Lufthansa to increase services to West Africa

From 7 April 2005, subject to the granting of traffic rights, Lufthansa is to offer three flights a week from Frankfurt to Port Harcourt in Nigeria. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, an Airbus A330-300 with 221 seats will take off for Port Harcourt, and from there continue to the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Lufthansa launched flights to Abuja in October 2002, and currently serves the city three times a week. 

Lufthansa passengers will also benefit from more frequent connections to and from Accra in Ghana. Starting on 7 April 2005, Lufthansa will also offer daily flights to Lagos (Nigeria), continuing on to Accra (Ghana). At present Lufthansa flies four times a week to Accra and daily to Lagos.

Nigeria is Africa’s top petroleum producer, and numerous oilfields are located close to Port Harcourt Airport. Arrival and departure times of Lufthansa flights at Port Harcourt have been exactly tailored to the requirements of the local oil industry and are also timed to allow onward flights by helicopter to the oil platforms. 

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