by Lufthansa Flyer | May 29, 2016 | Featured, Munich, Route Announcements |
To compliment their existing service between Frankfurt and Casablanca, Lufthansa has announced new service between Munich and Marrakech. Before this announcement, Munich passengers had to fly Brussels to ‘BRU’ in order to connect to a flight to Marrakech.
Beginning on October 30 LH will fly to ‘RAK’ on Fridays and Sundays and will use their A321 aircraft on the route.
Here are the flight details:
LH 676 will depart Munich on Fridays at 10:45a, arriving in Marrakech at 1:30p.
LH 676 will depart Munich on Sundays at 11:50a, arriving in Marrakech at 2:35p.
LH 677 will depart Marrakech on Fridays at 2:25p, arriving in Munich at 7:10p.
LH677 will depart Marrakech on Sundays at 3:30p, arriving in Munich at 8:15p.
Booking for the route is open.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 3, 2016 | Featured, First Class, Lufthansa, Munich, Passenger Experience |
A few days ago, I posted info regarding the removal of the First Class cabin from several A330s that are based in Munich which obviously will affect several routes. Since that release from Lufthansa, they’ve provided a further update that at least temporarily brings back the F cabin on certain routes. In speaking with LH’s Network/Scheduling Planning area today, it appears that they are in the midst of finalizing the timeline and we should expect additional updates as LH schedules their aircraft for retrofit over Winter 2016/17. For now, here is the latest info that has been loaded into their reservation system.
Munich – Boston is still scheduled to have F removed on January 3.
Munich – Charlotte has been reopened for F beyond December 1
Munich – Chicago has been reopened for F beyond January 3
Munich – Delhi removal of F has been pushed out to January 16
Munich – Miami has been reopened for F beyond February 4
Munich – Montreal has been reopened for F beyond December 1
Munich – Mumbai has been reopened for F beyond December 1
Munich – New York (JFK) has been reopened for F beyond February 2
Munich – Tehran has been reopened for F beyond December 1
Munich – Washington DC has been reopened for F beyond February 2
Regardless of the dates listed above, the plan calls for complete removal of F on these routes no later than the end of March 2017, in time for the 2017 Summer timetable.
Keep in mind, this is not a finalize schedule. A lot will depend on how quickly LH schedules their aircraft to go into maintenance for the cabin changes. Historically, delays typically take place so I expect that LH will keep providing regular updates, especially as we approach the 3rd Quarter.
Oh, and speaking of Munich, they’re leading Atletico 1-0 in today’s UEFA Semi-Final match thus far……..
H/T: AirlineRoute.net for the GDS data
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 1, 2016 | Featured, First Class, Lufthansa, Munich, On Board Experience |
A few days ago Lufthansa began adjusting their Winter 16/17 timetable and most noticeable was the removal of First Class service to several cities that are served from Munich. This comes as no surprise as LH has begun the process of converting some of their long-haul fleet from 4-cabin aircraft to 3-cabin aircraft (Biz / Prem Eco / Eco). The first to be affected is the Airbus A330 & A340 fleet based in Munich.
The list below shows the city pair and the date that First Class bookings will no longer be available for the route.
Munich – Boston: January 3
Munich – Charlotte: December 1
Munich – Chicago: January 3
Munich – Delhi: September 21
Munich – Denver: March 26
Munich – Miami: February 4
Munich – Montreal: December 1
Munich – Mumbai: December 1
Munich – New York (JFK): February 2
Munich – Riyadh: March 26
Munich – Tehran: December 1
Munich – Toronto: March 26
Munich – Vancouver: March 26
Munich – Washington DC: February 2
Those First Class Ducks just got a little bit more valuable…. 😉
