LUFTHANSA Airlines today announced it concluded the extension of its contractual partnerships with three leading travel agencies in Myanmar.
Dirk Grossmann, general manager of Lufthansa Thailand and the Mekong region, said: “Now tickets can easily be purchased not only by individual travellers but also by smaller travel agencies in the sales office of Columbus Travels Lufthansa City Centre in Yangon, which is Lufthansa’s global franchise travel agency partner; Sun Far Travels and Tours; and Myanmar Aviation Center.
“The staff of these agencies are highly qualified and have received special training on the Lufthansa product.”
Lufthansa’s Star Alliance and bilateral airline partners, among them Thai Airways, and Bangkok Airways, offer services several times a day from Naypyidaw, Yangon, and Mandalay to Europe with seamless connection via Bangkok.
The partnerships make it convenient for Myanmar people to connect to the Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, the Swissair flight to Zurich or the Austrian Airlines flight to Vienna.
“Myanmar is a rapidly growing market with increasing demand from business and leisure travellers to Europe. Also, more and more travellers from all over the world are exploring Myanmar,” said Grossmann.
“Mobility is the key to economic growth. Against the background of Myanmar’s increasing trade integration with the Mekong region, Asia and Europe, a functioning infrastructure is required even more. We are excited to support that development,” he added.
Besides the passenger transport business in Myanmar, Lufthansa also has been operating its airline catering company LSG Sky Chefs, in Myanmar for 15 years.
In 2012, Lufthansa Systems also signed a contract to provide flight navigation system with Golden Myanmar Airlines.
