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Kazamb
22nd Apr 2008, 10:56
Depsite all the Doom and Gloom in the industry, LH still going ahead with expansion with all business class jets.

This LH Agent advisory is not confidential so should not create any problems;)
Non-stop Lufthansa Business Jet service to Pune, India

http://files.lufthansaexperts.com/lh.php?4041.196.dbba84 All Business class to Pune


Lufthansa is further expanding its services to key Indian cities for business and leisure travellers alike with a 7th destination. From 1 July 2008, LH will launch a new route from Frankfurt to Pune in Western India.

The 6 times a week flight will be operated by an Airbus A319 which has been refitted as a Business Jet . The service will be all Business class with 48 modern lie-flat seats which fully recline to almost two metres in length.

Schedule
LH768 Frankfurt 1615 - Pune 0400 (next day) daily except Saturdays

LH 769 Pune 0529 - Frankfurt 1050 daily except Sundays

wingeel
22nd Apr 2008, 13:47
A very interesting choice of destination. I wonder what made LH choose Pune ? I know that it is pretty big in population terms, would'nt be surprised if it was about 4 or 5 million in the metro area.
Pune is not very far from Mumbai and there are reasonably good rail links between the cities , but it is not really close enough to be considered as an airport to serve the Greater Mumbai area.
We all know how how Bangalore and Hyderabad have developed so rapidly over the past few years. Is Pune another Deccan success story ?

Would be interesting to know how Pune has come on since I visited the city back in 95 !

JulietNovemberPapa
22nd Apr 2008, 15:40
I wonder what made LH choose Pune ?


A lot of business traffic to/from Pune.

PrivatAir will operate the route on behalf of Luthansa.

flying brain
23rd Apr 2008, 07:50
Pune is a 4 hour journey from Mumbai and is a centre for education, IT development (feeding off the intellectual output of the education system), and manufacturing.

Mercedes manufacture in the Pune region and Volkswagen have/are about to start production there.

All congratulations to Lufthansa for spotting the niche and gaining the traffic rights, and PrivatAir seems to be the perfect partner to develop this specialist operation. This will be the first and currently the only long haul flight from PNQ.

wingeel
23rd Apr 2008, 10:45
Volkswagen AND Mercedes !

It's certainly come on since I was last there, when it was either (Austin) Ambassadors or Maruti Suzuki's !

Big Harvey
25th Apr 2008, 07:07
Pune is not very far from Mumbai and there are reasonably good rail links between the cities , but it is not really close enough to be considered as an airport to serve the Greater Mumbai area.

In any case, I can't see too many business class passengers wanting to travel on Indian trains!

Indian trains are fine if you've got a reservation (which wouldn't be much use of course if your flight was late), but even with a reservation, they're not exactly up to business class standards of luxury.

Big Harvey
25th Apr 2008, 07:14
Pune is a 4 hour journey from Mumbai and is a centre for education, IT development (feeding off the intellectual output of the education system), and manufacturing.

Mercedes manufacture in the Pune region and Volkswagen have/are about to start production there.

All congratulations to Lufthansa for spotting the niche and gaining the traffic rights, and PrivatAir seems to be the perfect partner to develop this specialist operation. This will be the first and currently the only long haul flight from PNQ.

I'm not disputing the merits of Pune as a business destination, but it's popular with tourists too. Why have business class only?

fendant
25th Apr 2008, 09:01
Pune and Bangalore are the German bridgeheads in India. There are at least 400 subsidiaries of German companies in the Pune area, mostly automotive tier 2's, light machining and engineering.

As costs in B'lore go through the roof ( currently 400 €/m2 for industrial property = higher than in Germany ) many German companies are thinking to move to greener ( cheaper ) pastures further North. Pune is great and has a good technical skill base.

Congrats to LH to have spotted this niche!

Frank