Millions of EU citizens have been able to enter the USA again since Monday, provided they are fully vaccinated and also tested negative for the corona virus. Lufthansa manager Klaus Froese said that the capacity utilization for the coming weeks would be the same as in the pre-crisis year 2019. Lufthansa flies 160 connections a week from Frankfurt and Munich to 19 US destinations in the winter flight schedule, a huge increase after 30 connections in summer. Christmas shopping in New York or beach holidays in Florida also attract many tourists back to the USA, said the tourism group Tui. “We see a clear catch-up effect in trips, both with short-term bookings, especially by couples and small groups for November and December, as well as with long-term trips by families during the Easter and summer holidays,” explained Tui Germany boss Stefan Baumert .
Lufthansa – heavily booked US flights – economy
