Birmingham Airport welcomes Lufthansa City Airlines inaugural flight

Above: Lufthansa City Airlines crew, Adam Parker – Senior Aviation Manager at BHX, Kate Tranter – Station Manager for Lufthansa at BHX and Jens Fehlinger, Managing Director of Lufthansa City Airlines.
Image courtesy of BHX


The aircraft is part of Lufthansa City’s forward-looking fleet expansion, including aircraft from the Airbus A320 and Airbus A220-300 family.


Lufthansa City Airlines’ partnership with Birmingham Airport strengthens the Lufthansa brand on the already popular service from Birmingham to Munich.


Jens Fehlinger, Managing Director of Lufthansa City Airlines said: “Lufthansa City Airlines is committed to successfully positioning itself in the European short- and medium-haul segment from Munich and Frankfurt. A major investment in the future that will strengthen Germany as an aviation location and create many attractive jobs.”


Tom Screen, Director of Aviation at Birmingham Airport said: “We are delighted to see the launch of this new airline, which is testament to the existing relationship between Lufthansa and Birmingham Airport.

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“We were also delighted to welcome Lufthansa’s most efficient city aircraft, another step in the right direction towards our goal of being a zero-carbon airport by 2033.”

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“We are honored to have been selected as the opening airport for this new service for Lufthansa City Airlines.”

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