Munich Airport long haul flights up +40% this summer.

GERMANY. Long haul flights are to go up +40% at Munich Airport this summer.

The number of flights to Asia in particular have increased. Lufthansa will be operating its first Munich-Beijing service three times a week. It is also resuming its flights to Hong Kong and will add to the frequency of departures to Shanghai and on to Canton, adding two new weekly flights to bring the total to seven.

These developments place Munich alongside Amsterdam and Paris as one of just three European airports offering direct flights to four Chinese destinations.

In addition in a boost to Middle East travel Qatar Airways is raising the number of weekly departures to Doha from three to five.

With EU enlargement fast approaching Munich Airport is also well-placed to be a major hub for traffic heading east. The summer timetable features 15 new destinations in these regions. This means that more than 400 eastbound aircraft will be departing every week serving 40 destinations.

Munich is also increasingly attractive to low cost carriers as well with a number of airlines offering new routes in the summer timetable period. The Germania Express is adding a new weekday flight to Stockholm, Air Berlin is offering a daily service to Budapest and Germanwings has added Munich to its list of destinations.

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