Reportedly George Ettiyil, Senior director, South Asia, Lufthansa Group, said with Jet Airways shutting down in april, the Lufthansa airline group is planning to "strengthen" its partnership with indian airlines like Vistara and air india in 2020, the top indian official of the largest european carrier said. Moreover, apart from launching a Munich-Bengaluru flight service in april, the airline does not plan to start any other flight service in 2020.
Currently, the Lufthansa airline group has an interline agreement with Vistara, which allows a passenger to check-in his luggage at the first airport itself for the whole journey consisting of flights of both airlines.
Ettiyil told "With Vistara we are strengthening our relationship in the weeks to come. Jet Airways was one of our partners here in india and with them having left the scene, we are looking for indian airlines to partner up with”.
