Munich (MUC) is Germany’s second busiest airport and Lufthansa’s five-star hub, with the start of the summer season airlines have added new destinations and resumed routes from the Bavarian capital.
New flights from South America and California
Munich (MUC) is once again connected to South America with Lufthansa’s unprecedented new service from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) with five weekly flights on Airbus A350-900s, the last connection from Brazil to the Bavarian capital was in March 2020.
Germany’s largest airline will also add a new route to the west coast of the United States to San Diego (SAN) with three weekly flights and then increase to five times per week, all flights will be operated on Airbus A350-900, this will be Lufthansa’s third destination in California from Munich (MUC), the schedule is as follows:
- Munich – San Diego LH466 MUC 12:40 – SAN 15:35
- San Diego – Munich LH467 SAN 17:25 – MUC 13:35+1
Welcome to sunny San Diego @Lufthansa_USA. First nonstop flight SAN ⬅️➡️ Munich has arrived! pic.twitter.com/T26JpYbafW
— San Diego Airport (@SanDiegoAirport) March 30, 2022
New sunny destinations and to Nevada
Eurowings Discover, the new long-haul low-cost subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, began operations from Munich (MUC) on March 27 with three new destinations to the United States.
Last Sunday, the airline inaugurated its new service from the Bavarian capital to the casino metropolis of Las Vegas (LAS), the flight took off from Munich (MUC) at 12:45 with almost 300 passengers on board, the route will operate on Fridays and Sundays on Airbus A330-300s.
It's been an exciting day at LAS as more European carriers return. This afternoon we welcomed back @Eurowings Discover. 👋
Travelers can now fly nonstop between Las Vegas and Frankfurt four times weekly or Munich two times weekly. ✈️ https://t.co/2DVT1pXVIB pic.twitter.com/hH3aWkHtc6— Harry Reid International Airport (@LASairport) March 28, 2022
Eurowings Discover will also offer sunny Caribbean destinations from Cancun (CUN) with two flights a week (started March 30) and Punta Cana (PUJ) with one weekly frequency (started March 27).
Resumptions
On March 27, United resumed flights from Newark with daily flights operated on Boeing 767-400ERs and by April 23 will reconnect Munich (MUC) to Texas via service from Houston – Intercontinental (IAH) operated on Boeing 767-300ERs.
Lufthansa will bring back several routes suspended since two summers ago due to health restrictions, on March 27 it resumed operations to Toronto (YYZ) and from May 1 it will return to Washington Dulles (IAD) with daily flights, all flights will be operated on Airbus A350-900.
By the 2021 summer season, Munich’s transatlantic network (MUC) increases to 21 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the Caribbean. According to data obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium, during the high season the main airport of the Bavarian capital will offer 434,987 seats per month in 1,570 air operations to the Americas.
