Lufthansa Group to Significantly Expand Schedule in June

May 15, 2020

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Lufthansa Group to Significantly Expand Schedule in June

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group will significantly expand their services in June.

The carriers, which include Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and Eurowings, cut their network considerably in the wake of travel bans resulting from the Covid-19 epidemic. As summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, Lufthansa, Swiss, and Eurowings will again add numerous short and long-haul destinations to their flight schedules for June, with flights available for booking from today.

By the end of June, the Lufthansa Group airlines plan to offer around 1,800 weekly roundtrips to more than 130 destinations worldwide.

“With the June flight schedule, we are making an important contribution to the revitalisation of the aviation infrastructure,” says Harry Hohmeister, Member of the Executive Board of German Lufthansa AG. “It is an essential part of the German and European economic power. People want to and can travel again, whether on holiday or for business reasons. That’s why we will continue to expand our offer step by step in the coming months and connect Europe with each other and Europe with the world.”

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Lufthansa’s additional flights in Germany and Europe resuming in the first half of June will include services from Frankfurt to Hanover, Majorca, Sofia, Prague, Billund, Nice, Manchester, Budapest, Dublin, Riga, Krakow, Bucharest, and Kyiv. From Munich, the carrier will add flights to Münster/Osnabrück, Sylt, Rostock, Vienna, Zurich, Brussels, and Mallorca.

In the first half of June, the flight schedule also includes 19 long-haul destinations, fourteen more than in May. In total, Lufthansa, Swiss, and Eurowings will offer more than 70 weekly frequencies overseas until mid-June, with a further resumption of Lufthansa long-haul flights planned for the second half of June.

Lufthansa’s long-haul resumption of flights from Frankfurt includes services to Toronto, Mexico City, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Tel Aviv, Riyadh, Bahrain, Johannesburg, Dubai, and Mumbai. The destinations Newark/New York, Chicago, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, and Bangkok will continue to be offered. From Munich, the airline will add services to Chicago, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv. All services are contingent on travel restrictions.

Austrian Airlines has decided to extend the suspension of regular flight operations for a further week, from May 31 to June 7. A resumption of service in June is
being considered.

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Swiss is planning to resume services to various destinations in the Mediterranean and other major European centres, such as Paris, Brussels, and Moscow. The airline’s long-haul operations in June will include new intercontinental direct services in addition to its three weekly services to New York/ Newark. The Swiss carrier plans to offer flights from Zurich to New York JFK, Chicago, Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo, Mumbai, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg.

Eurowings had already announced last week that it would be expanding its basic program at the airports of Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, and Stuttgart and will gradually add 15 further destinations within Europe from May onwards. With flights to Spain, Greece, Portugal, and Croatia, the focus is on destinations in the Mediterranean region.

Brussels Airlines will resume its flight operations with a reduced network offer from June 15.

The airline group advised that passengers planning to travel should consider the current entry and quarantine regulations of the respective destinations. Throughout the entire trip, restrictions may be imposed due to stricter hygiene and security regulations, for example, due to longer waiting times at airport security checkpoints. The catering services on board will also remain restricted until further notice, while passengers will continue to be asked to wear face masks on board during the entire journey.