BWI: Lufthansa Launches Special Student Microsite

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Lufthansa Student Centre
Thursday, April 15, 2010 05:46 PM IST (12:16 PM GMT)
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Lufthansa Launches Special Student Microsite
One-stop Destination for Students Going to North America for Further Studies this Fall

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, April 15, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Students headed to North America for further studies this fall can now log on to Lufthansa Student Centre (www.lufthansa.com/students) for comprehensive information and valuable offers to help them make the right choices.

The Lufthansa Student Centre is an interactive microsite created especially for Indian international students, with a particular focus on the US and Canada.

This convenient one-stop guide to studying abroad offers a vast bank of information on universities in North America, travel advice, visa regulations, accommodation, health and travel insurance, etc.

It also brings together the most comprehensive package of benefits for students travelling overseas. Besides special travel offers by Lufthansa, such as one way fares to North America starting at INR 30,700 and extra baggage allowance, the platform also brings together various partners' offers to cover essential needs of international students, like free talk time worth USD 50 with Matrix Cellular in telecommunication.

"For students making an important transition between institutions and countries, it is very important to have a trusted partner that can guide them," says Mr. Axel Hilgers, South Asia Director of Lufthansa."The Lufthansa Student Centre is our endeavour to provide them with a twin advantage of the right information and the right offers."

The microsite is created keeping all aspects of student needs paramount and is constantly updated with new offers from new partners. It also has a dynamic Students' blog that offers helpful tips to students on topics such as overseas education, life at campus and travelling smart.

About Lufthansa in India

49 weekly flights to seven Indian destinations make Lufthansa the Number One European carrier in India. The carrier completed 50 years of operations in the country in Nov 2009 and was voted "Best International Airline in India" at the CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2009.

With affiliates Swiss and Austrian, 65 weekly flights are on offer to Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Vienna from India.

The Lufthansa Group airlines - Austrian Airlines, bmi, Brussels Airlines and SWISS together with Lufthansa - serve 274 destinations in 104 countries on four continents in the current summer schedule from their hubs at Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Munich and Zurich.

Lufthansa German Airlines is a founding member of Star Alliance and has developed one of the most comprehensive alliance networks in the industry.


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