Lufthansa Group’s two affiliate airlines to increase flight frequencies in India

Mumbai: With an aim to further strengthen its position in India, the airlines of Deutsche Lufthansa AG is making full use of opportunities within the integrated airline group. The airline’s affiliate SWISS International Air Lines will increase flights between Mumbai and Zurich from five to six per week from June 2010. The SWISS flight from Delhi to Zurich will increase from five to six frequencies per week in the current winter schedule.
Lufthansa’s recently integrated affiliate- Austrian Airlines will increase frequencies on the Vienna – Delhi route from five to six in the next summer schedule, starting end of March 2010. Axel Hilgers, Director-South Asia, Lufthansa said, “By boosting connectivity for Indian travellers from key gateways, our aviation group responds to encouraging demand trends in this strategic market.”
In the upcoming summer schedule, Lufthansa’s Business Jet Service on Frankfurt – Pune route will be modified in order to broaden the customer profile. The Boeing 737-800s serving this destination will be converted into a two-class configuration. Lufthansa aims to increase the number of seats on the Frankfurt – Pune route significantly from 56 Business Class-only seats currently to altogether 92 seats (32 in Business and 60 in Economy Class). This capacity expansion allows Lufthansa to reduce frequencies between Frankfurt and Pune from six to three per week.
Since Lufthansa’s Hyderabad-Frankfurt route has not yet benefited from a full recovery, flights will be reduced from five to three per week in the summer schedule.
18/12/09 TravelBizMonitor

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Categories: Foreign Dec 2009