Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
Does anyone know anything about a possible Lufthansa flight in the late 1980's, say 1987, that flew possibly Lima - Bogota - San Juan - Frankfurt on a 747-200 or 747-200 Combi? Was that the routing? Was the Combi ever used on a regular basis?
I've got a schedule from 1986 that shows the following:
Lufthansa LH 515 Lima (LIM) 945a-1130a Bogota (BOG) 1230p-405p San Juan (SJU) 515p-700a Frankfurt (FRA)
Equipment: 74M
Frequency: Thursday only
Thank you. Some may speculate why this route no longer operates.
Maybe it is inefficiencies of multiple stops? The LIM-BOG flight probably wasn't very full because they need to save space for SJU passengers (or fill it so there is little space for SJU passengers. If that happened all the time, then a SJU flight wasn't needed unless for refueling due to BOG's high altitude). Maybe the Peru or Columbia market collapsed? Maybe it grew enough for non-stops? Maybe traffic grew enough for smaller planes to fly non-stop?
It appears that Lufthansa no longer flies to LIM or UIQ. It flies non-stop FRA-BOG. Only Condor flies SJU-FRA now.