Lufthansa Returns to Bursa

German flag carrier and Star Alliance member Lufthansa is to resume flights between its Munich hub and the Turkish city of Bursa. The route will be flown three times weekly from May 1, initially with a Lufthansa CityLine Bombardier CRJ900 but will be switched to an Augsburg Airways Embraer 195 from July 1. The airline carried an estimated 4,500 O&D passengers on the route in the past year.

Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. It has an estimated population of 1.9 million people making it Turkey's fourth largest city and is one of the most industrialised metropolitan centers in the country. It is also the main home for the Turkish automotive industry with factories for the likes of FIAT and Renault, as well as automotive parts producers like Bosch and Mako being active in the city for decades.

Lufthansa is the only overseas airline to currently serve Bursa Yenişehir Airport, a shared facility with the Turkish Air Force, although Anadolujet, the low-cost division of Turkish Airlines (THY), does offer a daily domestic connection to Ankara.

Schedule:

LH1788 MUC2145 – 0115+1YEI E95 247
LH1789 YEI0410 – 0555MUC E95 135