Lufthansa announces new Knock route to Dusseldorf

Europe's largest airline and the fourth biggest in the world, Lufthansa, will commence new services to and from Ireland West Airport, Knock to Germany next year. Starting May 5 2012, Lufthansa will operate direct flights to and from Dusseldorf every Saturday until September 29. Connecting services to the German cities of Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich will also be available for booking as part of this new service. Lufthansa are the world's fourth-largest airline, operating services to 203 international destinations in 78 countries across Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe. The announcement of these new services is a major milestone in the airports history and connects the West and North West of Ireland with Germany, the world's largest outbound market and the third largest source of visitors to the island of Ireland. Over 400,000 Germans visit Ireland each year with more than 200,000 visiting the West and North West of Ireland. These new services have the potential to bring in the region of 2,000 German tourists to the region generating a spend in excess of €1 million for the West and North West regions. Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar congratulated the team at Ireland West Airport Knock for delivering this new route, which will benefit the whole region.