2011 was a record breaking year for Lufthansa with the highest number of passengers carried to and from Birmingham in the airline’s history.
The 2011 figure of 484,503 shows an increase of almost 19% on the figures for 2010.
Announcing the record year, Christian Schindler, Lufthansa’s General Manager UK & Ireland, said: “Our passenger growth out of Birmingham in 2011 proves that the vast majority of travellers still want the added value they receive from a full service airline. They know when they book with Lufthansa the price they pay includes the option to check-in online or at the airport, the ability to take a reasonable amount of luggage and they also enjoy good quality food and drink on board the aircraft, with no hidden extra cost.
“We have reaffirmed our commitment to Birmingham by announcing two new services. Our 12 times a week service to Hamburg will start on 2 May followed by the new daily flight to Berlin on 3 June to coincide with the opening of the new Berlin-Brandenburg “Willy Brandt” Airport, where we are making a major investment. As well as offering passengers quick and easy access to many of the main German cities we continue to ensure that our flights to and from Birmingham offer the shortest possible onward connection times to our worldwide network through our main hubs of Frankfurt and Munich as well as our developing mini-hub at Dusseldorf.”
Overall in 2011, a total of 106.3 million passengers chose to fly with the airlines that make up the Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, bmi and Germanwings) - a new record showing growth of 7.5 per cent compared with the previous year.
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