ITB Berlin News 2020 #2

I SPECIAL FEATURE I TRANSPORT I
Latam © 2019 oneworld
Markus Orth,
Managing Director, Lufthansa City
Center Reisebüropartner GmbH
Maximilian Lober,
Co Founder & Managing
Director, Voya
LATAM TO LAUNCH
FIRST NON-STOP
FLIGHT BETWEEN
CHILE AND
GERMANY
Lufthansa City Center
and Voya to highlight NDC
NDC (New Distribution Capability) is an IATA
programme which enhances the capability of
communications between airlines and travel agents.
The new IATA communication
standard will allow travel agencies
and corporate customers to
purchase flights in a way only
possible previously on airline
websites. The system is also a
good incentive to let the travel
sales industry making use of the
latest technological possibilities.
Perfact processes are becoming
essential, especially in the area
of business travel. Ideally, a
single app should provide offers,
preferences, bookings and travel
documents accessible to anyone,
anywhere.
This is the concept followed by
Lufthansa City Center with the
start-up Voya. The partnership
combines in a single platform
all business travel processes,
offering online search and offline
support.
With modern start-up technology
and the wide-ranging LCC
corporate network, a connection
Used cooking oil - a sustainable
solution for jet fuel
In December, KLM purchased
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for
flights out of Amsterdam Airport
Schiphol, produced by Neste from
used cooking oil. The company
says the new fuel will reduce CO2
emissions by up to 80% compared
to fossil kerosene. This is the
first time the fuel will be supplied
using the existing infrastructure
at Schiphol. Furthermore, Neste is
joining KLM’s Corporate BioFuel
Programme, and in doing so, the
firm will reduce the CO2 emissions
of its own business travel on KLM
flights by 100%.
"Using sustainable aviation fuel is
currently one of the most effective
ways to reduce CO2 emissions in
the airline industry. Owing largely
to the companies taking part
in the KLM Corporate BioFuel
Programme, we have been able to
make this purchase for the Dutch
market, giving a further impulse to
the consistent production of SAF,"
said KLM President & CEO Pieter
Elbers
is created between Voya’s
contemporary customer interface
and the efficient portfolio of the
Lufthansa City Center travel
agency partners. This means
that LCC can offer all corporate
customers a comprehensive range
of products and services. The new
digital travel management system
enables SME companies to book
their business trips efficiently and
work on a combination of online
booking and personal service
LATAM Airlines Group’s
new non-stop Santiago-
Frankfurt service went on
sale from February 7, making
them the only airline to offer
a non-stop flight between
Chile and Germany.
Starting June 30, 2020, LATAM will
offer three weekly flights between
the two cities, which will be operated
by Boeing 787-8 aircraft with 30
seats in Premium Business and 217
seats in Economy. With this new
itinerary, LATAM will offer 10 weekly
flights, non-stop or via its São Paulo/
Guarulhos hub, to Germany’s fifth
largest city and one of the most
important financial centres in Europe.
“Our non-stop flight between
Santiago and Frankfurt will strengthen
the connectivity between Chile and
Germany as well as significantly
reduce flight times”, said Nicolás
Salazar, Vice President of Network,
LATAM Airlines Group.
ITINERARY BETWEEN
SANTIAGO AND
FRANKFURT:
• LATAM Airlines Group flight LA708
will depart Santiago/SCL on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 21:20 (local
time) landing in Frankfurt/FRA at
05:40 (local time) the following day.
Flight time: 14 hours and 20 minutes.
• The return flight (LA709) will depart
Frankfurt on Wednesday, Friday and
Sunday at 19:25 (local time) and
arrive in Santiago at 04:40 (local
time) the next day. Flight time: 15
hours and 15 minutes
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