Lufthansa is reducing flights to countries with virus mutants

Due to the stricter entry rules, Lufthansa has canceled flight connections to countries where mutants of the corona virus are rampant. Connections to South Africa, Brazil, Great Britain, Ireland and Portugal are “temporarily” reduced.

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Due to the stricter entry rules, Lufthansa has canceled flight connections to countries where more contagious variants of the corona virus are rampant. Connections to South Africa, Brazil, Great Britain, Ireland and Portugal are “temporarily” reduced, announced the largest German airline on request on Saturday and confirmed a message from “Spiegel”. The reason are missing bookings. On January 30, the federal government had issued strict entry rules for areas in which particularly contagious virus mutants are rampant.

However, the flight connections will not be completely canceled. “Most of our passengers fly for important professional, business or personal reasons”, explained Lufthansa. This applies in particular to trips to risk areas. “With our flight offer, we still get a low minimum connectivity and thus give German citizens in particular the security of being able to complete socially or economically important tasks or to come home.” In addition, diplomatic connections would be used.

According to the information, Lufthansa is also using the freight capacities in the passenger aircraft for necessary transports and maintaining the value chain. “It is important to look ahead now and to make preparations for the time when the incidence of infections recedes and air traffic can be restarted,” the airline said. This includes a comprehensive test strategy.

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