Airlines primarily want to head for classic travel destinations. Lufthansa Executive Board: “Great longing for vacation”.
The AUA planes are currently standing
The Lufthansa Group and the Austrian subsidiary AUA want to fly away from the corona pandemic this summer with numerous tourist destinations. AUA will be flying to Montreal and JFK Airport in New York again from May, as it announced on Thursday. And Lufthansa is offering 33 new holiday destinations from the Frankfurt and Munich hubs this summer. The focus is on the Canary Islands, Greece and the Caribbean.
The Lufthansa Group assumes that many countries will loosen travel restrictions in the summer when more people have been vaccinated. “We know that demand rises sharply as soon as travel restrictions fall – and we are well prepared for this with our excellent range of offers. There is a great longing for vacation – the catch-up effect will be correspondingly strong in summer,” said board member Harry Hohmeister according to a statement .
Offer is increased
Austrian Airlines announced last week that it would be resuming a number of destinations from the end of March, including Barcelona, Dubrovnik and Florence. In addition, numerous holiday destinations are back on offer, for example in Greece, Italy or Spain. In the intercontinental route network, Amman, Bangkok, Chicago and Tokyo are back on the flight schedule.
“With five destinations in North America and three in Asia, including Tokyo and Bangkok, our long-haul offer is on the rise again in the summer. Unfortunately, we are still a long way from altitude. We hope that we will see a rapid increase in the vaccination rate and a corresponding The easing of travel restrictions will give further impetus in the future, “said AUA board member Michael Trestl.
In general, the aviation industry assumes that tourist demand will pick up faster than business travel.
