by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 19, 2012 | Airlines |
Lufthansa is offering another fare promotion on it’s website. They’ve been “fare-ly” busy with such sales over the last few weeks and it looks like they want passengers to get a head start on fall and winter travel.
For this promotion, the lowest fare is $664.00 for travel between New York and Berlin. Fares to a variety of European cities generally range between $700-$900 from New York, $800-$950 from Chicago and $900-$1000 from San Francisco.
These prices are typical for the season (late summer through winter) so they are not plumbing new depths as fare as pricing goes, but it does give you the opportunity to do some advance planning for travel to Europe later this year. Oktoberfest and Christmas Markets immediately come to mind!
If you’ve never been to a Christmas Market, it’s one of the more enjoyable events that you can take in while visiting in Europe in December. I had a chance to take in the Christmas Market in Nürnberg a couple of years ago, and had an absolutely great time. I took advantage of a business class fare sale and took in the “Market” during a “Mileage Run” weekend to Germany.
Use this link to be taken to the Fare Sale webpage.
As always, there are terms and conditions that apply, and are as follows:
Purchase by: July 25, 2012.
Depart between August 26 and December 12, 2012.
Return between September 2 and January 12, 2013.
Tickets must be purchased 14 days ahead of planned departure date
Flights may be operated by Air Canada, Austrian, Lufthansa, Swiss or United.
Weekend departure/arrival surcharges may apply (up to $70).
Saturday night stay required.
Maximum stay is 1 month.
You can change travel dates for $250 per ticket.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 11, 2012 | Airlines |
In an article from Friedlnews, it appears that Vienna has received permission to proceed to the next step of the approval process to begin construction of a 3rd runway. According to the article, final approval is expected in 2014, construction would begin in 2016 and the Runway would be operational 4-5 years afterwards.
This comes as especially good news for Lufthansa Group’s Tyrolean Airways (formerly Austrian Airlines) as they navigate through a restructuring program.
Fortunately, we finally see a decision taken in the right direction that will help improve airport operations and help airlines expand to meet the growing demand for air travel.
Recently Munich had voted down a 3rd runway and Frankfurt has had its share of problems with the local community in terms of using its runways overnight. It may be turn out that Munich’s and Frankfurt’s loss may become Vienna’s gain. With the new Star Alliance Terminal now in operation (discussed here and here), Vienna is quickly becoming an airport to be reckoned with.
If you have been reading my scribble over the last several months you should know where I stand on airport expansion. I finally have something to be happy about as far as airport expansion plans go.
Here is a copy of the FriedlNews Release:
Vienna Airport to Build Third Landing Strip
Published: 5 minutes ago 18:31 · (FriedlNews)
Vienna International Airport is now entitled to start the construction works oft he third landing strip. The construction works will take two years.
After a proceedings of twelve years, board member Günther Ofner is happy to announce that Vienna International Airport will get a new landing strip in two years. Above all, the environment impact assess took a lot of time.
For Ofner, a third landing strip is an enormous competitive advantage for Vienna. In Europe, the capacities of airports are becoming increasingly scarce, he says. The construction costs are expected to reach about € 2.0bn.
Ofner does not think that a capital increase at Vienna International Airport is necessary. However, a capital injection would be no problems for the major shareholders, the province of Vienna and the province of Lower Austria, Ofner argues.
Nevertheless, board member Julian Jäger views the decision to be an „important step“ but no final decision yet. As a result, the final decision is expected for 2014. Construction works will not begin before 2016, he says. However, this would be sufficient to set up the new landing strip in 2020 or 2021.
This week, Vienna International Airport could announce another record in passengers. The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport rose 7.1% year-on-year to 2,062,155 in June 2012. Flight movements and maximum take-off weight (MTOW) increased 2.2% and 0.9%, respectively, while cargo turnover declined 1.9%. The number of transfer passengers was 14.9% higher than in June 2011, and the number of local passengers rose by 3.6% during this same period.
Passenger traffic to Eastern Europe increased 17.3% in comparison with June of the previous year. The number of passengers travelling to Western Europe rose by 5.1%, and the Middle East recorded growth of 14.4% during June 2012.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 20, 2012 | Airlines |
Lufthansa is taking an early start to one of their fall fare sales promotions. The current sale which runs until July 11, 2012 has several attractive fares. For example, New York – Berlin is only $644.00 (Roundtrip/taxes) and New York-Moscow is only $721.00 (Roundtrip/taxes). Otherwise most fares from the East Coast to Europe range from $673 to $1103. Fares from the West Coast (San Francisco) range between $1103.00 to $1253.00. Keep in mind that these fares are valid on flights operated by Lufthansa, Air Canada, Austrian, Swiss and United.
These fares are typical of fall fare sales but normally at these price levels the seats do not last for long (remember, you must book by July 11!). So if you have plans to travel to Europe this fall, this may be a great opportunity to book your tickets. I suspect a Business Class Fare Sale will be coming soon as well and based on past offers and those fares have ranged from $2200.00-$3500.00 for East Coast departures to Europe. Stay tuned for that!
For more information, including fares from other US gateways, please visit the Fare Sale Webpage
As with any Fare Sale, there are terms and conditions. In this case they are as follows:
Purchase by: 07/11/2012
Departure period: 08/26/2012-12/12/2012
Return period: 09/02/2012-01/12/2013
Advance Purchase Period: 14 days
Fares are shown in U.S. dollars.
Travel Economy Class on Air Canada, Austrian, Lufthansa, Swiss or United.
Fares are based on round-trip purchase (PUR) and mid-week travel.
Saturday night stay is required. Weekend surcharges up to $70 round-trip.
Maximum stay is 1 month.
Date changes before and after departure: permitted at $250 per change.
