Lufthansa has postponed the launch of new service between Frankfurt and Panama City by approximately 3 months.
Originally, Lufthansa was set to begin 5x/week service on November 16, 2015. It has now rescheduled the launch to March 2, 2016.
I suspect that the delay is due to low load/booking factors for the flights when reservations for the route opened back in February of this year.
Beijing – Kuala Lumpur effective October 25 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Beijing – Mumbai effective October 25 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Beijing – Seoul effective July 1 is reduced from 3x/day to 1x/day.
Beijing – Sydney effective November 15 will increase from 7x/week to 11x/week.
Chengdu – Mumbai effective October 25 is CANCELLED.
Chengdu – Seoul start of 5x/week service has been delayed from July 1 to August 2.
Hangzhou – Seoul effective July 1 is reduced from 7x/week to 2x/week.
Hefei – Seoul effective July 1 is SUSPENDED until July 31.
Qingdao – Seoul effective July 1 is reduced from 2x/day to 1x/day.
Tianjin – Bangkok effective July 20 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Delhi – Tokyo (NRT) effective November 1 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.
Tokyo (NRT) – Brussels effective October 25 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Seoul – Astana effective August 8 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Seoul – Hiroshima between June 30 and July 28 is reduced from 5x/week to 4x/week.
Seoul – Matsuyama between June 30 and July 27 is SUSPENDED.
Seoul – Tokyo (HND) between July 20 and July 29 is SUSPENDED.
Seoul – Tokyo (NRT) between July 7 and July 23 is reduced from 4x/day to 3x/day.
Seoul – Toyama between July 3 and July 21 is SUSPENDED.
Panama City – Belo Horizonte effective August 1 is reduced from 7x/week to 5x/week.
Panama City – Brasilia effective August 9 is reduced from 11x/week to 7x/week.
Panama City – Porto Alegre effective August 1 is reduced from 7x/week to 5x/week.
Panama City – Sao Paulo Guarulhos effective August 1 is reduced from 28x/week to 24x/week.
Panama City – Sao Paulo Viracopos effective August 1 is reduced from 7x/week to 4x/week.
Warsaw – Athens effective March 2 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Warsaw – Barcelona effective January 2 will BEGIN 4x/week service (1x/day beginning March 26).
Warsaw – Belgrade effective January 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Warsaw – Beirut effective March 30 will BEGIN 3x/week service (5x/week beginning May 1).
Warsaw – Chisinau effective January 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Warsaw – Cluj effective January 2 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Warsaw – Dusseldorf effective will BEGIN 2x/day service.
Warsaw – Ljubljana effective March 2 will BEGIN 5x/week service (6x/week beginning March 26).
Warsaw – Nice effective March 30 will BEGIN 5x/week service (1x/day beginning May 3).
Warsaw – Tokyo (NRT) effective January 13 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Warsaw – Venice effective January 23 will BEGIN 4x/week service (1x/day beginning March 26).
Warsaw – Zagreb effective January 1 will BEGIN 5x/week service.
Warsaw – Zurich effective January 1 will BEGIN 2x/day service.
Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta effective October 25 is CANCELLED.
Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur effective October 25 will BEGIN 5x/week service.
Gothenburg – Brussels effective October 26 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Gothenburg – Paris effective October 27 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Shenzhen – Phuket effective July 10 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Singapore – Christchurch effective between December 2 and February 1 will increase from 7x/week to 10x/week.
Hong Kong – Seoul effective between July 5 and July 22 is reduced from 7x/week to 4x/week.
Taipei – Seoul effective between July 7 and July 31 is reduced from 7x/week to 5x/week.
Istanbul (IST) – Khudzhand effective August 3 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Chicago – Providenciales effective December 19 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Denver – Liberia effective December 19 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Denver – San Jose (Costa Rica) effective December 18 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
PREVIOUS STAR ALLIANCE ROUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Earlier this week, Lufthansa announced an update to its timetable that reduces both service and capacity on flights between Dusseldorf and the US.
The biggest change is the conversion of Dusseldorf – Chicago to a seasonal route. Going forward, the route will only be flown during the summer and will be suspended between October 25, 2015 and March 26, 2016.
Additionally, a capacity change has been made between Dusseldorf and Newark (EWR). Beginning October 25, the route will be flown by an A330-300 aircraft, replacing the A340-300 that currently flies the route.
I suspect more adjustments like this to be coming in the near future as Lufthansa tweaks its Winter 2015/16 timetable and aircraft assignments.
