Lufthansa codeshares with TACA for flights to Peru and El Salvador

Travellers to the Latin American capitals Lima (Peru) and San Salvador (El Salvador) can take long-haul Lufthansa flights from Frankfurt to Caracas or Miami and then transfer seamlessly to a connecting flight operated by TACA under a Lufthansa flight number. The new codeshare flights can be booked with immediate effect and will provide to the customer daily connections to Lima (via Caracas) and San Salvador (via Miami). TACA will operate both these routes with an Airbus A320 or A321. In addition, members of Lufthansa’s Miles & More and TACA’s Distancia frequent flyer programme will be able to earn and redeem award miles on all partner routes. Out of Lima and San Salvador TACA operates some 17 further connections each to destinations in Central- and South America.

Vice President Alliances, Strategies & Subsidiaries Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, Götz Ahmelmann, said, “The codeshare agreement with TACA enables us to connect new destinations in Central and South America for our customers. TACA is a quality carrier and it offers Lufthansa passengers one of the most modern aircraft fleet and a very good on board product. We are looking forward to this cooperation, which will strengthen our presence in other parts of Latin America.”

TACA’s Corporate Development Vice-President, Alex Benitez said, “It is our priority to always develop innovations that satisfy our customers’ needs. We are very pleased to have an agreement with an airline as prestigious as Lufthansa and we are looking forward to develop further this very productive alliance. Through this codeshare agreement our clients will be able to broaden their frequent flyer benefits by using it also on Lufthansa flights, and therefore strengthening our Distancia program.”

(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 31-Mar-09

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