Lufthansa to launch services to Charlotte and Guangzhou

As part of its summer timetable 2004, Lufthansa is to substantially increase its offer of flights for customers from its Munich hub. It has already been decided that, as of 26th March, the airline will provide a daily service from Munich to Charlotte.

As early as 1st February, Guangzhou will be on Munich's flight plan with a flight continuing from Shanghai five times a week. As of 28th March, this connection will then be extended to a daily service.

Charlotte, the metropolis in the American South, will simultaneously be a special event for Lufthansa: "The fact that for the second time a new long-haul destination is served not from Frankfurt but rather from Munich, is an indication that Terminal 2 is continuing its success story as Lufthansa's second hub", says Ralf Teckentrup, Lufthansa Executive Vice-President Network Management, IT and Purchasing.

The new connection with Charlotte opens up a dense network of connections in the USA for customers. As the hub of Lufthansa's partner US Airways, in particular, Charlotte is a springboard to the Southeast of the USA: Passengers can conveniently and quickly reach a further 15 destinations with code-sharing flights from there.

The Airbus A340-300 to Charlotte will take off daily at 11.10 hrs., the return flight arrives in Munich at 8.00 hrs. In the forthcoming summer timetable, from its second hub Lufthansa will be flying to eight cities in North America and will thus depart 55 times a week to the American continent.

Direct flight to the business centre of Guangzhou

Guangzhou is the name of the second new destination from Munich's Terminal 2, to which Lufthansa is offering its customers a direct connection for the first time.

Subject to government approval, as of 1st February Lufthansa will offer the Chinese metropolis five times a week on a continuing flight from Shanghai. As of 28th March, it is then planned to offer the flight to Guangzhou via Shanghai daily with an Airbus A340. The return flight from Guangzhou is planned to depart at 20.35 hrs., so that passengers from Shanghai and Guangzhou can reach the Bavarian metropolis on an attractive night flight.