Flights have been cancelled from three destinations served by BHX
Birmingham Airport arrivals exit
These are the cancellations to flights coming in and heading out of Birmingham Airport on Sunday, April 19.
Lufthansa has cancelled its flights heading to and from two of its destinations as it suspends its CityLine services.
Flights heading to and from Frankfurt and Munich in Germany have been pulled on Sunday, as they were on Saturday.
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The 10am arrival from Frankfurt and 10.35am departure to the city will not be taking place.
As will the 5.10pm arrival from Munich and the 5.55pm departure to the Bavarian capital.
Also, the 8.05am Aer Lingus arrival from Belfast City has also been cancelled.
But the 8.35am departure to Belfast City was still going ahead.
The Lufthansa cancellations as the airline reports rising kerosene costs as a result of the USA and Israel’s war with Iran.
That has led to the firm shutting down its CityLine services around Europe, including to Birmingham’s BHX.
It said it was the: “’Immediate and permanent removal of Lufthansa CityLine’s capacity from the program’ during the current summer schedule.”
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Lufthansa said on Thursday (April 16): “In view of significantly increased kerosene prices, which have more than doubled compared to the period before the Iran war, as well as rising additional burdens from labor disputes, the implementation of the corporate strategy is being partially accelerated.
“As a first immediately effective step, the 27 operational aircraft of Lufthansa CityLine will be permanently removed from the flight program starting the day after tomorrow [eg Saturday, April 18], in order to reduce further losses of the loss-making airline.”
It said the removal of the CityLine services saved its kerosene quantities and reduced its risk of cost rises.
Till Streichert, Chief Financial Officer and CFO of Lufthansa Group, said: “The package for accelerated implementation of fleet and capacity measures is unavoidable in light of the sharply increased kerosene costs and geopolitical instability.
“The goal is to focus our short- and medium-haul platforms more clearly and make them more competitive.
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“In this regard, we had already identified the prospective removal of CityLine from our program as part of our strategic development for some time, independently of the current geopolitical crisis.
“The current crisis is now forcing us to implement this measure earlier. This is a painful step, particularly with regard to the colleagues.”
Cancelled Departures
10:35 – Frankfurt – Lufthansa – LH 955 Code share: NH 5868, SQ 2145, TP 7591, UA 9569
17:55 – Munich – Lufthansa – LH 2511
Cancelled Arrivals
09:50 – Frankfurt – LH 954 – Lufthansa Code share: AC 9609, UA 8807
17:10 – Munich – LH 2510 – Lufthansa Code share: TP 7776
