1-Apr-2026 3:20 PM
Lufthansa Group to add 1600 summer flights across European hubs in 2026
Lufthansa Group announced (31-Mar-2026) plans to expand capacity in summer 2026, with its airlines adding 1600 flights from European hubs. Details include:
- Lufthansa: 540 additional flights from Frankfurt and Munich airports to European destinations, including Spain, Greece and Italy;
- Austrian Airlines: 700 additional flights from Vienna International Airport;
- SWISS: Over 100 additional flights from Zurich;
- Brussels Airlines: 170 additional flights. [more - original PR - German]
Background ✨
Lufthansa Group scheduled over 14,000 weekly connections to more than 330 destinations in around 100 countries for summer 2026, across hubs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Italy1. Lufthansa's summer 2026 plan also added new long haul routes from Frankfurt, extended services from Munich, and cut frequencies on more than 50 feeder routes while discontinuing selected services from spring 20262. It also planned near-term frequency increases to Singapore, Cape Town, Riyadh and Bangkok amid demand3.