flight time from Munich to Mexico will be 13 hours and the return flight to Munich is approximately 11.5 hours.
Flights from Munich to Toronto will operate daily beginning June 5. LH494 will depart Munich at 11:55a and arrive in Toronto at 2:50p. The return flight will be LH495, departing Toronto at 5:45p and arrive in Munich at 7:45a the next morning. Munich-Toronto is expected to take 8 hours 45 minutes and the return flight should take 8 hours.
Munich – Mexico City will be operated by an Airbus A340-600, while Toronto will see the Airbus A330-300.
Normally I would be very happy about another LH flight from YYZ. However with the low availability of business awards, recent UA devaluation, pending USair change to AA’s one world, plus the ~$53 per person airport tax, this is just another option that has low value.
But dont forget about the revenue generating passengers that Lufthansa seeks! 🙂