Lufthansa Group has announced a significant expansion into Ljubljana in the wake of the bankruptcy of its Star Alliance partner and long-time feeder Adria Airways (JP, Ljubljana).
According to a group press release, Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) will launch 2x daily services from Frankfurt Int'l on October 27, 2019. It will also add daily service from Munich on November 1. Flights will be operated by Lufthansa CityLine (CL, Munich) using CRJ900s.
Swiss (LX, Zurich) will also add 5x weekly services from Zurich to Ljubljana on October 16, expanding them to daily connections from October 27. It will use an A220-300 on the route. However, the airline also said in a separate statement that it will not resume flights from Zurich to Lugano, a city in southern Switzerland. The 4x daily route was operated with Saab 2000s wet-leased from Adria Airways. Swiss said that it will instead offer train connections.
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