Europes largest airline, and the worlds fourth biggest airline, Lufthansa, announces new services from Ireland West Airport Knock to Germany

Ireland West Airport Knock are delighted to announce a major boost for the West of Ireland with the news that Europes largest airline and the fourth biggest airline in the world, Lufthansa, will commence new services to Germany starting in May 2012.

Starting May 7^th 2012 Lufthansa will operate direct flights to and from Dusseldorf every Saturday until September 29^th.  Connecting services to the German cities of Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich will also be available for booking as part of this new service.

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.

Starting May 7th 2012  flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Dusseldorf will depart every Saturday until September 29th.  For further airport information log onto www.irelandwestairport.com; and for information on fares and to book flights log onto www.lufthansa.com.