STORY: Lufthansa CEO: rising demand highlights strong China-Germany connection
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: June 22, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:56
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Shanghai
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JENS RITTER, Member of the Executive Board and CEO of Lufthansa Airlines
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHEN QIAN, Senior Director Sales, Greater China, Lufthansa Group Airlines

STORYLINE:

Lufthansa was the first European airline to launch the route between Shanghai and Frankfurt.

With the further increase of travel demand, the German airline doubled its daily Frankfurt-Shanghai flights starting from the end of March by one additional flight -- which is now back to pre-pandemic level.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JENS RITTER, Member of the Executive Board and CEO of Lufthansa Airlines
"We see the increasing demand and our continuous increase of capacity to China demonstrates our strong belief in the China market and the strong connection between China and Germany."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHEN QIAN, Senior Director Sales, Greater China, Lufthansa Group Airlines
"In 1994, we have entered the Shanghai market. And ever since then, we have connected Shanghai with our hub Frankfurt, and also later on with our Lufthansa hub in Munich. And we have welcomed a lot of passengers on board, both from China and German side. We are the important air bridge between the two countries." 

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China.
(XHTV)