by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 28, 2015 | Airports, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has announced that it will be adding service to Tehran, Iran with the resumption of flights between Munich and Tehran on April 14, 2016. This compliments the existing 747-400 service in place between Frankfurt and the Iranian capital.
Citing the relief of sanctions, Lufthansa is returning to Munich-Tehran after a 10 year absence with 3x/week service and will use Airbus A330-300 aircraft on the route.
Detailed Flight Info:
Lufthansa LH602 will depart Munich at 10:10p and arrive in Tehran at 5:20a the following morning. Total flight time is 4 hours 40 minutes.
Lufthansa LH603 will depart Tehran at 6:55a and arrive in Munich at 9:30a. Total flight time is 5 hours 5 minutes.
Booking is now open for these flights.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 15, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 13, 2015 | Austrian, Featured, Route Announcements |
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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 4, 2015 | Brussels, Featured, Route Announcements |
Beginning September 14, Brussels Airlines will begin service between Brussels, Belgium and Bremen, Germany.
The flights will operate daily Monday through Friday under the following schedule:
Flight SN2496 will depart Bremen at 7:00p, arriving in Brussels at 8:10p
Flight SN2597 will depart Brussels at 9:00p and arrive in Bremen at 10:10p
According to Brussels Airlines, this will be the first time that Brussels and Bremen will have direct service between one another.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 29, 2015 | Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AEGEAN:
Athens – Riyadh 2x/week launch has been pushed back to July 20. Original launch date was to be May 11.
Athens – Tallinn effective June 19 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Athens – Tallinn effective August 3 will increase from 1x/week to 2x/week.
AIR CHINA:
Beijing – Addis Ababa effective October 26 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Beijing – Hakodate effective July 3 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Beijing – Johannesburg effective August 3 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
AIR NEW ZEALAND:
Auckland – Buenos Aires effective December 1 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
ASIANA:
Seoul (ICN) – Bangkok effective between July 20 and August 22 will increase from 7x/week to 11x/week.
Seoul (ICN) – Rome effective June 30 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
EVA:
Kaohsiung – Fukuoka effective March 31 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Kaohsiung – Fukuoka effective between July 1 and August 31, 2015 will increase from 2x/week to 5/week
Taipei – Guam effective July 1 to July 31 will increase from 2x/week to 5x week.
Taipei -Guam effective August 1 will decrease from 5x/week to 4x/week.
Taipei – Okayama effective April 16 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore – Istanbul effective June 17 will increase from 6x/week to 7x/week.
Singapore – Sydney effective July 30 will increase from 28x/week to 31x/week.
THAI:
Bangkok – Macau effective May 16 is CANCELLED.
TURKISH:
Ankara – Geneva effective July 2 will BEGIN 1/x week service.
Bodrum – Geneva effective July 3 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Istanbul (IST) – Basra effective March 30 will increase from 7x/week to 10x/week.
Istanbul (IST) – Graz effective June 22 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Istanbul (IST) – London (LHR) effective October 25 will increase from 31x/week to 37x/week.
UNITED:
San Francisco – Shanghai has delayed launch from May 6 until July 15, 2015.
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