A company spokeswoman announced Frankfurt Monday that, as of the winter flight schedule that begins next Sunday (October 27), flights will not be operated to that destination temporarily for economic reasons.
On the other hand, the spokeswoman explained that: Lufthansa It continues to offer daily direct flights to Beijing via its second hub in Munich. The company uses an Airbus A350 aircraft in this destination, which is a more modern aircraft with lower fuel costs. The company was using an older A340 aircraft on its previous flights from Frankfurt to Beijing.
And it was Lufthansa I mentioned in a previous statement published last month that companies Aviation The European Union is in a completely unequal competition with China, as well as with airlines from the Bosphorus Strait region, adding that all Airlines These countries benefited from lower location costs, lower social standards, and higher government investment in… Aviation sector.
The company added in that statement: “For more than two years, and unlike European and American airlines, these companies have also been using Russian airspace. Shorter routes lead to more cost advantages.”
Lufthansa explained in the statement that the airlines in European Union In turn, they increasingly face political conditions that weaken their competitiveness, including increased taxes and fees, higher regulatory requirements, additional climate policy regulations, and inadequate infrastructure.
Lufthansa called on politicians in Germany and Europe to find new solutions in industrial policy to address this imbalance.