Bogotá to Frankfurt germany flights Lufthansa

New long-haul flights from germany to Colombia and the Republic of the Congo
Lufthansa is extending its long-haul network with the addition of several new destinations in growth markets in South America and Africa. On 31 October, services to the Colombian capital Bogotá will resume. Five flights per week, operated by an Airbus A340, are scheduled between Frankfurt and Bogotá. Lufthansa served this major city in the northwest of South America up until 2002.

In future, passengers arriving from Frankfurt will transit seamlessly on one ticket to selected Colombian domestic connections operated by Avianca. The six new beyond destinations ex Bogotá represent the country’s biggest cities: Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Medellin and Pereira. The Colombian flagship carrier operates flights to those destinations with Airbus A319s and A320s as well as Boeing 757s jets. In turn, Avianca passengers can use their ticket on Lufthansa long-haul flights from Bogotá to Frankfurt – an additional option to the existing Avianca flights to Madrid and Barcelona. Codeshare flights will shortly be available for booking.

Subject to the granting of air traffic rights, codesharing is to be extended in a second phase to international South American routes served by Avianca as well as to selected European connections operated by Lufthansa out of Madrid und Barcelona. In the pipeline, too, are plans for Avianca passengers to accrue and redeem award miles on all codeshare routes in the Miles & More frequent flyer programme, beginning in the second half of 2011.