From Rennes to Paris, Lufthansa expands its network in France

Lufthansa will be inaugurating a new Rennes-Frankfurt route next year, while its subsidiary Austrian Airlines is preparing to strengthen its presence in Paris.
Lufthansa Cityline
The new Rennes-Frankfurt flight will be operated by Lufthansa Cityline

Lufthansa is clearly paying particular attention to the French regions. Already present on the Nantes-Munich, Bordeaux-Frankfurt or Marseille-In Zurich, the German group is continuing in this vein decentralised with the forthcoming opening of a flight linking Rennes à Frankfurt. " We are convinced that there is significant momentum in the French regions, where we offer two-thirds of our product range.underlines Michael GloorSenior Director Sales France, Luxembourg and Netherlands of the Lufthansa Group. a key city due to its position as the capital of Brittany and the hub of the North-West region ". This new Rennes - Frankfurt route will be operated by Lufthansa CityLine every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with a Bombardier CRJ900 from 90 seats from 31 March 2020. Business travellers from Brittany will then be able to connect to the Lufthansa hub and its vast network, with 2886 weekly frequencies to 177 destinations in 72 countries. " We are delighted to announce this new route, which will operate between two of Europe's leading cities from 31 March 2020. Thanks to this route, French passengers will benefit from enhanced access to Lufthansa's global network, via one of its major European hubs "Michael Gloor is delighted.

Ahead of this arrival in Rennes, it is to Paris that the Lufthansa Group's network is set to become even denser. Since the end of October, Austrian Airlines is increasing its frequencies between Paris and Vienna from 25 to 32 weekly flightsLufthansa will be offering up to six daily flights between the two capitals. Here too, the Lufthansa group intends to capitalise on connecting traffic, thanks to the hub status of Vienna airport.