Lufthansa Group Carriers NS24 Intercontinental Network Adjustments – 13SEP23

Additional routes added as of 1950GMT 13SEP23. Edelweiss Air entry corrected as of 0640GMT 15SEP23.
Published at 1800GMT 13SEP23

Lufthansa Group carriers since mid-day today (13SEP23) gradually filed selected intercontinental service adjustments for Northern summer 2024 season, effective 31MAR24. Latest summary, including planned new service announced by the carriers on 12SEP23, are as follows.

Brussels – Kigali – Nairobi – Brussels eff 05JUN24 2 weekly A330-300, Brussels Airlines new routing (Kigali overall service increases from 5 to 7 weekly, Nairobi last served by Brussels until April 2019. This routing was last served until October 2015)
SN491 BRU1020 – 1855KGL2005 – 2230NBO2340 – 0755+1BRU 333 37

Brussels – Nairobi eff 03JUN24 4 weekly A330-300, Brussels Airlines service resumption since April 2019
SN481 BRU1020 – 1935NBO 333 x237
SN482 NBO2230 – 0645+1BRU 333 x237

Frankfurt – Minneapolis/St. Paul eff 04JUN24 5 weekly 787-9, new Lufthansa service
LH482 FRA1110 – 1315MSP 789 x35
LH483 MSP1515 – 0640+1FRA 789 x35

Frankfurt – Raleigh/Durham eff 06JUN24 5 weekly A330-300, new Lufthansa service
LH408 FRA1020 – 1350RDU 333 x37
LH409 RDU1550 – 0615+1FRA 333 x37

Munich – Hong Kong eff 31MAR24 1 daily A350-900XWB, Lufthansa service resumption since 2020
LH730 MUC2220 – 1555+1HKG 359 D
LH731 HKG2305 – 0600+1MUC 359 D

Munich – Johannesburg eff 03JUN24 3 weekly A350-900XWB, new Lufthansa service. Star Alliance partner South African Airways previously served this route until 2020
LH578 MUC1915 – 0540+1JNB 359 146
LH579 JNB0900 – 1930MUC 359 257

Munich – Seattle eff 30MAY24 1 daily A350-900XWB, new Lufthansa service
LH488 MUC1530 – 1655SEA 359 D
LH489 SEA1850 – 1345+1MUC 359 D

Zurich – Toronto eff 10MAY24 5 weekly A330-300, new SWISS service (Swissair last served Zurich – Montreal – Toronto until March 1996)
LX080 ZRH0955 – 1300YYZ 333 x13
LX081 YYZ1635 – 0630+1ZRH 333 x13

Zurich – Washington Dulles eff 28MAR24 1 daily A330-300, SWISS service resumption since October 2003 (Except 29MAR24)
LX072 ZRH1300 – 1620IAD 333 D
LX073 IAD2045 – 1050+1ZRH 333 D

Other service changes filed on 13SEP23:
Brussels service operated by Brussels Airlines, Munich service operated by Lufthansa, Zurich by SWISS or Edelweiss, Vienna by Austrian Airlines

Brussels – Cotonou – Abidjan 31MAR24 – 03JUN24 Reduce from previously filed 2 weekly to 1, A330-300
Brussels – Washington Dulles Previously filed 5 weekly A330-300 revised to following:
31MAR24 – 06JUN24 3 weekly
08JUN24 – 16JUL24 5 weekly
17JUL24 – 30JUL24 6 weekly
eff 01AUG24 5 weekly

Munich – Bangalore eff 01JUN24 Increase from 3 to 6 weekly, A350-900XWB
Munich – Boston eff 31MAR24 1 daily A380 summer service resumes, replacing previously filed A350-900XWB
Munich – Chicago O'Hare
LH434/435 eff 31MAR24 A350-900XWB service maintained, instead of A340-600 in NS23
LH436/437 eff 01JUN24 1 daily A340-600, replacing A350-900XWB. The seasonal 2nd daily service previously scheduled from 31MAR24

Munich – Delhi eff 31MAR24 A380 replaces A350-900XWB, 1 daily (A380 service resumption for Delhi, last served from Frankfurt until early-2020)
Munich – Los Angeles eff 31MAR24 1 daily A380 service maintained in NS24, replacing A350-900XWB
Munich – Mumbai eff 08APR24 A340-600 replaces A350-900XWB, 1 daily
Munich – Newark eff 31MAR24 A340-600 replaces A350-900XWB, 1 daily
Munich – New York JFK eff 31MAR24 1 daily A380 summer service resumes, replacing previously filed A350-900XWB
Munich – Osaka Kansai eff 31MAR24 Tentative increase from 3 to 7 weekly, A350-900XWB
Munich – Rio de Janeiro Galeao eff 31MAR24 Tentative increase from 3 to 5 weekly, A350-900XWB (This increase was already filed in the system)
Munich – San Diego eff 01JUN24 Increase from 5 to 7 weekly, A350-900XWB (Previous: eff 31MAR24)
Munich – Washington Dulles eff 01JUN24 A380 replaces A340-600, 1 daily
Zurich – Chicago O'Hare eff 27MAY24 LX008/009 777-300ER replaces A330-300 (1 daily each A330-300/777, identical to NS23)
Zurich – Tampa eff 26MAY24 Edelweiss service increase from 2 to 4 weekly, A340-300
Zurich – Tokyo Narita eff 31MAR24 5 weekly 777-300ER service maintained, instead of 1 daily
Zurich – Vancouver eff 16MAY24 Seasonal Edelweiss service resumes 5 days earlier than previously filed, A340-300. Service operates 6 weekly upon seasonal service resumption, instead of 4 weekly in NS23. 7th weekly to be added from 12JUL24 to 29AUG24. 5 weekly flights scheduled from 01SEP24

Previously reported changes:
Frankfurt – Calgary eff 31MAR24 Discover Airlines service increase from 7 to 12 weekly, A330-200/-300
Frankfurt – Orlando eff 20MAY24 Discover Airlines service increase from 7 to 10 weekly, A330-300
Frankfurt – Philadelphia eff 31MAR24 1 daily Lufthansa Mainline A340-300, replacing Discover Airlines
Frankfurt – Tampa eff 31MAR24 Discover Airlines service increase from 5 weekly in NS23 to 6 weekly, 7 from 21MAY24, A330-200/-300
Vienna – Los Angeles eff 02JUN24 Austrian Airlines seasonal service increases from 5 weekly in NS23 to 6 weekly, 777-200ER (Service in 2024 begins 2 weeks later compared to 2023)