News

Lufthansa to axe Heathrow-Dresden

19 Oct 2011 by BusinessTraveller

Saxony will no longer enjoy a direct link with London when Lufthansa withdraws its service from the start of next summer’s schedule.

According to lufthansa.com the non-stop service will cease from the end of March, 2012.

A Lufthansa spokesperson cited unprofitability for the decision. The carrier claims that almost all passengers were travelling in economy class rather than on more lucrative business class tickets.

The London-Dresden route has had a chequered history. British Airways inaugurated a daily B737 flight from London Gatwick in 2007 but withdrew it the following year. In 2010 Bmi began flying with an A319 from Heathrow on behalf of Lufthansa (see online news March 19, 2010).

That service also lasted a year before being taken over last spring by Lufthansa’s City Line division using a regional jet.

As there are no links to Dresden from any other UK airport, it seems passengers will either have to make connections with Lufthansa over Dusseldorf, Frankfurt or Munich (as they used to in the days before direct services) or else fly into nearby Leipzig or Berlin and complete the rest of their trip by surface transport.

For more information visit lufthansa.com.

Report by Alex McWhirter

Loading comments...

Search Flight

See a whole year of Reward Seat Availability on one page at SeatSpy.com

Business Traveller March 2024 edition
Business Traveller March 2024 edition
Be up-to-date
Magazine Subscription
To see our latest subscription offers for Business Traveller editions worldwide, click on the Subscribe & Save link below
Polls