Lufthansa to add 2 more flights to Bangalore

Under the directive of the 'Open Skies Policy' of the Centre, Lufthansa will add two additional flights between Bangalore and Frankfurt. On the Bangalore-Frankfurt route, Lufthansa operates five flights. The sixth flight commenced from December 8, and the seventh will commence on January 7, 2005.

Lufthansa has also added an additional flight between Delhi and Munich, and recently it announced three flights a week between Hyderabad and Frankfurt from February 16, 2005.

With the addition of the extra flights till March 2005, Lufthansa will operate 35 flights a week between India and Germany, up from its current 29. The 35 flights a week include daily flights on Delhi-Frankfurt, Mumbai-Frankfurt, Chennai-Frankfurt and Bangalore-Frankfurt routes, four flights a week between Delhi and Munich, and three flights a week between Hyderabad-Frankfurt.

Said Werner Heesen, GM - passenger sales India & director South Asia, Lufthansa: "We are encouraged by the stable traffic growth between India and Germany, and are pleased to get the chance to increase the number of flights connecting the two countries. Travellers will benefit from our convenient connections via. Frankfurt and Munich to our global network."