Lufthansa to offer Allegris cabins on routes to Bengaluru and Cape Town this winter – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa to offer Allegris cabins on routes to Bengaluru and Cape Town this winter – Business Traveller

Lufthansa has published an update on its intercontinental flights from Munich Airport this winter, with a return to Sao Paulo and changes in aircraft on existing routes. The carrier’s new Allegris cabins are set to feature on services to Bengaluru and Cape Town this winter, as well Shanghai and San Francisco this summer. Lufthansa took…

Lufthansa flies A380 to Washington DC for the first time – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa flies A380 to Washington DC for the first time – Business Traveller

Lufthansa has added its fourth A380 service to the US, with the superjumbo rostered onto the carrier’s daily Munich-Washington DC route. Flight LH414 departs Munich at 1625, arriving into Washington DC at 1925, with the return leg leaving Washington Dulles Airport at 2220 and landing back into Munich at 1220 the following day. Lufthansa Group…

Lufthansa Group customers can now check-in for flights at Seoul Station City-Airport Terminal – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa Group customers can now check-in for flights at Seoul Station City-Airport Terminal – Business Traveller

Lufthansa Group has launched a new Rail & Air partnership with Korean rail provider KTX at Seoul Incheon International Airport. The agreement means passengers can now purchase a single air and rail ticket, to include travel to and from the airport to eight KTX destinations including Busan, Dongdaegu, Gwangju, Ulsan, Pohang, Yeosu, Mokpo and Jinju….

Lufthansa Group grows to 17 weekly flights at Incheon – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa Group grows to 17 weekly flights at Incheon – Business Traveller

Lufthansa Group is now operating 17 weekly flights from Seoul Incheon International airport. This is after group subsidiary SWISS launched a three times a week nonstop service between Incheon and its Zurich hub last week. Flight LX123 is now departing from Seoul every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 0955, arriving in Zurich at 1650 on…

Lufthansa City to launch with Munich-Birmingham route – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa City to launch with Munich-Birmingham route – Business Traveller

Lufthansa has confirmed the launch details for its new Lufthansa City subsidiary, with the first flight taking place between Munich and Birmingham on 26 June. Tickets are now on sale for initial routes from Munich to Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Hanover, Birmingham, Manchester and Bordeaux. Business Traveller first reported on the new subsidiary  –…

Lufthansa’s first Allegris-fitted A350 to enter service on 1 May – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa’s first Allegris-fitted A350 to enter service on 1 May – Business Traveller

Lufthansa has confirmed that its long-awaited Allegris cabins will take to the skies from the start of next month. The first A350 fitted with the new cabins will enter service between Munich and Vancouver from 1 May, with the aircraft also serving Toronto alternately on selected flights in the first few months. As more A350s…

Lufthansa celebrates bread with new business class additions – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa celebrates bread with new business class additions – Business Traveller

Lufthansa is making a series of additions to its long-haul business class service, including breads made specially for the airline and a new Avionic Aperitif. The flag carrier said that bread culture had been part of the German UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage for ten year, with more than 3,000 different types of bread available in…

More than one million passengers opt for Lufthansa Group’s Green Fares – Business Traveller
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More than one million passengers opt for Lufthansa Group’s Green Fares – Business Traveller

Lufthansa Group says it has now passed the milestone of one million passengers purchasing its Green Fares. The group launched the fare option as a pilot project in August 2022, before rolling it out across the group’s European and North African routes in February 2023, and subsequently to selected long-haul routes. The fare allows passengers…

Lufthansa set for more strikes at Frankfurt and Munich this week – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa set for more strikes at Frankfurt and Munich this week – Business Traveller

Lufthansa services are set for more disruption this week, with strikes taking place at Frankfurt and Munich airports. The UFO union has called on cabin crew to walk out at Frankfurt Airport tomorrow (Tuesday 12 March) and at Munich Airport on Wednesday 13 March. This page on the Lufthansa website states that “As a result,…

Lufthansa to take delivery of 20 long-haul aircraft this year – Business Traveller
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Lufthansa to take delivery of 20 long-haul aircraft this year – Business Traveller

Lufthansa Group will take delivery of more than 30 aircraft this year, including 20 long-haul aircraft joining Lufthansa’s fleet. The carrier is set to take delivery of “a double-digit number of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners”, as well as eight Airbus A350-900s and one Boeing 777 freighter. The A350 deliveries will include the first aircraft to be…