THIS summer Lufthansa will offer more flights than ever from the Middle East to Europe, the Americas and rest of the world via its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich in Germany. In 2012, more than 400,000 passengers chose Lufthansa for flights between Dubai, Abu Dhabi and over 200 destinations worldwide and vice versa.
For the whole Middle East the total number was above 1,000,000 passengers. This figure reflects an increase of more than 10 per cent compared to 2011 and a trust bestowed on the airline specifically for its attractive fares on the premium services and easy connections.
“There is so much more potential in the UAE for Lufthansa,” said Carsten Schaeffer, vice president sales and services Southeast Europe, Middle East and Africa. Our flights to and from Frankfurt and Munich are both well received by passengers and they know that Lufthansa offers more connections to Europe, North America and beyond than any other carrier. We are extremely proud on this positive performance in times of tough economic situation surrounding the aviation sector.”
He continued: “This summer we will increase the capacity from and to Dubai by roughly 20 per cent due to larger airplanes on the route.”
Also the rest of Lufthansa’s Middle East network will grow substantially. Saudi Arabia will see more flights on the Jeddah-Riyadh-Munich route. The five weekly flights to Munich are added on the seven weekly flights each from Riyadh and Jeddah to Frankfurt and the four weekly flights from Dammam to Frankfurt.
Lufthansa’s First Class products received the five-star award from Skytrax. On board, the Skytrax rating system singled out the superb comfort of the First Class cabin with ergonomically contoured seats, which convert into a fully flat, two-metre long bed. Lufthansa’s First Class cabin staff was also awarded for their onboard service quality. On ground, the First Class Terminal in Frankfurt was praised for its exclusive personal assistant service and the unbeatable food and spa selection.
In addition to the even better network opportunities from the Middle East, Lufthansa is investing €1 million ($1.2 million) every day – excluding the new airplane orders – for the next 1,000 days in better ground and on board services. New seats in all classes, individual inflight entertainment in economy class, innovative first class and business class as well as brand new lounges, will help it define new industry standards, said Schaeffer.
“Globally, our group is on a fleet expansion and on order are another 236 airplanes, valued at more than €22 billion at list prices and for delivery until 2025,” he added.