Lufthansa's new Hyderabad flights

...plans additional flights to Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong too

BY A CORRESPONDENT
February 8, 2006

Germany's Lufthansa announced that it is planning to start new services to Hyderabad this year. There will be four new flights from Hyderabad to India every week.

According to a Lufthansa statement, there will also be three additional connections to Shanghai from Frankfurt, two additional flights to Hong Kong from Munich, and four extra flights to Beijing, also from Munich.

The new flights as part of its plan to underline its position as the leading European airline fying to Asia.

In long-haul Europe-Asia travel, Lufthansa has decided to increase capacity by 2%. Capacity on African routes and the Middle East will be hiked by 1.2%, North American business would be increased by 0.4% and capacity in Germany and Europe by 4.6%.