en.Wedoany.com Reported - Lufthansa has released its flight schedule for the remainder of 2026. As the world's sixth-largest operator of the Airbus A380, the airline currently exclusively operates the aircraft type from Munich Airport (MUC), with an average of five daily departures. Lufthansa last operated the A380 from Frankfurt in 2020. After retiring six aircraft, the company now has eight double-deck, four-engine jets, including one aircraft (registration D-AIMH) undergoing a new business class cabin retrofit. After modification, the seat count will be adjusted to 499, while unmodified aircraft retain 509 seats. British Airways is also conducting similar retrofits on its A380 fleet.

According to Lufthansa's flight schedule submitted to OAG (as of June 10), a total of eight A380 routes are planned from June to December 2026, with possible adjustments during the year. Compared to the eight destinations in the same period last year, the route network has changed. Lufthansa will deploy the A380 on the Munich to Mumbai Airport (BOM) route for the first time, operating daily from July 6 to October 24, using both the 499-seat new layout and the 509-seat old business class layout aircraft. The ultra-high capacity will help Lufthansa attract passengers who are reluctant to transit through Gulf hubs due to the conflict in Iran. Starting October 25 (the start of the IATA winter season), the route will revert to the A350-900 with 318 seats, which is not equipped with Allegris seats. Lufthansa has four aircraft of this capacity, all originally from Philippine Airlines.

The eight routes operated by Lufthansa's A380 from June to December 2026 are: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK, daily from October 24); Mumbai Airport (BOM, daily from July 6 to October 24); Boston Logan International Airport (BOS, daily until October 23); Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL, daily); Denver International Airport (DEN, daily from July 1 to September 27); Los Angeles International Airport (LAX, daily until the end of October, then six times weekly); San Francisco International Airport (SFO, three times weekly until the end of October, then six times weekly); Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD, daily until October 23). Lufthansa first operated the A380 to Denver on April 30, 2025, marking the first time the airport received a scheduled double-deck passenger aircraft. In 2026, Denver flights are reduced by 37%, with the operating period shortened to July 1 through September 27. According to U.S. Department of Transportation data, Lufthansa's A380 load factor in Denver in 2025 was only 77.6%, down 11 percentage points year-on-year compared to when smaller aircraft were used; traffic grew by 34%, but the additional capacity from the A380 (+56%) far exceeded this growth.

In June 2025, there were 180 A380 flights departing from Munich, but this number dropped to 132 in June 2026, a decline of more than a quarter, partly due to one aircraft being grounded for retrofitting, and the aircraft type not operating to Denver this month. The San Francisco route resumed A380 service in October 2025 (last used in March 2020). After the winter resumption, the load factor on this route fell to 67.0%, down from 76.4% in the same period the previous year. In summer 2026, the A380 will only operate three weekly flights to San Francisco, with frequencies increasing during the winter season.

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