Lufthansa plans to reintroduce its services between Cape Town and Germany after pausing operations in February. The airline will operate direct flights three times a week by the end of March.
Additional plans to increase the capacity between Johannesburg and Frankfurt by offering five weekly flights have been finalised and will be operating as of April 2021.
Lufthansa’s existing Swiss flights between Zurich and Johannesburg will continue to operate three times per week.
‘We have seen elsewhere in the world that, whenever lockdowns are lifted, demand comes back strongly. We are seeing the levels of new infections in SA being low and now we just need our home markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to revise the risk rating for SA and Namibia and East Africa again,’ said Dr Andre Schulz, Lufthansa’s general manager for southern and east Africa, according to News24.
Schulz believes that the demand to travel is high and the minute it is allowed, people will book their flights and visit their desired destinations.
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