Number of flights and destinations in summer timetable 2010 virtually unchanged – Fleet renewal marginally increases seat capacities

In the coming summer flight schedules, Lufthansa is serving an almost unchanged number of destinations with virtually the same number of flights as in the previous year. Seating capacity will be slightly higher. On average, Lufthansa will be operating 12,853 flights weekly in the summer schedules compared with 12,860 last time round. Despite a smaller fleet, available seating capacity is higher than the year-earlier level following successive fleet renewal and the replacement of older aircraft by larger types. This effect is evident in both the continental and intercontinental fleet. Capacity overall (available seat-kilometres) is up year-on-year by 3.6 per cent. Included in the calculation are the planned services with the Airbus A380 , which is to begin scheduled flights with Lufthansa from June this year. “More seats with roughly the same number of flights – we are achieving that and better productivity with larger, more modern aircraft. Simultaneously, we are moving a step nearer our goal of improving our results sustainably by one billion Euros by the end of 2011,“ said Lufthansa Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales Thierry Antinori. The summer timetable is valid from Sunday, 28 March, to Saturday, 30 October 2010.

Lufthansa is serving 204 destinations in 81 countries in the summer timetable (prior year: 206 destinations in 78 countries). Six newcomers in the flight schedules are Rostock-Laage, Bari, Palermo, Zadar, Chisinau and Tashkent. Services in Europe have been marginally reduced to 11,445 flights weekly to German and European destinations (previous year: 11,519 flights). In contrast, flights in the long-haul, intercontinental network have been increased to a weekly 1,408 flights (previous year: 1,341 flights weekly).

“With more than 200 destinations this summer, including six newcomers, we are offering passengers an attractive timetable of outstanding quality in respect of flight connections,“ said Thierry Antinori. “We have adapted flight schedules to demand, notably on European routes. However, customers affected by the cuts can in most cases fall back on alternative connections, which we offer with partners. We are also laying on more than a dozen new connections in Europe enabling our passengers to profit from more non-stop flights.“

Tashkent new long-haul destination
Lufthansa has included a new destination in a virtually unchanged timetable of flights in the long-haul network. Starting on 28 March, the airline will be operating thrice-weekly flights with its PrivatAir partner ex Munich to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Furthermore, thrice-weekly flights with an Airbus A330 are to be resumed ex Munich to Miami in addition to the existing connections from Frankfurt and Dusseldorf. Non-stop flights from Munich to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia will be increased from two to three weekly, alongside the daily flight from Frankfurt. Lufthansa is also considering several new flight connections to Iraq (Baghdad, Erbil). More details on flight times and fares together with the start of bookings for the new connections will be disclosed at a later date.

One of the highlights in the summer flight schedules are Lufthansa’s inaugural services with the Airbus A380. According to current planning, the world’s biggest passenger aircraft will commence scheduled flights in the airline’s intercontinental route network from June 2010. The first A380 destinations will be named at the beginning of April. Bookings can then commence for the first flights with the new Lufthansa flagship.

15 new connections in Europe
Lufthansa has optimised its timetable in Germany and Europe with four new destinations and 15 additional connections. Daily flights from the Munich hub to Chisinau, the capital of Moldowa in south-eastern Europe, will be available from 22 April. Also new in the timetable are Rostock/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as Zadar/Croatia and Bari/Italy on the Adriatic. These destinations will be served non-stop from Munich – Bari with daily flights, Zadar with flights on Saturdays, Rostock with flights on Saturdays and Sundays.

Some European destinations will be served in summer with flights from further German airports in addition to the existing connections. Tallinn, capital of Estonia, for example, will be served for the first time non-stop from Munich. The number of non-stop connections ex Dusseldorf has been raised by a further six: Athens/Greece, Edinburgh/Great Britain, Gdansk/Poland, Dubrovnik/Croatia, Lisbon/Portugal and Naples/Italy. In the summer timetable, passengers can fly non-stop from Stuttgart to Athens and Manchester/UK. Daily flights are also available between Dresden and Milan/Malpensa in northern Italy. Naples, Italy’s third largest city, will be served daily from Frankfurt alongside connections from Dusseldorf, Munich and Milan.

Lufthansa Italia is expanding its route network out of Milan-Malpensa with flights in summer to Warsaw and Stockholm as well as the Italian destinations of Palermo (new in the timetable) and Olbia. All in all, the Milan-based carrier will then be offering 172 flights weekly to 13 destinations in Italy and Europe. .

For economic reasons, Lufthansa has in recent months discontinued connections to Balaton/Hungary, Berne/Switzerland (henceforth as code-share destination), Hof-Plauen (henceforth as code-share destination), Rønne/Denmark as well as the intra-Asian tag-flight from Seoul to Shenyang/China.

The Lufthansa Group airlines – Austrian Airlines, bmi, Brussels Airlines and SWISS – will also be commencing their summer flight schedules on 28 March. Together with Lufthansa, all five airlines will be serving 274 destinations in 104 countries on four continents from their hubs at Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Munich and Zurich with their own as well as numerous code-share flights.

New destinations in Lufthansa summer timetable 2010

Munich – Tashkent: 3x /weekly (Tu, Th, Su)
Munich – Chisinau: daily
Munich – Rostock/Laage: 2x /weekly (Sa, So)
Munich – Zadar: 1x /weekly (Sa)
Munich – Bari: daily
Milan/Malpensa – Palermo: daily


Deutsche Lufthansa AG Corporate Communications press release 11.03.10

Adhoc Release pursuant to §15 of the Securities Trading Act (WpHG)

In a difficult financial year 2009 the Lufthansa Group generated revenue of EUR 22.3bn according to preliminary figures, around 10 per cent less than the previous year (EUR 24.8bn). The Group achieved its target of earning an operating profit, reaching a figure of EUR 130m (previous year: EUR 1.3bn). The net loss for the period came to EUR 112m (previous year: net profit of EUR 542m). Last year's figures have been restated in line with measurement changes required by IFRIC 13.

Given the net losses reported in the consolidated and individual financial statements of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the Executive Board will propose not to distribute a dividend for the financial year 2009.

The financial statements and the full annual report for 2009 will be published on 11 March 2010. The information will be available on the internet from 8:00 CET at www.lufthansa.com/investor-relations.

Lufthansa press release 02.03.10

Sales and production to be integrated with effect from 1 July 2010

Lufthansa Cargo and Austrian Airlines have agreed to step up cooperation between their two companies in the airfreight sector. Under the new agreement, the flow of cargo traffic through the hubs at Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna will be optimised. Both companies’ global distribution activities will be merged and their product portfolios and production processes harmonised.

In future, the two companies will jointly route their cargo traffic through the Vienna hub and boost freight flows. Lufthansa Cargo and Austrian Cargo will also integrate their freight handling and distribution activities in Austria. In all other countries worldwide, freight activities will in future be amalgamated under the aegis of Lufthansa Cargo.

Carsten Spohr, CEO and Chairman of Lufthansa Cargo, commented: “Vienna Schwechat will become a central European hub for Lufthansa Cargo comparable to our German hubs at Frankfurt and Munich. Thanks to Austrian’s excellent route network, Lufthansa Cargo customers will also be able to take advantage of direct flights to destinations in all corners of the globe.”

Dr. Andreas Bierwirth, Chief Commercial Officer Austrian Airlines, noted: “This marks a further step in the reorganization of Austrian Airlines. Our cargo business will benefit from the new structure. We will lower our costs and improve our product portfolio. At the same time, we will be able in future to provide our customers with a globe-spanning network and the extensive product portfolio of the world’s largest air cargo alliance.”

The measures will take effect on 1 July 2010

Lufthansa Cargo AG
Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading cargo carriers. In the 2008 financial year, the airline transported around 1.70 million tonnes of freight and mail and clocked up 8.3 billion revenue tonne-kilometres. The company currently employs about 4,600 people, worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves some 300 destinations in 90 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of Lufthansa’s passenger aircraft and an extensive road services network. The bulk of the freight transported by Lufthansa Cargo is trans-shipped through Frankfurt, Europe’s largest air cargo hub. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned Lufthansa subsidiary. In the 2008 financial year, it posted revenues totaling 2.9 billion Euro.

Austrian Cargo
Austrian Cargo transported about 140,000 tonnes of freight and mail in 2008 and generated revenue of approximately 140 million euros. The airline’s route network encompasses 120 destinations in almost 60 countries, including 45 destinations in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to its scheduled flights, Austrian Cargo provides trucking services. Austrian Cargo is a founding member of Cargo 2000.

AUA press release 23/2/2010

First delivery in May – Online competition to find a nickname for the A380

Up to now it has been a closely guarded secret, but with the completion of the painting of the first Lufthansa Airbus A380 on Friday (5 February) it can now be revealed that the aircraft bears the name “Frankfurt am Main”. Lufthansa’s second A380, which arrived at the Airbus facility in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on Wednesday afternoon (3 February), will be named “München”. “We are looking forward to accepting delivery of our new flagship, which will open up an entirely new dimension in air travel for our passengers,” says Karl Ulrich Gar-nadt, a member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board. “The choice of names underlines the central importance of our two major hubs.“ In May, the Airbus with the registration D-AIMA will land for the first time in Frankfurt, its namesake city on the River Main, before entering scheduled service with Lufthansa, mainly on routes to Asia and North America.

Just like the interior of the new aircraft, the A380 livery incorporates a wealth of technical finesse. The sophisticated paint system consists of a primer, a thinner and a hardener. Airbus only mixes these three components immediately before the paint is sprayed on with electrostatic pistols. This method enables fast-drying paint to be used and at the same time reduces the amount of paint needed by about 200 litres. Although the complete paint scheme covers a surface area of about 3,500 sq. metres and includes the Lufthansa logo, which measures 180 cm in height, the total weight of the paint is only about 650 kg, since it is thinner than a human hair.

A competition to find a catchy nickname for the Airbus A380 will be launched this coming Monday at lufthansa.com/a380 under the motto “Be part of it”. Entrants stand a chance of becoming a millionaire as the winner will receive one million Miles&More award miles. Visitors to the website also have access to exclusive films, photos and reportages that offer fas-cinating insights into a wide range of topics relating to the A380.

Photos of both aircraft can be downloaded from mediabase.lufthansa.com

Lufthansa press release 05.02.10

Athens, Dubrovnik, Gdansk and Naples new in the timetable/ Resumption in summer of flights to Toronto, connecting flights with Air Canada partner airline

Lufthansa German Airlines is continuing to grow in Dusseldorf: With the start of the summer flight schedule, non-stop services are to be expanded with flights to Athens, Dubrovnik, Gdansk, Naples and Toronto. “In the new timetable, we are offering our customers even more attractive destinations and non-stop connections. First-ever newcomers in the summer flight schedule are Athens, Dubrovnik, Gdansk and Naples; services re-commence to Toronto". The Lufthansa summer timetable in Dusseldorf includes non-stop flights to 58 destinations in Germany, Europe and North America. Gdansk is celebrating a premiere at Dusseldorf Airport – Lufthansa will be the only airline offering flights to the City from Dusseldorf in the summer programme.

From 30 March, Gdank will be served by five flights weekly (Mondays-Fridays) operated by a Canadair Regional Jet 700 (CR7). The flight from Dusseldorf to the Polish seaport and trading centre on the Baltic departs at 12.20 hours, the return flight is at 14.25 hours. Together with the neighbouring cities of Gdynia and Sopot, Gdanks forms a large conurbation in the region with a population of 1.15 million.

Naples is an ideal starting point for holidays on the Gulf of Naples, the Amalfi coast or the legendary Italian resort of Capri. Lufthansa is commencing its first non-stop flights to Naples from Dusseldorf in the summer timetable. A Canadair Regional Jet 900 (CR9) will be connecting Dusseldorf with the Campania region with twice-weekly flights (Thursdays and Saturdays).

Athens and Dubrovnik typify the wide and diverse choice of destinations Lufthansa is serving from Dusseldorf in a dense non-stop route network. Athens will be served by five flights weekly with a CR9, Dubrovnik twice-weekly with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 (CR7). Also in the Lufthansa summer schedule again are flights to Inverness, Jersey, Mallorca, Newquay, Olbia, Venice and Rejkjavik. Moreover, services ex Dusseldorf to Nice are being increased by five frequencies to daily flights.

In summer, Lufthansa is also resuming flights to Toronto: From 13 May an Airbus A330-300 will be operating thrice-weekly flights (Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays) ex Dusseldorf to Toronto, five weekly (Mondays, Thursdays to Sundays) from 24 May and again thrice weekly from 4 October. From Toronto, Star Alliance Partner Air Canada offers numerous, seamless connecting flights to a total of twelve beyond destinations in Canada, e.g. Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver, as well as to six destinations in the USA (e.g. Boston, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Raleigh/Durham). With the renewed flights to Toronto, Lufthansa is accommodating the demand on North America routes ex Dusseldorf. The seasonal connection to Miami will again be flown this year up to 23 May as well as from 8 October 2010. Newark (New York) and Chicago will be served all year. Lufthansa is the only airline offering a three-class configuration with in-seat videos for passengers in Economy Class on North America routes out of Dusseldorf.

Since mid-January, Lufthansa has been offering premium customers a special service at Dusseldorf Airport: Exclusive and guaranteed parking lots are available to HON Circle Members and First-Class passengers in the newly opened P7 multi-storey carpark. These parking facilities are right opposite the terminal in the immediate proximity of the First-Class check-in area and the Senator Lounge. Parking with this new Lufthansa premium service costs 22.50 euros per day and three euros each hour thereafter. A rate which is also charged by the airport for regular parking.

Return flights with Lufthansa to all European destinations can be booked from 99 euros. The fare applies to flights in Economy Class and includes all taxes, charges and the Lufthansa Ticket Service Charge for flight reservations made online at www.lufthansa.com. Miles & More earn mile credits on these flights. More information can be obtained and flights booked on the new non-stop connections on the Lufthansa website, at the Lufthansa Call Center - phone number 01 805 805 805 (€ 0.14 from landlines in Germany), Lufthansa travel agency partners or Lufthansa sales counters at the airport.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG Corporate Communications 26.01.10