Lufthansa ups flights

Lufthansa today announced an increase in its weekly services from India and introduction of new cuisine on long haul flights to cater to the growing number of indian travellers.

Lufthansa would add six services this october end to its 32 flights a week at present connecting Frankfurt with Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, and Munich with Delhi.

Designating noted Indian chef Hemant Oberoi, the chef de cuisine of Taj Hotel in Mumbai, as the 'star chef', Lufthansa's Director (South Asia) Werner Heesen said the number of Indian passengers to germany had grown considerably in the recent past with the recently liberalised bilateral air traffic agreement.