Lufthansa to Operate 160 Flights Between India, Germany in Sept | Check Detail

German airline Lufthansa on Tuesday announced that it will operate 160 flights between India and Germany in September under air bubble agreement.In a statement, the airline said there is a four-fold increase in flights to and from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

The airline also informed that it will be offering Indian customers 160 flights between India and Germany in September, more than five per day and more than four times as many as in August.

As part of the Vande Bharat Mission, Lufthansa has been operating flights from India for several months between Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru and its hubs Frankfurt and Munich.

In the statement, Lufthansa’s Senior Sales Director for South Asia George Ettiyil said that India is one of the world’s most important aviation markets, and there is high demand for international air travel to and from India.

Air bubbles, also known as travel bridges or green corridors, remove the waiting period for travelers from certain countries, by allowing the countries to operate their respective carriers.The air bubbles arrangement between the two countries help airlines to operate international flights with certain restrictions.

India has already established airbubble agreement between the USA,U.K,Germany,France etc

According to civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri, India is negotiating with 13 more countries to set up bilateral air bubble arrangements for international flight operations amid pandemic. These include Australia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Bahrain, Israel, Kenya, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea & Thailand.As of now India has ‘air bubble’ arrangements with the USA, UK, France, Germany, UAE, Qatar, and the Maldives.