Lufthansa launches flights to Angola.(Business Travel)

LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES announced its new flights to Angola at the German/Angolan Economic Forum held in Franfurt in February. The airline's Vice President Sales and Service for Southeast Europe, Africa, Middle East & Pakistan, Joachim Steinbach, was invited as a key note speaker at this prestigious forum.

Reiterating the positive economic climate of Angola, Joachim Steinbach affirmed the importance of this new direct link for the business traveller. Lufthansa will operate once a week from Luanda to Frankfurt as of 1 April. The launch of this new route to Angola is in line with the airline's strategy of connecting the oil producing markets to Germany. This will strengthen the route network of Lufthansa in Africa, one of the airline's strategically most important market.

The new Lufthansa flights to Angola will operate on Wednesdays from Luanda to Frankfurt departing at 2035 hrs arriving in Frankfurt at 0600; the flight LH 560 will leave Frankfurt on Tuesdays at 2030 hrs touching down in Luanda at 0355 hrs (next day).

To further increase its presence on the African continent, Lufthansa will introduce a new flight connection between Malabo/Equatorial Guinea and Frankfurt with a thrice weekly service to Frankfurt as of 1 April.

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