Ke hoʻohui nei ʻo Lufthansa i kahi huakaʻi hou i kāna pūnaewele, e hoʻonui ana i kāna mau lawelawe ma ke komohana a me waena o ʻApelika. E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 15 o Iulai, 2009, e lele ana ka mokulele i ʻelima manawa i kēlā me kēia pule mai Frankfurt ma Accra, Ghana a i Libreville, ke kapikala o Gabon. E hoʻokele ʻia ke ala e nā mokulele Airbus A340 a me A330 me kahi hale papa mua, ʻoihana, a me ka ʻoihana.
"Me ka hoʻohui hou loa o Libreville, hāʻawi ʻo Lufthansa i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi i 16 mau wahi ma ʻApelika," wahi a Karl-Ulrich Garnadt, ka pelekikena hoʻokō o Lufthansa Passenger Airlines. "No laila ke hoʻomau nei mākou i kā mākou hoʻolālā no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mākeke ulu nui ma ʻApelika i kā mākou pūnaewele."
He nui ka ʻaila a me ka manganese ʻo Gabon a he mea lawe nui i ka lāʻau. Ma o kāna kālepa ʻana i nā mea waiwai me nā hui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kina, a me ʻEulopa, ʻoi aku ka GDP ma luna o ka awelika. Aia ʻo Gabon ma ke kahakai ʻo ʻAkelanika o waena o ʻApelika a ma kahi o ka equator. ʻO ke kapikala ʻo Libreville, he kūlanakauhale awa me ka heluna kanaka ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua miliona, ʻo ia ke kikowaena waiwai a me ka politika o ka ʻāina.
"Ke ulu mau nei kā mākou pūnaewele ala, ʻoiai ma ke komohana a me ke kikowaena o ʻApelika," wehewehe ʻo Karl Ulrich Garnadt. "I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻohui mākou i ʻelua mau wahi hou - Malabo ma Equatorial Guinea a me ke kapikala Angolan ʻo Luanda - i kā mākou papa hana. I kekahi mau pule i hala aku nei, ua hoʻonui mākou i kā mākou mau alapine i Angola i ʻelua mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule.
Eia hou, mai Iulai 1, 2009, e lawelawe ʻo Lufthansa iā Accra ʻelima manawa o ka pule me ka hoʻomaha ʻole, ʻaʻole me kahi hoʻomaha ma Lagos, Nigeria. Me nā huakaʻi SWISS Douala a me Yaounde (ʻelua ma Kamerona), loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Lufthansa ke koho o 31 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule i ʻewalu mau wahi i kēia hoʻoikaika.
ʻāpana waiwai ma ke komohana a me ʻApelika waena.
