Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, has launched an all-business class flight between Munich in Germany and Mumbai in India. The Munich-Mumbai flight is being operated by a Boeing B737 aircraft having 44 seats in a business class-only configuration.

Aer Lingus, the flag-carrier airline of Ireland, is setting up a base at London’s Gatwick Airport and launching routes to Munich, Zurich, Nice and Vienna as well as a few more leisure-focused routes in April 2009.