Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santiago de Chile were Lufthansa’s South American destinations in 1988 considering the southern part of the continent, all of them connecting to Frankfurt am Main Airport.
The airline used its Boeing 747s for these flights, which had three seating classes. Between First, Business and Economy, 384 places were available.
See also: #TBT: Dinar Líneas Aéreas flights in 1999.
Brazil was the main market, with five weekly services, followed by Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, with three, two and one respectively.
See also: #TBT: Cubana de Aviación flights to South America in 1999.
Schedule in South America – Lufthansa (1988)
*Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
Departures from Frankfurt
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| Flight | From | To | Aircraft | Freq. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LH 518 | Frankfurt 21:15 | Río de Janeiro 05:50+1 | Boeing 747 | Tuesday |
| LH 518 | Río de Janeiro 06:55 | Viracopos 08:00 | Boeing 747 | Wednesday |
| LH 518 | Viracopos 08:50 | Buenos Aires 10:25 | Boeing 747 | Wednesday |
| LH 518 | Buenos Aires 11:15 | Santiago 13:20 | Boeing 747 | Wednesday |
| LH 508 | Frankfurt 21:40 | Río de Janeiro 06:25+1 | Boeing 747 | Thursday |
| LH 508 | Río de Janeiro 07:30 | Viracopos 08:35 | Boeing 747 | Friday |
| LH 508 | Viracopos 09:25 | Buenos Aires 11:05 | Boeing 747 | Friday |
| LH 500 | Frankfurt 09:30 | Río de Janeiro 18:15 | Boeing 747 | Saturday |
| LH 500 | Río de Janeiro 19:15 | Viracopos 20:20 | Boeing 747 | Saturday |
| LH 520 | Frankfurt 21:40 | Río de Janeiro 06:25+1 | Boeing 747 | Saturday |
| LH 520 | Río de Janeiro 07:40 | Buenos Aires 09:45 | Boeing 747 | Sunday |
| LH 520 | Buenos Aires 10:45 | Santiago 12:50 | Boeing 747 | Sunday |
| LH 506 | Frankfurt 21:40 | Río de Janeiro 06:25+1 | Boeing 747 | Sunday |
| LH 506 | Río de Janeiro 07:30 | Viracopos 08:35 | Boeing 747 | Monday |
| LH 506 | Viracopos 09:25 | Montevideo 11:50 | Boeing 747 | Monday |
See also: #TBT: KLM flights to South America in 1988.
Departures from South America
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| Flight | From | To | Aircraft | Freq. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LH 507 | Montevideo 15:20 | Viracopos 17:30 | Boeing 747 | Monday |
| LH 507 | Viracopos 18:20 | Río de Janeiro 19:20 | Boeing 747 | Monday |
| LH 507 | Río de Janeiro 20:35 | Frankfurt 10:50+1 | Boeing 747 | Monday |
| LH 519 | Santiago 14:50 | Buenos Aires 16:30 | Boeing 747 | Wednesday |
| LH 519 | Buenos Aires 17:30 | Viracopos 20:55 | Boeing 747 | Wednesday |
| LH 519 | Viracopos 21:45 | Río de Janeiro 22:45 | Boeing 747 | Wednesday |
| LH 519 | Río de Janeiro 23:55 | Frankfurt 14:10+1 | Boeing 747 | Wednesday |
| LH 509 | Buenos Aires 13:55 | Viracopos 17:20 | Boeing 747 | Friday |
| LH 509 | Viracopos 18:20 | Río de Janeiro 19:20 | Boeing 747 | Friday |
| LH 509 | Río de Janeiro 20:35 | Frankfurt 10:50+1 | Boeing 747 | Friday |
| LH 501 | Viracopos 21:45 | Río de Janeiro 22:45 | Boeing 747 | Saturday |
| LH 501 | Río de Janeiro 23:55 | Frankfurt 14:10+1 | Boeing 747 | Saturday |
| LH 521 | Santiago 16:10 | Buenos Aires 17:50 | Boeing 747 | Sunday |
| LH 521 | Buenos Aires 18:50 | Río de Janeiro 22:40 | Boeing 747 | Sunday |
| LH 521 | Río de Janeiro 23:55 | Frankfurt 14:10+1 | Boeing 747 | Sunday |
See also: #TBT: Aeroflot flights between Russia and Argentina in 1987.
These operations offered connections from Frankfurt to Amsterdam, Athens, Belgrade, Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Damascus, Düsseldorf, Istanbul, Stockholm, Geneva, Hanover, Hamburg, Helsinki, London, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Nuremberg, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stuttgart, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Vienna, Zagreb and Zurich.
See also: #TBT: Iberia flights to South America in 1988.
From the four markets mentioned in this note, only Argentina and Brazil continue to be part of Lufthansa’s regular schedule. The last flight to Santiago de Chile was in 2006, while Uruguay had its final service in the 1990s.
Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo have a daily flight from Frankfurt with Boeing 747-8i aircraft, and Rio de Janeiro has three weekly operations with Munich on Airbus A350s.
See also: #TBT: Aerolíneas Argentinas transpolar flight in 1987.
Source
- Guía Argentina de Tráfico Aéreo – January 1988.
See also: #TBT: United Airlines flights to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay in 1992.
