dc-10 crashes through new haven e routing to frankfurt . lufthansa , the german operator , operates direct daily from los angeles to frankfurt , and the airline exchanged flights with klien air , an austrian carrier , on wednesdays , fridays and sundays to fly indirectly to munich . another german airline , ptc , also operates direct from los angeles to dusseldorf and munich on thursday and thursdays . munchen is the base for trips to most of the country ' s smaller airports .
Lufthansa is the German airline.