Lufthansa expands its presence in China

Lufthansa is expanding its presence in the dynamic Chinese market and next year will be resuming its service to Shenyang and launching a new route to Qingdao.

From March 26, an Airbus A340 with a seating capacity of 266 passengers will take off from Frankfurt for Shenyang, a key industrial centre in northeastern China.

The flight will continue onwards to Qingdao in Shandong Province, connecting the port city on the Yellow Sea to Lufthansa’s global route network for the first time.

“China is and will remain one of the key growth markets for Lufthansa,” says Kay Kratky, Member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board, Frankfurt and Flight Operations.

“Lufthansa offers one of the widest choices of flight options to China of any of the European airlines.

“With the resumption of our service to Shenyang and the opening of the new route to Qingdao, we are underlining our position and offering our customers a total of 55 flights per week to six destinations in the country.”

Next summer, in addition to the new services to these two major cities in northeastern China, Lufthansa will fly to Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Hong Kong.