Lufthansa will operate the four-and-a-half hour flight with an Airbus A319 with 132 seats in Business and Economy Class.
With the resumption of flights to Iraq, Lufthansa is continuing to expand its route network in the Middle East and will then offer 100 flights per week to 15 destinations in twelve countries. Erbil has been served since 2006 from Vienna by Austrian Airlines, which flies under the Lufthansa Group banner. This flight is operated on a codeshare basis with Lufthansa. Including the new Lufthansa service, Lufthansa customers will thus have a choice of nine flights per week to Erbil.
The demand for flights to Iraq is growing amid signs of an economic recovery and as foreign firms set up operations in the country. With a population of one million, Erbil (also written Arbil), is the fourth-largest city in Iraq and has a rich history spanning several thousands of years. The economy in this region is growing vigorously. Numerous diplomatic and commercial representations, organisations and foreign companies have been set up in Northern Iraq. Erbil International Airport has recently been expanded and has a modern passenger terminal.
Lufthansa still intends to resume flights this summer to the Iraqi capital Baghdad and is currently making the necessary preparations to do so.
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After a 20-year interval, Lufthansa is resuming flights to Iraq. On 25 April 2010, Germany's largest carrier will launch services from Frankfurt to the city of Erbil in Northern Iraq. Lufthansa customers will have a choice of four flights per week on this new route.
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG is an Aviation Group comprising around 400 subsidiaries and affiliates. The Lufthansa Group is dedicated to quality and innovation, safety and reliability. Headquartered in Germany, the Group operates in five business segments - passenger transportation, logistics, MRO, catering and IT services.
Passenger transportation is the group's core business: The airlines engaged in the passenger transportation business are Lufthansa (including Lufthansa Regional and Lufthansa Italia) Austrian Airlines, bmi, SWISS and Germanwings. The group also has stakeholdings in Brussels Airlines, JetBlue und SunExpress.
In the 2009 business year, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed more than 76 million passengers on board their flights, making it Europe's leading airline grouping. Operating through the Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, London-Heathrow, Brussels and Zurich hubs, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, bmi, Brussels Airlines and SWISS jointly serve 274 destinations in 104 countries on four continents. The Group fleet currently consists of more than 720 aircraft - on order are another 146, valued at a total of 13 billion euros at list price and scheduled for delivery between 2010 and 2016.
With its ongoing expenditure in fleet renewal, the Group is consistently making the fleet more cost-efficient and its operations more environment-friendly. End of 2009 the Lufthansa Group employed around 118,000 people. In the 2009 business year, it returned revenues totalling EUR22.3bn. The Group is managed by an Executive Board of four members: Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Christoph Franz, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa German Airlines, Stefan Lauer, Chief Officer Group Airlines and Corporate Human Resources, and Stephan Gemkow, Chief Financial Officer.
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Alisa D'Souza:
Phone: (+971) 4 391 20 72
Fax: (+971) 4 390 47 40
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is an Aviation Group comprising around 400 subsidiaries and affiliates. The Lufthansa Group is dedicated to quality and innovation, safety and reliability. Headquartered in Germany, the Group operates in five business segments - passenger transportation, logistics, MRO, catering and IT services.
Passenger transportation is the group's core business: The airlines engaged in the passenger transportation business are Lufthansa (including Lufthansa Regional and Lufthansa Italia) Austrian Airlines, bmi, SWISS and Germanwings. The group also has stakeholdings in Brussels Airlines, JetBlue und SunExpress.
In the 2009 business year, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed more than 76 million passengers on board their flights, making it Europe's leading airline grouping. Operating through the Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, London-Heathrow, Brussels and Zurich hubs, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, bmi, Brussels Airlines and SWISS jointly serve 274 destinations in 104 countries on four continents. The Group fleet currently consists of more than 720 aircraft - on order are another 146, valued at a total of 13 billion euros at list price and scheduled for delivery between 2010 and 2016.
With its ongoing expenditure in fleet renewal, the Group is consistently making the fleet more cost-efficient and its operations more environment-friendly. End of 2009 the Lufthansa Group employed around 118,000 people. In the 2009 business year, it returned revenues totalling EUR22.3bn. The Group is managed by an Executive Board of four members: Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Christoph Franz, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa German Airlines, Stefan Lauer, Chief Officer Group Airlines and Corporate Human Resources, and Stephan Gemkow, Chief Financial Officer.
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Alisa D'Souza:
Phone: (+971) 4 391 20 72
Fax: (+971) 4 390 47 40
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