Lufthansa starts the A380 flights to San Francisco from autumn 2025!

Lufthansa starts the A380 flights to San Francisco from autumn 2025!

Flughafen München, Deutschland - The Lufthansa plans a significant change in the flight offer from Munich. From autumn 2025, the largest passenger aircraft in the world, the A380, will be used on the new connection to San Francisco. This decision comes as part of the new winter flight plan, which comes into force at the end of October 2025. The flight to San Francisco extends the international reach of Munich Airport and contributes to the revival of the long-term flight connections, which were severely restricted during the Corona pandemic, such as muenchen.de reported.

The A380 continues to be used in Munich on popular routes such as Bangkok, Delhi and Los Angeles. The A380 is used after Lufthansa had to mothbody down during the pandemic. The airline has sold six to Airbus from originally 14 machines and now maintains eight A380 in Munich. These aircraft offer space for over 500 passengers in four classes, which makes them ideal for long -haul flights.

New winter flight schedule and sustainability

The new winter flight schedule 2025/2026 will come into force on October 26, 2025 with the changeover to winter time. Lufthansa pursues the goal of offering a stable and reliable flight schedule, especially for the Christmas holidays. In addition to the A380 flights, ten Airbus A350-900 will also be used for the new Allegris cabin in the future, and flights to New York, Chicago, Shanghai, Cape Town, Miami and Tokyo are offered every day. Bengaluru in India is flown in three times a week, as the Flughafen München GmbH and Deutsche Lufthansa AG in January 2023, Lufthansa strives to halve its net CO₂ emissions compared to 2019 to 2030. In addition, a neutral CO₂ balance is sought by 2050. The measures include fleet modernization and the use of sustainable flight fuels in order to reduce the ecological footprint of the airline. The Munich Airport itself continuously develops into an intermodal traffic hub with a focus on digitization and innovations, as in Annual report 2023 of the Munich Airport comprehensively explained is.

The reopening of Terminal 2, which celebrated its 20th anniversary, as well as the continuous modernization of the infrastructure are also part of the strategy to further establish the airport as an important international pivot. The use of the A380 at a high -frequency location like Munich shows the commitment of Lufthansa for first -class travel experience and international accessibility.