by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 7, 2015 | Austrian, Brussels, Business Class, Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa is running an attractive Business Class fare sale through the rest of January for travel during the Summer between the US and Europe. This sale is a bit better than most Business Class sales with fares are as low as $2150 (NYC – Dusseldorf) .
Most fares between the East Coast and a variety of European destinations range from the low to mid $2000 range, while the central US and west coast ranges between $3000 and $4000. There are a few anomalies like Detroit-Rome which is pricing at $4400 but that is exception and not the rule for this sale.
The fare sale ends on January 30 and is valid for departures between June 25 and August 29. Return travel needs to take place between July 7 and November 29, creating a fairly large window of opportunity. The fare sale is valid for travel between Monday and Thursday. Weekend flights will incur a surcharge.
Be mindful when you book your tickets since the operating carrier can be Lufthansa, Austrian, SWISS, Brussels, Air Canada or United. My suggestion is to focus on the first 4 carriers that I mentioned. You won’t regret it!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 2, 2015 | Austrian, Brussels, Featured, germanwings, Lufthansa, Swiss |
On the heels of successful development and testing, LUFTHANSA is set to expand their BioFuel efforts to a new airport for 2015.
Beginning in March, Lufthansa will begin to use a blended Biofuel Kerosene on all flights that depart from Oslo, Norway. This will cover nearly 5,000 departures from Oslo flown by Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels and Germanwings. The blended fuel will be provided by Statoil, a Norwegian energy company.
Oslo will be the first airport in the world that will have continuous availability of Bio-Kerosene as plans call for 2.5 million gallons to be delivered to Oslo and pumped directly through it’s refueling infrastructure throughout the year.
As part of this long term development process, Lufthansa had previously tested the use of BioFuel on regularly scheduled flights between Frankfurt and Hamburg for a year and a half as well as on a long-haul test flight between Frankfurt and Washington DC back in 2012.
Lufthansa has been working on a BioFuel alternative for several years and during that time had run extensive testing on a variety of blends from several providers. The challenge has never been the effectiveness or safety of BioFuel but rather finding a sustainable long term supply solution. The key to BioFuel’s future success will depend heavily on Lufthansa’s ability to build a reliable network of suppliers who can source the fuel and meet stringent and consistent criteria as to it’s quality.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 30, 2014 | Brussels, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
Over the last few days, Lufthansa and Brussels announced new routes for their respective timetables for 2015 and 2016.
Specifically, Lufthansa will begin seasonal service (1x/week) from Munich to Lanzarote and Tenerife South in the Canary Islands. Both routes will operate 1x/week with Lanzarote seeing service on Sundays and Tenerife South seeing service on Saturdays. Both destinations will be flown by an Airbus A321. Beginning with the 2015/16 Winter timetable the flights will operate on as follows:
Munich – Lanzarote (FUE) will depart Munich at 8:50a and arrive in Lanzarote at 12:35p. The flight will operate as LH1838.
Lanzarote – Munich will depart Lanzarote at 1:40p and arrive in Munich at 7:15p. The flight fill operate as LH1839.
Munich – Tenerife South (TFS) will depart Munich at 8:40a and arrive in Tenerife South at 12:40p. The flight will operate as LH1838.
Tenerife South – Munich will depart Tenerife South at 1:40p and arrive in Munich at 7:15p. The flight will operate as LH1839.
Brussels has expanded their European footprint by adding Bordeaux and Zagreb. Brussels-Bordeaux is set to begin 4x/week service on March 29, 2015 while Brussels – Zagreb will see 6x/week service begin on September 20, 2015. Brussels – Bordeaux will be flown with an Airbus A319 and Zagreb will see the A320.
Brussels – Bordeaux will depart Brussels at 6:30a and arrive in Bordeaux at 8:05a on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. The flights will operate as SN3555.
Brussels – Bordeaux will depart Brussels at 2:40p and arrive in Bordeaux at 4:15p on Sundays. The flight will operate as SN3555.
Bordeaux – Brussels will depart Bordeaux at 8:40a and arrive in Brussels at 10:15a on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. The flight will operate as SN3556.
Bordeaux – Brussels will depart Bordeaux at 4:50p and arrive in Brussels at 6:25p on Sundays. The flight will operate as SN3556.
Brussels – Zagreb will operate 6x/week (no Saturday flight ) beginning on September 20, 2015:
Brussels – Zagreb will depart Brussels at 2:05p and arrive in Zagreb at 4:10p. The flight will operate as SN3355.
Zagreb – Brussels will depart Zagreb on 4:40p and arrive in Brussels at 6:45p. The flight will operate as SN3356.
