Lufthansa will start resuming its connections to China on Wednesday. Initially, a weekly rotation between Frankfurt am Main and Shanghai is to be offered. The “first flight” will take place on Wednesday.

At the end of January this year, the Lufthansa Group suspended all connections to mainland China. The background to this was the corona pandemic. The company now wants to gradually restore the offer across the group, although there are currently restrictions in Austria that make this very difficult.

"The flights between Shanghai and Frankfurt are hopefully just the first of other Lufthansa Group connections in the coming weeks and months between mainland China and our home markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland," said Veli Polat, Head of Sales for China at Lufthansa.

Entry into the People's Republic of China is currently only possible for non-Chinese citizens with a special permit. Visas have not been issued for a few months. A special permit to enter the country is also required if a visa is available. This does not apply to citizens of the People's Republic of China, although quarantine regulations also apply to these.