Lufthansa offers to help AI become member of Star Alliance

New Delhi: German flag carrier Lufthansa today said it will act as a mentor to Indian state carrier Air India to become a member of Star Alliance, a global grouping of top airlines.
"Lufthansa is the mentor for Air India and we will work together to get the latter on board the Star Alliance," the German airlines' South Asia director Werner Heesen said here.
However, Heesen said his company had no plans at present for financial investments in India.
"Financial investments are not on the strategic map of Lufthansa for India," he said when asked about the airlines' plans for South Asia in the wake of the current aviation industry crisis.
He said Lufthansa currently operated 55 flights from seven Indian cities to three destinations in Germany--Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich.
All Lufthansa flights have nearly 60 per cent bookings from travellers of Indian origin, he said.
17/10/08 Press Trust of India

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