Next year, the Lufthansa Group will add a brand-new destination – Victoria Falls.
From March 30, the group’s leisure brand, Eurowings Discover, will operate a tag flight from Windhoek to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
The announcement was hailed as a major boost to the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) region. According to CEO of Africa’s Eden Tourism Association, Jillian Blackbeard, this is positive news for the entire KAZA region, with tourism hotspots such as Livingstone, Chobe and even the Okavango benefiting from direct connectivity from a principal source market.
Blackbeard added that this move showed confidence in the potential for continued growth in the KAZA region by a leading airline. “We hope this will contribute to further interest from other long-haul carriers.”
More Frankfurt-Windhoek flights
Dr André Schulz, Lufthansa Group GM Southern Africa and East Africa, said in a communication to the trade, that its flights to Windhoek had already shown a strong increase in demand and, thanks to these positive booking trends and favourable market conditions, the group would further increase its presence in Namibia from March 30, 2022, by increasing operations to Windhoek from five flights a week to daily. All the flights will be operated by the group’s leisure airline, Eurowings Discover.
The daily flight 4Y132 will leave Frankfurt at 21h50, arriving in Windhoek at 08h20 the following day. The Wednesday, Friday and Sunday flight 4Y132 will then depart Windhoek at 09h15, arriving in Vic Falls at 11h45.
Flight 4Y133 will (on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) depart Vic Falls at 15h05, arriving in Windhoek at 17h45. The homeward leg on 4Y133 will depart from Windhoek at 18h45, arriving in Frankfurt at 05h35 the following day.
