Yesterday marked the inaugural flight of Lufthansa's new Vancouver-to-Munich route.
The once-daily long-haul flight is scheduled to take just over 10 hours and is now the second daily Lufthansa flight to Germany (the airline has operated a once-daily flight from Vancouver to Frankfurt since 1983).
"Our new Vancouver-Munich route offers an exciting new choice for British Columbian travellers, but it also provides business and leisure travellers another travel option to the largest city in British Columbia," said Juergen Siebenrock, vice-president, the Americas, Luftansa German Airlines.
"Given the strong performance of our Vancouver-Frankfurt route and the increasing demand by Western Canadians for a new direct passage to Germany, the new route makes a great addition to our services by adding more than 1,500 additional seats to Germany every week."
This new route is the only long-haul addition Lufthansa is making worldwide this year.
