ILufthansa yongeza enye indawo entsha kuthungelwano lwayo, yandisa iinkonzo zayo kwintshona nakumbindi weAfrika. Ukuqala nge-15 kaJulayi ngo-2009, inqwelomoya iya kubhabha kahlanu ngeveki isuka eFrankfurt idlula eAccra, eGhana iye eLibreville, ikomkhulu laseGabon. Indlela izakusebenza ngenqwelomoya yeAirbus A340 kunye neA330 ngenqwelomoya yokuqala, yeshishini, kunye neyoqoqosho.
"Ngokudityaniswa kweLibreville, iLufthansa ngoku inika abathengi iinqwelomoya ukuya kwiindawo ezili-16 kwiAfrika iphela, utshilo uKarl-Ulrich Garnadt, usekela-mongameli olawulayo weLufthansa Passenger Airlines. "Ngale ndlela siqhubeka nokulandela isicwangciso-qhinga sethu sokudibanisa zonke iimarike zokukhula eziphambili e-Afrika kuthungelwano lwethu."
IGabon inendawo ebanzi yepetroleum kunye nemanganese kwaye iluncedo kumazwe angaphandle. Ngorhwebo lwayo kwizixhobo ezingaxutywanga kunye neenkampani eMelika, China naseYurophu, ilizwe line-GDP engaphezulu komndilili. IGabon ilele kunxweme lweAtlantiki kumbindi weAfrika kwaye ijikeleze ikhweyitha. Idolophu elikomkhulu, iLibreville, isixeko esikwizibuko elinabemi abangaphezulu kwesiqingatha sesigidi, liziko lezoqoqosho nezopolitiko zeli lizwe.
"Indlela yethu yothungelwano ikhula ngokuzinzileyo, ngakumbi entshona nakumbindi weAfrika," utshilo uKarl Ulrich Garnadt. “Kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela, songeze iindawo ezimbini ezintsha - iMalabo e-Equatorial Guinea kunye nekomkhulu laseAngola iLuanda - kwishedyuli yethu. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, sinyuse amaxesha esiya eAngola saya kwiinqwelomoya ezimbini ngeveki. ”
Ukongeza, ukusukela nge-1 Julayi 2009, iLufthansa izakube isebenza i-Accra kahlanu ngeveki ingayeki, endaweni yokuma eLagos, eNigeria. Ukubandakanya indawo ye-SWISS eDouala naseYaounde (zombini eCameroon), abathengi baseLufthansa banokukhetha iinqwelomoya ezingama-31 ngeveki ukuya kwiindawo ezisibhozo kule ndawo inamandla
Ummandla wezoqoqosho entshona nakumbindi weAfrika.
