Munich Airport: long haul capacity growth outpaces Frankfurt

Annual seat capacity between Munich Airport and long haul destinations has jumped by almost a quarter over the past two years. Since last summer there have been route launches from Munich to Bogotá by Avianca, to Banjul (Gambia) by Corendon Airlines Europe, to Osaka by Lufthansa, and to Dallas by American.

Eurowings is planning four US route launches from Munich in 2020: Anchorage, Phoenix, Las Vegas (operated by Eurowings in summer 2018 after Condor had operated the route in summer 2017) and Orlando.

Eurowings' parent Lufthansa plans to launch a new five times weekly Munich-Bangalore service from Mar-2020, deploying A350-900 aircraft. Lufthansa will also launch five times weekly Munich-Detroit (already operated by Delta summer only) in Mar-2020, and six times weekly Munich-Seattle (ceased by Condor in Oct-2017) in Jun-2020.

Munich is a significant second long haul hub for Germany after Frankfurt, whose North America and Asia Pacific capacity has remained virtually unchanged over the past two years.

In the week of 19-Aug-2019, Munich's seat capacity to North America is 38% of Frankfurt's and to Asia Pacific, it is 39%. Lufthansa will increase its A380 fleet at Munich from five to seven aircraft from summer 2020, matching its Frankfurt A380 numbers.