Lufthansa today hailed the success of its new Berlin service as it unveiled a 5.6 per cent rise in total passenger numbers travelling on its routes between Manchester and Germany this year.
The national carrier launched daily flights to the German capital in June, adding to its network from Manchester which already served Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg and Düsseldorf.
Lufthansa said it carried a total of 618,000 travellers between January and the end of October, up from 585,000 in the same period last year. Lufthansa operates a total of 90 flights a week between Manchester and Germany.
About 40 per cent of Lufthansa passengers flying from Manchester connect to other routes operated by the carrier, across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.
Christian Schindler, the airline's UK and Ireland director, said growth was in line with expectations.