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Lufthansa to operate daily Chennai-Frankfurt flights
New Delhi, Nov 05: German airline Lufthansa today said it will operate daily direct flights between Chennai and Frankfurt from December 1, subject to government approval.
New Delhi, Nov 05: German airline Lufthansa today said it will operate daily direct flights between Chennai and Frankfurt from December 1, subject to government approval.
The airline also plans to increase its Bangalore-Frankfurt flights from three to six a week from December this year to February 2004, a Lufthansa press release said here.
Lufthansa now operates six weekly flights between Chennai and Frankfurt.
"We are pleased to link Chennai to Frankfurt with daily services to cater to growing travel demand from the southern region as well as provide further choices and convenient connections," Lufthansa's general manager and director, South Asia, Werner Heesen, was quoted as saying.
Lufthansa would operate a Boeing 747-400 aircraft having 390 seats on the Chennai-Frankfurt route, he said.
The addition of the seventh Chennai-Frankfurt service would increase the total flights of Lufthansa from 23 to 24 per week, with 10 flights alone from Chennai and Bangalore. Bureau Report
Lufthansa now operates six weekly flights between Chennai and Frankfurt.
"We are pleased to link Chennai to Frankfurt with daily services to cater to growing travel demand from the southern region as well as provide further choices and convenient connections," Lufthansa's general manager and director, South Asia, Werner Heesen, was quoted as saying.
Lufthansa would operate a Boeing 747-400 aircraft having 390 seats on the Chennai-Frankfurt route, he said.
The addition of the seventh Chennai-Frankfurt service would increase the total flights of Lufthansa from 23 to 24 per week, with 10 flights alone from Chennai and Bangalore. Bureau Report