Lufthansa will add a second A380 to its fleet this week, which will operate the daily FRA-Tokyo Narita route beginning Aug. 4. Two more A380s will join the carrier this year and another four will be added in 2011. Lufthansa Cargo will begin placing its last two parked MD-11Fs into service by year end. LHC operates a total of 19 MD-11s.
Air France and Flybe yesterday concluded an extensive commercial agreement under which Air France will market and add its AF code to 45 Flybe routes between the UK and France and 17 UK domestic routes through Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton. In turn, Flybe will market and add its code to five AF routes between France and the UK as well as to seven new domestic French routes and 11 international routes.
EasyJet will operate seasonal winter service from Manchester to Amsterdam (starting Nov. 1), Gothenburg (Dec. 10) and Hamburg (Nov. 26). Frontier Airlines will resume seasonal daily Denver-Steamboat Springs service Dec. 16-April 10 aboard an E-190. American Airlines will launch thrice-weekly Dallas Fort Worth-Rio de Janeiro service Nov. 18, subject to regulatory approval.