Lufthansa Group Adds New North American Routes, Updates 2025 A380 Schedule

Updated: November 13, 2024, 2:18pm CST

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New Routes to Europe Coming Next Year
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Excited to get some travel plans on the calendar for next summer? Lufthansa Group has you covered with 4 new routes from North America to Munich (MUC) and Zurich (ZRH).

Lufthansa has also confirmed the U.S. routes that its superjumbo Airbus A380 will operate next winter.

Let’s take a closer look at how travel between North America and Europe with Lufthansa Group airlines will look next year.

New Routes to Europe Coming Next Year

As you might already know, Lufthansa Group is the parent company of several European carriers, such as Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and SWISS, as well as subsidiary airlines like Discover Airlines and Edelweiss Air.

Based in Germany, Discover Airlines is set to launch 2 routes for the Summer 2025 travel season: Munich (MUC) to Calgary (YYC) and Orlando (MCO). Meanwhile, Zurich-based Edelweiss Air will start Zurich (ZRH) to Halifax (YHZ) and Seattle (SEA).

Here are more details of each new route:

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Airline	Route	Start Date	Frequency	Aircraft
Discover Airlines	Calgary (YYC) to Munich (MUC)	April 12, 2025	Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays	Airbus A330
Discover Airlines	Orlando (MCO) to Munich (MUC)	March 3, 2025	3 times per week (days vary)	Airbus A330
Edelweiss Air	Halifax (YHZ) to Zurich (ZRH)	July 3, 2025	Thursdays and Sundays	Airbus A340
Edelweiss Air	Seattle (SEA) to Zurich (ZRH)	June 2, 2025	Mondays and Saturdays	Airbus A340

Each of the 4 routes will be unique to the Lufthansa Group, meaning 4 brand-new nonstop city pair connections.

Lufthansa Group new routes — A map of the new Lufthansa Group routes coming to North America in 2025. Image Credit: Great Circle Mapper

While Discover and Edelweiss cater mainly to the leisure market in Germany and Switzerland, these routes will also provide excellent nonstop options for North Americans looking to travel conveniently to Europe.

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Lufthansa’s Airbus A380 Returns to the U.S. Next Summer

More news from Germany is that Lufthansa will redeploy its behemoth Airbus A380s to the U.S. for the 2025 summer season.

Similar to summer 2024, the jet will fly from Munich to Boston (BOS), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), and Washington, D.C. (IAD).

For the winter season, Lufthansa will operate smaller aircraft, such as the Airbus A350, on these routes.

Final Thoughts

It’s great to see new routes coming to the U.S., albeit with lesser-known leisure carriers such as Discover and Edelweiss. And as for Lufthansa’s A380, they’re always a pleasure to watch and fly, no matter the airline.