Lufthansa reinstates flights between Frankfurt and New York

Lufthansa has reinstated flights between Frankfurt International airport and New York City’s John F Kennedy International airport after four months of suspension due to the coronavirus global health emergency. The airline says on 27 July it will fly an Airbus A330-300 five times weekly between its largest hub and New York City, beginning the same day. At the end of August, it will operate daily flights on the route for the remainder of the summer schedule, which ends on 24 October. During the crisis, Lufthansa maintained regular service on the Frankfurt-to-Newark route, but had suspended operations at John F Kennedy. Newark Liberty International airport also serves the New York City metropolitan area. It sister carriers Swiss International and Austrian Airlines had also kept operating flights between their home bases Zurich and Vienna, respectively, and the New York City region during the crisis. Brussels Airlines plans to resume flights to John F Kennedy airport at the end of the summer, Lufthansa Group says. “As the world gradually begins to open up, the desire to travel has increased and there is an ever-growing necessity to see family and friends, as well as conduct important business trips. Lufthansa is continually evaluating additional connections globally,” says Larry Ryan, Lufthansa Group’s senior director of sales for the USA.<br/>