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….
The technology was jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and coatings manufacturer BASF, and SWISS is considering extending its application to further long-haul aircraft in the medium-term future. Commenting on the news Claus Bauer, SWISS’s head of technical fleet management, said: “We are very pleased with the results that we have achieved with AeroSHARK to date….
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 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 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…
SWISS has announced plans to offer nonstop flights to South Korea’s capital for the first time. The flag carrier will launch a thrice-weekly service from Zurich on 7 May, operated by a340 aircraft. Flights will depart Zurich at 1340 on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving into Seoul’s Incheon International airport at 0825 the following day,…
Lufthansa Group has provided an update on the rollout of inflight wifi connectivity across its fleet of A220, A319, A320 and A321 aircraft. The group has been installing broadband on Lufthansa, Austrian and Eurowings short and medium-haul planes, with SWISS the next to benefit from the technology. Work will commence in the fourth quarter of…
SWISS is adding destinations to its short-haul network for summer 2024, enhancing connections from its bases in Geneva and Zurich. The airline will add flights from Geneva to Oslo this summer and also provide new summer services on its existing Geneva-Copenhagen and Geneva-Stockholm routes. Travellers will also benefit from increased frequencies between Geneva and the…
Another post-pandemic milestone has been reached, with SWISS returning the last of its stored aircraft into service. The Lufthansa Group carrier placed a total of 25 aircraft into long term storage following the onset of Covid-19, and its A320 (registration HB-IJO) has spent some three years in Amman. The stored aircraft represented a significant proportion…
Lufthansa Group has further extended its carbon offsetting Green Fares, with the option now available on 12 long-haul routes. The group first announced plans for the fare option in August last year, which allows passengers to purchase a ticket which includes the offsetting of their individual flight-related CO2 emissions, along with other benefits including additional…
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