Route Announcements | Lufthansa Flyer

BRUSSELS Introducing 3 New Destinations For Summer 2016

by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 22, 2015 | Brussels, Featured, Route Announcements | 0 comments

Earlier this week, Brussels Airlines announced 3 new destinations for their timetable beginning next Summer. ‘SN’ passengers will now be able to fly to Belfast, Jerez de la Frontera and Irakleion.

To start things off, Brussels – Belfast will begin on March 27 with 5 flights per week:

SN2151 will depart Brussels at 2:30p and arrive in Belfast at 3:15p on Thursdays.

SN2151 will depart Brussels at 3:30p and arrive in Belfast at 4:15p on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

SN2152 will depart Belfast at 3:50p and arrive in Brussels at 6:35p on Thursdays.

SN2152 will depart Belfast at 4:50p and arrive in Brussels at 7:35p on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

Then, on April 2 service will begin between Brussels and Irakleion. Flights will operate 1 day a week, on Saturdays:

SN3257 will depart Brussels at 3:05p and arrive in Irakleion at 7:35p (Saturday only).

SN3258 will depart Irakleion at 8:35p and arrive in Brussels at 11:25p (Saturday only).

And finally, on May 4, service between Brussels and Jerez de la Frontera will begin 2x/week service:

SN3791 will depart Brussels at 6:10a and arrive in Jerez at 9:05p (Sundays).

SN 3791 will depart Brussels at 11:55a and arrive in Jerez at 2:50p (Wednesdays).

SN3972 will depart Jerez at 9:45a and arrive in Brussels at 12:35p (Sundays).

SN3972 will depart Jerez at 3:30p and arrive in Brussels at 6:20p (Wednesdays).

In addition to these new routes, Brussels has also announced the continuation of service to Tenerife and Las Palmas. Originally these routes were started as seasonal routes for the winter timetable, but due to popularity have been expanded to year-round service.

Booking is available for all of the new flights on FlyingBrussels.com.

LUFTHANSA Announces NEW USA Destination!

by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 15, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements | 0 comments

LUFTHANSA has announced that it will be adding to their US destinations.

Beginning on April 29, passengers will be able to fly between San Jose, California and Frankfurt. The new service will operate 5 days week (No service on Tuesdays or Thursdays) and will be be flown by a ‘mainline’ 3-class (Business / Premium Economy /Economy) A340 aircraft until June 30 when the route will transfer to Lufthansa’s ‘Cityline’ division.

Once under Cityline it will still be flown by an A340, but a higher density version as far as passenger capacity is concerned. Fewer Business Class and Premium Economy seats will be available once that transition takes place on June 30.

The flight details are as follows:

Flight LH488 will depart FRANKFURT at 10:40a and arrive in SAN JOSE (SJC) at 1:40p.

Flight LH489 will depart SAN JOSE at 3:20p and arrive in FRANKFURT at 11:35 the following morning.

Booking is now open on this new route!
In addition to this announcement, LH has made several other updates to the timetable for next year. I’ll provide that info in a post later today.

AUSTRIAN Launches New Asia Destination

by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 13, 2015 | Austrian, Featured, Route Announcements | 1 comment

Beginning on April 4, 2016, Austrian will begin service between Vienna and Shanghai, China.

As it stands now, OS will fly between the 2 cities 5 times a week and will use their 777 aircraft on the route. Flights will depart Vienna at 1:20p and will depart Shanghai at 10:50a (local times).

Courtesy: GCMap.com

The outbound flight will be OS75 and will taken approximately 10 1/2 hours, while the return flight will be OS76 with a scheduled flight time of approximately 11 1/2 hours.

The route is open for booking.