St. Louis Connects to the Environment with New Non-Stop Flights to Frankfurt, Germany, on Lufthansa Airways Starting June 2022

For the initial time in practically two many years, non-prevent flights to continental Europe will depart from St. Louis Lambert Intercontinental Airport, connecting St. Louis straight to the globe. Higher St. Louis, Inc., the St. Louis Economic Progress Partnership, World Trade Center St. Louis, and St. Louis Lambert Intercontinental Airport introduced collectively regional enterprise, civic, and governmental leaders to perform with Lufthansa Airways to protected the flights from St. Louis to Lufthansa’s hub in Frankfurt, Germany.

“This is just the type of get we can secure for St. Louis when we perform with each other and talk with a person voice close to a typical objective,” reported Andrew C. Taylor, Government Chairman of Enterprise Holdings Inc. and Founding Chair of Bigger St. Louis, Inc. “By doing work with Lufthansa and bringing our regional partners with each other, we are now ready to join St. Louis right to the environment. This is a big step forward for our region’s essential transportation infrastructure vital to progress the targets of the STL 2030 Work Prepare.”

Lufthansa programs to plan a few non-quit flights for every week from St. Louis Lambert Global Airport to Frankfurt starting in June 2022. Travelers on the AirBus A330 will be equipped to opt for from enterprise, high quality economic system, and overall economy seating. Ticket gross sales for the new route will start out December 14.

“Our mission is to link individuals, cultures and economies, sustainably, and the launch of service from St. Louis is the very best example of our dedication to this mission. The United States is our most significant current market outside the house of our European house marketplaces and we are thrilled to begin assistance in this vibrant current market, linking it to the Frankfurt hub, as we expand our network of gateways in the United States, connecting even extra marketplaces than prior to the pandemic,” explained Frank Naeve, Vice President of Profits, Lufthansa Group Passenger Airlines for the Americas.

Presently, Lufthansa serves additional than 155 global locations from its Frankfurt hub, with most of people places staying served at the time or far more a day. Also, several European markets can be reached conveniently through prepare company from Frankfurt, one particular of the world’s leading economic centers. With the 2022 summer season flight plan, the airways of the Lufthansa Team will offer you a total of 280 destinations worldwide with about 9,000 weekly connections.

“For the first time in approximately two decades, St. Louis will have a immediate flight to continental Europe, serving to set our city back on the map,” mentioned Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “As the financial motor of our region with top rated-tier well being systems, environment-course universities, and a thriving arts scene, St. Louis has so a lot to supply to the international neighborhood. I enjoy the collaboration of those people throughout our region, which include our business enterprise group, County Government Sam Web page, Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Port Authority Chairman John Maupin, and so a lot of some others to improve our airport and our economic climate with this new direct route.”

Field analysis and statements from peer regions throughout the nation show that non-cease services to Europe adds between $50 million and $100 million for each 12 months to a region’s economy.*

“Many of our St. Louis firms have an worldwide reach so a direct relationship to Europe is a critical phase to growing our region and creating it a lot easier to do organization below,” explained County Government Dr. Sam Web site. “This is a good minute for our location, and I seem forward to constructing off this remarkable announcement to bring in new business enterprise and industry.”

St. Louis is currently the largest American current market devoid of non-prevent provider to Europe. The past non-stop flight from St. Louis to continental Europe was on TWA to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris in September 2001. American Airways finished non-prevent company to London Gatwick Airport in Oct 2003.

The St. Louis area has potent ties to Germany, which include the Seeds & Characteristics headquarters for the Crop Science division of Bayer, the KWS Gateway Investigate Center, the major existence of MilliporeSigma, the lifestyle science company of Merck KGaA, and a lot of other folks. In addition, Stuttgart, Germany, and St. Louis have preserved a vibrant sister metropolitan areas romantic relationship considering the fact that 1960.

“Restoring non-halt global air support will help St. Louis solidify our standing as a truly world-wide heart of innovation and commerce,” claimed Rodrigo Santos, Main Working Officer for Bayer Crop Science, a division of Bayer AG, headquartered in Germany. “We’re energized to more quickly connect with men and women about the entire world, in particular our Bayer colleagues touring to and from Europe.”

St. Louis providers and corporations that fully commited funding to boost the region’s global economic competitiveness and assist protected the flights include things like: Centene, Emerson, Business Holdings, Inc., Better St. Louis, Inc. Hermann Firms, Hunter Engineering, Nestlé Purina PetCare, St. Louis County Port Authority, St. Louis Lambert Global Airport, and the William T. Kemper Foundation.

* “British Airways notes that the common annual financial effects on a city established by a transatlantic flight is extra than $100 million.” (Nashville Article, August 8, 2017) “The British Airways flights concerning London and Pittsburgh that start out upcoming April will deliver an estimated $57 million in new small business to western Pennsylvania.” (Pittsburgh Organization Occasions, August 7, 2018) “The Indianapolis Airport Authority estimates that this new air company [to Paris] could have a $50 million yearly impact on Indiana’s financial system.” (Indianapolis Worldwide Airport Information Release, 09/06/17)

Media Contacts

Larger St. Louis, Inc.
Tony Wyche
314-398-9991 | [email protected]

Lufthansa Team Americas
Tal Muscal, Dir. Group Communications, the Americas
917-385-4069 | [email protected]