Lufthansa will once again operate Boeing 747s to Orlando (MCO), the German airline has scheduled the return of the Queen of the Skies for the northern summer season from March 27 to October 29, the last operation of this model by the company was in March 2020.
Flight Itinerary
- Frankfurt – Orlando Flight LH464 FRA 13:55 – MCO 17:55 daily flights
- Orlando – Frankfurt Flight LH465 MCO 20:05 – FRA 11:05+1 flights daily.
Flights will be operated by the 371/383-seat Boeing 747-400 configured with Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy. Ticket fares are from €640.
Hail to the Queen! 👑 @lufthansa will be bringing their majestic 747-400 for their currently scheduled summer service at MCO, for flights between March 27 – October 29. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/85t7up096C
— Orlando International Airport (@MCO) February 14, 2022
On June 2, 2021, Lufthansa resumed operations in Orlando (MCO) after a 15-month suspension as a result of the pandemic crisis. It will start initially with three weekly frequencies operated by Airbus A330-300. In October of the same year, the German airline celebrated its 14th anniversary at Florida’s main airport.
During the 2021/2022 winter boreal season, Lufthansa increased the capacity of its service to Orlando (MCO). For this purpose, they changed their aircraft to Airbus A340-300s and increased frequencies to daily flights, which were achieved thanks to the opening of the U.S. borders.
Frankfurt and Orlando
Frankfurt (FRA) is the third-largest European destination from Orlando (MCO), data obtained by Aviacionline through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in 2019 mobilized 229,217 passengers, where Lufthansa was the only operator on this route.
Florida is one of Lufthansa Group’s main destinations, due to the high demand of business and leisure passengers, currently, the group will offer four in the Sunshine State for the season, distributed as follows:
- Miami (MIA): SWISS from Zurich (ZRH) and Lufthansa from Frankfurt (FRA).
- Orlando (MCO): Lufthansa from Frankfurt (FRA).
- Tampa (TPA): Eurowings Discover from Frankfurt (FRA) and Edelweiss from Zurich (ZRH).
- Fort Myers (RSW): Eurowings Discover from Frankfurt (FRA).
Lufthansa will gradually return to service eight Boeing 747-400s that will be used to serve several of its routes in North America and Asia for the northern summer season, the company will replace them with the arrival of Boeing 777-9Xs.
Data obtained by Aviacionline through the Cirium platform, by the second quarter of 2022 Lufthansa will offer 1,039 flights and a supply of 385,469 seats on the Boeing 747-400s.
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