Article content The first Lufthansa flight departed YVR on Saturday evening, with three-days-a-week service including Mondays and Thursdays, increasing to five flights per week in September, in addition to six flights a week to Frankfurt that are already on the airline’s schedule. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: Airlines begin restoring links to YVR ahead of Canada’s easing of travel restrictions Back to video “Canada is a key pillar of Lufthansa Group’s transatlantic routes and relationships with North America,” Lufthansa manager Brendan Shashoua said in a statement, noting that the company’s restart of service from Vancouver comes ahead of Washington, D.C., Miami and San Francisco this fall.