Lufthansa adds two more US destinations: Tampa and San
Jose
Tampa, Florida with four weekly services from 25
October as a leisure destination.
San Jose first non-stop flights to Silicon Valley from Europe
With Tampa and San
Jose, travelers from Nigeria have the choice of two more Lufthansa destinations
in the United States. Tampa is the Lufthansa’s third Florida destination,
joining Miami and Orlando. With the addition of its new service, Lufthansa now
serves a total of 18 US destinations.
“We are pleased to initiate our new program of
intercontinental services geared specially to leisure travelers today,” says
Karl Ulrich Garnadt, Member of the Lufthansa Group Executive Board and CEO of
Lufthansa German Airlines. “And Tampa is the first of a number of new vacation
destinations that we will be adding to our network over the next few months.”
These will include Nairobi (Kenya) at the end of October, Cancun (Mexico), Male
(the Maldives) and Mauritius in early December and Panama City (Panama) in
March of next year.
“Our new long-haul services will make Lufthansa even more
attractive for vacationers and other leisure seekers,” Garnadt continues.
“These new destinations are primarily popular with tourists and private
travelers; and we will be offering them all the full Lufthansa air travel
experience, with our outstanding service on the ground and in the air and an
advanced cabin that features the latest Business Class seats, our new Premium
Economy Class and our regular Economy Class.”
Additionally, San Jose in California will be introduced by
Lufthansa with a new non-stop service to Frankfurt. The new service, which will
commence on 29 April 2016, will be the first non-stop flights to the state’s
Silicon Valley from a European airport. The five-times-weekly service will be
operated using Airbus A340-300 equipment.
The new westbound LH 488 service will operate on Mondays,
Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, departing from Lufthansa’s
Frankfurt hub in the morning and arriving in San Jose in the early afternoon
after a 12-hour flight. The corresponding eastbound LH 489 service will operate
as a night flight, leaving San Jose in the afternoon and arriving in Frankfurt
the following morning. The schedules have been designed to provide the best
possible connections with other Lufthansa services from and to Germany, Europe,
Asia and Africa at the Frankfurt hub.
The San Jose metropolitan region has a population of around
3.3 million and lies in the heart of Silicon Valley, the major site of
high-tech start-ups and corporations. Alongside many of the most famous names
in the internet world, the area is also home to several leading companies in
the biotech, pharmaceuticals and medical sectors. And a number of major car
manufacturers have their research labs there, too.
San Jose is also an attractive tourist destination, serving
as an ideal starting point to explore Northern California. Big Sur, Yosemite
National Park, Lake Tahoe and other key attractions are all close by, making
San Jose a genuine travel alternative to San Francisco, which is just 70
kilometers away.
Lufthansa is the first airline in Europe to
offer non-stop service to San Jose, whose airport is increasingly developing
into an international hub. Since its new international terminal was completed,
the airport has welcomed new non-stop services to various destinations,
including Tokyo and Beijing.
