en.Wedoany.com Reported - Lufthansa's network for the 2026 summer season (S26) includes 9 new routes compared to the previous season, with 5 departing from Munich Airport (MUC) and 4 from Frankfurt Airport (FRA). The Star Alliance member's capacity share at its two hubs is 52% in Frankfurt and 56% in Munich, while it holds nearly 90% of flight slots in the domestic route segment.
This route comparison is based on the International Air Transport Association (IATA) season schedule, with the S26 season running from March 29 to October 24, 2026. All 9 new routes are operated by Lufthansa using its own aircraft, excluding routes operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary Air Dolomiti under the LH code on behalf of Lufthansa. Air Dolomiti operates 29 Embraer E190 and E195 aircraft, providing feeder services for Lufthansa at the two hubs. Among the new routes, some replace Air Dolomiti services, while others coexist with them. Additionally, a few one-off or time-limited charter routes, as well as routes previously launched but suspended with future flights canceled (e.g., FRA to Bordeaux and Rzeszów), are not counted.
The 5 new routes from MUC include: Geneva (coexisting with Air Dolomiti; Lufthansa last operated it in March 2025), Istanbul Airport (IST; last part of the MUC network in 2015), Johannesburg (previously winter-only), São Paulo (previously mainly winter-only; most recent summer flights operated in 2016), and Rijeka (replacing Air Dolomiti; Lufthansa last operated it in 2024). Some shorter routes were previously operated by Lufthansa CityLine, but that division has been closed. Among these, the MUC-IST route resumes on the first day of S26 (March 29, 2026) after an 11-year absence, with daily flights using the Airbus A320neo, scheduled as follows: MUC-IST 22:30-02:05+1, IST-MUC 03:45-05:30. Historically, Lufthansa operated up to three daily flights on this route. Currently, fellow Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines also operates this route (up to five daily flights, including wide-body aircraft), while the Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport-MUC route is served by Pegasus Airlines (up to four daily flights) and AJet (one daily flight).
The 4 new routes from FRA include: Biarritz, Figari, Geneva, and Trondheim, with the first three replacing Air Dolomiti services. Trondheim was previously part of Lufthansa's network in 2011 and 2012, operated with the 737-500 and Lufthansa CityLine's E190. Lufthansa returns to this market on May 1, 2026, with three weekly flights using the A319, A320ceo, and A320neo. As a result, during S26, Lufthansa flies from FRA to five Norwegian cities: Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, Tromsø, and Trondheim; and from MUC to four Norwegian cities: Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø, and Trondheim. In total, there are up to 17 daily flights to Norway, compared to a previous record of 18, last seen in 2012.
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