After three years in storage in Teruel with a puzzling future, Lufthansa’s Airbus A380s resume operations for the summer season. The first four units will be based at its premium hub in Munich (MUC) by the end of 2023 , which will serve its main high-demand routes in the United States. The company plans to add two more by 2024.
From June 1, flight LH424 on the Munich (MUC) – Boston (BOS) route will be operated by the superjumbo with daily flights. Prior to the pandemic the airline was scheduled to fly this service with the A380 for the 2020 summer season.
For the first time, the airline will fly scheduled operations between the Bavarian capital and New York (JFK) with the superjumbo. Flight LH410 is scheduled to be operated with the A380 from July 4 with daily flights.
The superjumbo will replace the Airbus A340-600 currently operating on the Munich (MUC) to Boston (BOS) and New York (JFK) routes, representing an increase of more than 80% in seat capacity and both segments will have a higher supply than pre-pandemic. Lufthansa’s Airbus A380s have a capacity of 509 seats in four classes (8 First Class/78 Business Class/52 Premium Economy/371 Economy).
Flights with the company’s largest aircraft will be available for sale starting March 23. Due to strong passenger demand and the backlog of new aircraft deliveries, Lufthansa took the decision in 2022 to reactivate the Airbus A380s.
In the 2019 summer season the Lufthansa superjumbos operated from the Bavarian capital to Los Angeles (LAX), Beijing – Capital (PEK) and Hong Kong (HKG), and in the 2019/2020 northern winter they operated routes to San Francisco (SFO), Miami (MIA) and Shanghai – Pudong (PVG).
