Lufthansa Group Extends Returnee Flight Schedule Until May 3

Lufthansa has announced that it will extend its returnee flight schedule until May 3, due to the continuing travel restrictions. The airline’s returnee flights were originally scheduled to run until April 19.

This means that all remaining flights of the original flight schedule between April 25 and May 3 will be cancelled.

Flights which were planned to operate until April 24, were cancelled at an earlier date. As of April 2, the route cancellations will be implemented successively and the passengers affected will be informed of the changes. Lufthansa will thus continue to offer an urgently needed basic service.

A total of 18 weekly long-haul flights are scheduled: Three times a week each from Frankfurt to Newark and Chicago (USA), Montreal (Canada), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Bangkok (Thailand) and Tokyo (Japan). Flights to Johannesburg (South Africa) had to be cancelled by April 16, due to official regulations.

In addition, the airline still offers around 50 daily connections from its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich to the most important cities in Germany and Europe.

SWISS, too, will in future offer three weekly long-haul services a week to Newark (USA) from Zurich and Geneva, in addition to a substantially reduced short- and medium-haul timetable focusing on selected European cities.

In addition to the regularly scheduled services, the airlines in the Lufthansa Group – Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Edelweiss – have been operating more than 300 special flights since March 13, taking some 60,000 holidaymakers back to their home countries. Around 45 further flights are already in preparation, according to the Group.

Passengers whose flights have been cancelled or who were unable to take their flight can keep their booking and do not have to commit to a new flight date for the time being.

The ticket and ticket value remain unchanged and can be converted into a voucher for a new booking with a departure date up to and including April 30, 2021.

Customers who choose a new travel date up to and including December 31, 2020 will also receive a 50-euro discount on every rebooking.

Cargo flights

In addition to regular cargo flights, the Lufthansa Group has already operated 22 pure cargo special flights with relief supplies on board. A further 34 special cargo flights are already planned.