Lufthansa to Introduce A340 Service from DUS to EWR

Starting May 1st Lufthansa will be basing 3 A340-300s at DUS in order to start new international destinations from the airport. Among Chicago and Toronto, Newark will also be a destination to see this new service.

Flights will be upgraded from the current A319 flying the route to the A340-300 and will be flown daily.

ETD DUS 10:00am
ETA EWR 12:20pm

ETD EWR 4:45pm
ETA DUS 6:05am +1

How many stops is it on the A319?

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Originally Posted by AirtrafficController

How many stops is it on the A319?

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It's a direct flight operated by Privitair in an all business class configuration.

Back in the 90's I had the pleasure of flying nonstop JFK-DUS when LH served the route with an A-310.

LGA777

The 319 has that kind of range? Are there extra fuel tanks?

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Originally Posted by LGA777

Back in the 90's I had the pleasure of flying nonstop JFK-DUS when LH served the route with an A-310.

LGA777

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I was wondering if Lufthansa had ever served this market before with their own metal. It seems like LTU does very well on the route so I was wondering when Lufthansa would venture into it with their own metal. I was surprised that EWR was chosen and that the A340-300 would be operating the route instead of the A330-300. It's a large upgrade from the A319 to an A340-300 and it adds economy class as well so I'd think they'd want to start out with a smaller capacity aircraft.

We shall see how they do, I wish them luck!

Stuart, they are A319LR's.