by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 6, 2015 | Economy Class, Fare Sale, Featured, Star Alliance, Swiss |
SWISS is running a very brief 2 day New Year’s sale for travel from North America to most of their European destinations. Fares from East Coast gateways range from $690 (JFK – Kiev) to approximately $900 for JFK – Venice. The majority of the fares however settle in the high $700 – low $800 range. Fares from the Central US and West Coast range between $850 to $950 for most destinations.
The sale runs through midnight EST on January 7 and the fares are valid for travel between January 12 and March 12, 2015. Traveling on weekends may incur a surcharge.
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 14, 2014 | Contests, Featured, Swiss |
Starting today and continuing for the next 12 days, SWISS is hosting a contest that will award its winner a Ski Trip to St. Moritz.
Included in the prize package:
2 Economy Class SWISS tickets from any of LX’s USA gateways.
5 nights accommodation at the Kulm Hotel in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
4 days of lift tickets.
2 8-day First Class Swiss rail passes.
In addition to the Grand Prize, SWISS will be giving away a prize each day between now and December 25 based on the entries that are received. To enter the contest, please click here.
The terms/conditions are not very clear when it comes to the daily prize. It does not clearly spell out whether or not you need to enter each day in order to win that day’s prize. There is only language about ‘1 entry per drawing’, so I’m assuming that each day during the contest is considered a separate ‘Drawing’.
In addition, the contest allows you to share your entry with your Friends on Social Media and for every additional entry that you recruit, you’ll get another entry for yourself!
The contest is open to US residents Only.
