Birmingham Airport welcomes inaugural Lufthansa City Airlines flight
Above: Lufthansa City Airlines' Crew, Adam Parker – Senior Aviation Manager at BHX, Kate Tranter – Station Manager for Lufthansa at BHX and Jens Fehlinger, Managing Director of Lufthansa City Airlines.
Image courtesy BHX
The aircraft forms a part of the forward-looking fleet expansion from Lufthansa City, including aircraft from the Airbus A320 family and Airbus A220-300.
Lufthansa City Airlines’ partnership with Birmingham Airport strengthens the Lufthansa brand on the already popular service from Birmingham to Munich.
Jens Fehlinger, Managing Director of Lufthansa City Airlines said: "Lufthansa City Airlines is committed to successfully positioning itself in the European short and medium-haul segment from Munich and Frankfurt. A major investment in the future that will strengthen Germany as an aviation location and create numerous attractive jobs."
Tom Screen, Aviation Director at Birmingham Airport said: “We are thrilled to see the launch of this new airline, which is a testament to the existing relationship between Lufthansa and Birmingham Airport.
“We were also delighted to welcome Lufthansa City’s most fuel-efficient aircraft, another step in the right direction as move towards our goal of being a net zero carbon airport by 2033.”
“We are honoured to have been selected as the opening airport for this new service for Lufthansa City Airlines.”
