Lufthansa is celebrating 40 years of operations from Birmingham Airport (BHX), having commenced services from the Midlands in 1986.
The airline’s first flight from BHX connected passengers to Frankfurt, operated by a Boeing 737 with 13 weekly services.
Since starting operations over 40 years ago the airline has offered services direct to Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf and currently operates daily services to Frankfurt and Munich. During this period 11,820,750 passengers have travelled on the airline
Nick Barton, CEO, of Birmingham Airport, said: "Lufthansa has carried nearly 12m passengers from Birmingham to its hubs in Germany over the years ensuring a consistent connection for point-to-point travel but also onward to the airline’s long-haul destinations. This anniversary marks four decades of successful partnership and connectivity between Lufthansa and Birmingham Airport.”
Kate Tranter, Lufthansa Group station manager, said: ‘I am so proud to have been part of Lufthansa`s incredible journey in Birmingham. Four decades we have connected people from the Midlands to the rest of the world, with reliability and excellence. This was only possible with the excellent service and good collaboration with Birmingham Airport over so many years.’
BHX’s 40-year anniversary falls within the airline’s 100th year of operation and to celebrate this milestone the aircraft used on the LH955 service to mark the occasion was the newly-liveried anniversary 100-year Airbus A320 neo aircraft.
