USA flights: Lufthansa is campaigning for rapid opening
According to Lufthansa, demand for flights to the USA for the summer has increased significantly in the past two weeks. Connections to New York, Miami and Los Angeles have seen a booking increase of up to 300 percent. As a result, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are further increasing their offerings to and from the USA from June and are once again flying to destinations such as Orlando and Atlanta. At the same time, Lufthansa is calling for an opening perspective for the transatlantic: "Given the great importance of transatlantic air traffic for the global economy, we now need a perspective on how travel between the USA and Europe can be made possible again on a larger scale. With falling infection rates and increasing vaccination rates, a cautious opening is possible," emphasizes Lufthansa board member Harry Hohmeister. Still no easing in sight But these entry easing measures are still a long way off. US citizens are allowed to go on holiday in Italy again, for example - the government there has relaxed its regulations. Conversely, however, there are still no uniform solutions. And this despite the fact that EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had promised travel easing between the European Union and the USA for vaccinated people at the end of April, as tip-online.at reports. Demand for holiday destinations has also risen significantly For classic European holiday destinations such as Greece, Italy, Spain or Portugal, Lufthansa and Eurowings have reported that they have already recorded up to three times as many bookings in the past seven days compared to the previous weeks. On some routes to Spain, such as Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza or Barcelona, bookings were even higher than in 2019. Flights to the
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