Fighting Johannesburg’s notorious peak hour traffic to reach the airport can now be a thing of the past for Lufthansa clients.

The airline has announced that it now offers an early check-in facility for all passengers departing O.R. Tambo International Airport who have checked in online before hand.

The special check-in counter is located in the international departure hall and opens daily from 1.30pm.

Passengers in all classes can check-in 23 hours prior departure and select their favoured seat on the website www.lufthansa.com. When arriving at the airport, passengers avoid lengthy queues and proceed directly to a special assigned counter where luggage is accepted and a boarding card is printed.

Lufthansa operates a daily non-stop flight from Johannesburg to Frankfurt using the Boeing B747-400. From 26 October the airline is reinstating the seasonal daily non-stop schedule between Cape Town and Frankfurt operating the A340-600