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Since
the beginning of the year, 432,000 travelers have chosen to use Lufthansa
Express Rail to and from Frankfurt Airport. This means that the previous year's
result was exceeded by 28 percent in October 2024. By the end of the year, a
total of more than 500,000 bookings have been confirmed. Never before in the
more than 20-year cooperation between Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn (DB) have so
many travelers opted for the joint offer as in 2024.
Due
to the high demand, the range of feeder destinations to Frankfurt Airport – one
of the largest airports in Europe – is being steadily expanded: this year it
has grown by 4 to a total of 28 cities within Germany. New to the list are the
cities of Augsburg, Siegburg/Bonn, Wolfsburg and Essen. This means that more
than twice as many cities will be connected by Lufthansa Express Rail than
Lufthansa currently does by flight. Thanks to the large number of Sprinter
connections, passengers can travel faster between the metropolises with shorter
journey times. In addition to the domestic German connections, the cooperation
also relies on an international connection between Munich Central Station and
Zurich Airport, with a possible boarding in Bregenz, Austria. This ideally
complements the offer to the hub of the Lufthansa Group Airline SWISS. The
number of feeder trains is also increasing: DB and Lufthansa are offering more
than 240 daily ICE connections with a Lufthansa flight number (codeshare
numbers).
Michael
Peterson, DB Board Member for Long-Distance Passenger Transport: "More and
more people are taking advantage of a climate-friendly journey to their flight.
Together with Lufthansa, we are delighted with the passenger record. The
networking of the two modes of transport, rail and air, is very much in vogue.
Our intermodal offering is growing continuously – our passengers benefit
greatly in particular from the ICE Sprinter network with extra-fast connections
between the metropolises."
Dieter
Vranckx, Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG: "We are
constantly expanding our cooperation with Deutsche Bahn and thus offering our
customers flexible travel options. With additional connections, an increased
frequency and more comfort, we have made the Lufthansa Express Rail service
attractive to more and more guests in recent years. Connecting air and rail
even better in the future will only be possible with an efficient and modern
infrastructure. We could offer our customers even better travel and transfer
services at the Lufthansa hub in Munich if the airport were connected to
Deutsche Bahn's long-distance services. That is why Munich urgently needs an
ICE connection. “
Lufthansa
and Deutsche Bahn are continuously focusing on the expansion of joint offers
for trains to flights. For more than 20 years, the cooperation between the two
partners has enabled Lufthansa customers to purchase a combined ticket for
train and flight with just one booking step.
In
addition to Lufthansa Group airlines, other Star Alliance airlines are now also
using the Lufthansa Express Rail service. This is made possible by Deutsche
Bahn's membership as an intermodal partner of the Star Alliance. And the
program will be further strengthened: For example, United Airlines has been
using the Lufthansa Express Rail service since the end of last year and other
Star Alliance airlines will follow.
Lufthansa
Express Rail – advantages at a glance:
·
Fast, comfortable and flexible from 28
cities by train to Frankfurt Airport > overview of all cities see
infographic
·
Optimal connections with short
transfer times from train to flight
·
Authorization to use the Fast Lane at
Frankfurt Airport
·
Free rebooking in case of delay
·
Large overhead bins on the latest
generation of trains
·
Special AiRail terminal for baggage
check-in and reclaim at Frankfurt Airport
·
Priority handling of Express Rail
customers' suitcases at Frankfurt Airport
·
One ticket, two boarding passes – for
ICE and connecting flight
·
Free Wi-Fi on the train
·
Mileage credit also for the train
journey
·
Access to DB lounges for business and
First Class customers
·
Bookable via all Lufthansa sales
channels.
Image
Credit: © Lufthansa Group
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