Lufthansa wants to accelerate its growth in China this year, chief executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber told Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper.
In the future, the airline expects 52 direct flights to Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Mayrhuber told the newspaper.
In 2005, the newspaper said, the airline offered 43 connections between Germany and China.
The number of China passengers should increase by about a quarter this year, up from an increase of 18 percent in 2005.
