Lufthansa Group is expanding its U.S. presence in 2024, adding two new destinations for Lufthansa: Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Also, Swiss will add a U.S. destination: Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Commencing in early June, an Airbus A330 will service Raleigh-Durham year-round with five weekly flights to and from Frankfurt. Raleigh-Durham’s research facilities and emerging technology companies make the new route an important conduit for academics and business travelers, Lufthansa said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With this addition in North Carolina, Lufthansa will now have two gateways in the state. Lufthansa has served Charlotte for nearly two decades, linking the city to Munich.<\/p>\n
Lufthansa will fly a Boeing 787 five times per week and year-round between Minneapolis and Frankfurt, beginning the first week of June.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The German airline will have 27 U.S. gateways with the addition of Minneapolis and Raleigh-Durham.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also, in an expansion of operations at Washington Dulles, Lufthansa will fly the A380 to the airport for the first time with service to Munich during the peak months of the summer season.<\/p>\n
Lufthansa’s A380 aircraft seats 509 passengers in a four-class configuration: eight seats in first, 78 seats in business, 52 seats in premium economy and 371 in economy.<\/p>\n
Further, the airline will commence direct flights from Seattle to Munich, complementing Seattle-Frankfurt service. Seattle-Munich will operate daily in the summer with an A350-900 plane.<\/p>\n
Lufthansa Group VP of passenger sales for the Americas Dirk Janzen called Swiss’ new Washington Dulles-Zurich service a ‘long-awaited connection” with the U.S. capital increasing in popularity for both inbound and outbound travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daily flights will begin on March 28 and join existing D.C. service to Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna by sister carriers Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.<\/p>\n
Lufthansa will increase the number of flights from Austin and Dallas\/Fort Worth to Frankfurt. San Diego-Munich will increase to daily flights, more than doubling the current offering with the A350-900.<\/p>\n