From February 2009, Lufthansa will open a base at Milan MXP and start 8 new european route: Barcelona, Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Madrid and Paris. From 2009 summer timetable will be added London and Lisbon.
Will be based 6 A319 operated by Lufthansa’s Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti with 150 new jobs.
The flights from Milan can be booked from mid-October with round-trip flights available from 99 euros, including taxes and charges.
This is only the first step to make MXP a new Lufthansa hub, later will be added a lot of new european and domestic route and long haul flight operated by A330/A340.
Bye Bye Alitalia and welcome Lufthansa!
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