Lufthansa brings A380 back: new flights from Munich from April!

Lufthansa has announced that from the end of April 2025 it will use its Airbus A380 aircraft again on certain routes. This applies above all to the popular routes from Munich to New York and Washington D.C. According to the report of Merkur was originally planned from the 30th March 2025 should begin. The new planned starting dates are April 27, 2025 for the route to Washington D.C. as well as April 28, 2025 for the connection to New York JFK.

In the transition period until the use of the A380, these routes are still operated with the Airbus A350-900. Lufthansa plans to offer the flights to Washington once a day at 4:30 p.m. and to New York at short after 12:00 p.m. Before the A380 are used on these US routes, they should already be used on other routes to increase capacity, especially according to Bangkok and Miami.

airports and competition

In addition to Lufthansa, the airline Emirates will also use the A380 from Munich. According to The Travel Happiness , Emirates uses numerous European routes with this aircraft type, including connections to London, Frankfurt and Munich. Emirates is the largest operator of the Airbus A380 and will continue to play a key role in international traffic.

In addition to Lufthansa and Emirates, the A380 is still used by many other large airlines, such as British Airways, Korean Air and Singapore Airlines, which use it on important international routes.