Hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Lufthansa i 50 mau makahiki ma Asia me ka mokulele e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kāna lele mua ʻana i Nowemapa 1959 mai Frankfurt a Calcutta a me Bangkok. Me ʻehiku hoʻomaha ʻana, he 39 mau hola a hiki i Asia Hikina Hema. "50 mau makahiki ma hope mai, haʻaheo ʻo Lufthansa i kāna hoʻokō ʻana ma ka ʻāina: ʻo mākou ka hui nui loa o ʻEulopa ma Asia e hāʻawi ana i nā mokulele 225 i kēlā me kēia pule i 23 mau puka ʻAsia ma ʻeiwa mau ʻāina. Lawe mākou i ʻelima miliona mau kaʻa ma 18,000 mau mokulele i hoʻokahi makahiki, me 50% o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku he ʻAsia. Haʻaheo loa au i kēia hoʻokō,” wahi a Uwe Mueller, Hope-Peresidena Asia Pacific no Lufthansa. ʻO Lufthansa wale nō ka mea lawe ʻEulopa e lawelawe i nā kūlanakauhale e like me Pusan ma Korea, Nanjing a me Shenyang ma Kina a me Pune ma India. "Ke hilinaʻi nei kā mākou kūleʻa i kahi huahana kūpono a me kahi pūnaewele ikaika ma ʻEulopa. ʻO nā poʻe holo e pili ana ma Frankfurt a me Munich he laʻana nā pilina pili koke ma luna o 120 mau wahi ʻEulopa, "hoʻohui ʻo Mueller.
ʻOiai nā manawa pilikia no ka ʻoihana mokulele, ua kūpaʻa ʻo Lufthansa i ka mākeke ʻĀsia. Wahi a Mueller, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Lufthansa ma Asia. "ʻAʻole mākou i pani i kahi wahi e hele ai akā ua hoʻoponopono i ko mākou hiki. Ua ʻike mākou no ka laʻana i ka emi ʻana o nā papa premium. No laila ua hoʻololi mākou i kekahi o kā mākou papa ʻoihana i nā noho papa hoʻokele waiwai. Loaʻa kā mākou mau mea ukana ma ka awelika 80%, e komo pū me Iapana ʻoiai ka pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ua piʻi maoli kā mākou hiki i ka 1.5%, "wahi a Mueller.
ʻO ka pūnaewele o ka mea lawe kaʻa e like me ka manawa kūpono i nā pahuhopu o Lufthansa ma ka ʻāina. ʻAʻohe manaʻo o ka mokulele e hoʻololi i kāna huakaʻi Kuala Lumpur - i kēia manawa me kahi hoʻomaha ma Bangkok- i kahi lele pau ʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻi e wehe hou i kāna lele i Manila. "Ke hoʻomaopopo nei mākou he mana maikaʻi ʻo Manila i ke kaʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui me ka noho ʻana o kahi kaiāulu Filipino nui ma ʻEulopa. Eia naʻe, mamao loa ʻo Manila mai ʻEulopa e hana me kā mākou mau ʻano mokulele lōʻihi. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokūkū pū me nā mana a me nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i hāʻawi ʻia e nā mea lawe o Middle-East, "hoʻohui ʻo Mueller. Ua pilikia pū ʻo Jakarta i kahi pōʻino ʻāina like ʻole mai ʻEulopa, e koi ana iā Lufthansa e lawelawe i ke kapikala ʻo Indonesia me kahi hoʻomaha ma Singapore.
ʻO ka hanana nui e hiki mai ana no Lufthansa ma Asia ʻo ia ka hoʻolauna ʻana o ka Airbus A380 ma ka waena o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. "Elima mau mokulele e hāʻawi ʻia a ʻo ʻAsia kekahi o nā wahi i lawelawe ʻia me ka Airbus A380," wahi a Mueller.
