by Lufthansa Flyer | Aug 28, 2017 | A340, CityLine, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements, San Jose |
Lufthansa has announced that San Jose will no longer be a year-round destination on its timetable.
Service between Frankfurt and San Jose has been cancelled between October 29, 2017 and March 24, 2018. This aligns with Lufthansa’s Winter 17/18 timetable.
However, booking for this nonstop route is possible for travel on March 25 and beyond with roundtrip fares showing to be in the $700 range.
Keep in mind that these flights are operated by Lufthansa’s ‘Cityline’ division, using A340-300 aircraft.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 26, 2017 | A340, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has added a new destination to the Americas beginning with the Spring timetable for 2018.
Beginning March 29, 2018, Service will begin between Frankfurt and San Jose, Costa Rica. Two flights per week will connect the cities and the route will be flown by Lufthansa’s mainline A340-300. The flights will operate on Thursdays and Saturdays.
The flight details are as follows:
Flight LH518 will depart Frankfurt at 1:45p, arriving in San Jose at 5:55p.
Flight LH519 will depart San Jose at 7:50p, arriving in Frankfurt at 3:10p the following afternoon.
This new route is open for booking via Lufthansa.com.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 26, 2017 | A330, A340, A350, A380, Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Munich, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has begun to tweak their operations for Spring/Summer 2018. Typically the changes in aircraft that fly certain routes are as a result of seasonal demand on a route, scheduled maintenance, or aircraft retirement.
Thus far, Lufthansa has made changes on 10 of their routes that will see different aircraft fly he routes for at least the Spring and Summer next year.
The changes:
Frankfurt – Beijing: Beginning on March 25, an Airbus A346 will take over for the 747-8i / A380 that currently fly the route.
Frankfurt – Hong Kong: Beginning on March 25, an Airbus A346 will take over from the A380 that currently flies the route. Specifically, the last A380 flight to Hong Kong will take place on October 27, and between October 27 and March 25 the 747-8i will be deployed on the route until March 25.
Frankfurt – Los Angeles: Beginning on March 25, an Airbus A346 will replace the A380 on flights LH456 and LH457. The 747-8i will continue to fly flights LH450 and LH451.
Frankfurt – San Diego: Beginning on March 25 an A343 will be deployed on the new route that begins on that day.
Frankfurt – Seoul: Beginning on March 25 the A346 will take over for the 744 and A380 that currently are scheduled on the route.
Munich – Beijing: Beginning on March 25 the A380 will take over for the Airbus A346.
Munich – Hong Kong: Beginning on March 25 the Airbus A380 will take over for the Airbus A346.
Munich – Los Angeles: Beginning on March 25 the A380 will replace the A346 on the route.
Munich – Singapore: Beginning March 27, the new (resumption of service) route will be served by an Airbus A350.
H/T: www.AirlineRoute.net
