Lufthansa launches Hyderabad-Frankfurt flight

Hyderabad is Lufthansa's fifth destination in India. With the new service, Lufthansa would operate 34 flights a week.

German airlines Lufthansa Friday launched a direct flight from here to Frankfurt.

Three flights a week will be operated on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Hyderabad is Lufthansa's fifth destination in India. With the new service, Lufthansa would operate 34 flights a week to India.

It already operates daily flights between Frankfurt and Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. It also flies thrice a week between Delhi and Munich.

Lufthansa CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber told a news conference that Hyderabad was a very important addition to their network in India.

"We are now offering tourist and business people from southern India a very efficient new service," he said.

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