Lufthansa launching the first A380 route to Denver

Lufthansa has announced the launch of flights between Munich and Denver using Airbus A380-800 aircraft beginning April 30th. The airline will operate for the first time to the Colorado capital with its largest passenger aircraft, which are configured for 509 passengers in four seating classes (8 seats in First Class, 78 seats in Business Class, 52 seats in Premium Economy and 371 seats in Economy).

Denver will become the sixth destination for Lufthansa’s Airbus A380s during summer 2025, all of which will be offered to/from Munich Airport. Lufthansa has been reactivating Airbus A380s during the last months, which were withdrawn as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to our database, eight A380s are in operation at the time of publication.

Schedule between Munich and Denver · Lufthansa

Daily

‘The Airbus A380 service to Denver is not only a first for Lufthansa, but also for the airport itself. It is the first time that a scheduled flight with an aircraft of this size will land there. Passengers, airport visitors and crews love the A380, the flying experience and the feeling of space. At the same time, the A380 offers more premium seats than any other aircraft,’ said Heiko Reitz, CCO Lufthansa Airlines.

By summer 2025, eight Airbus A380s will be based at Munich International Airport, with the United States and India as its regular markets. The airline will offer 3,563 seats a week on each route per leg, which it will provide with this schedule:

Airbus A380s

Currently, as per our database, the German airline operates to Delhi and Bangkok from Munich with these aircraft. Delhi has a daily flight, which it will maintain during summer, while services to the Thai capital will be performed with A380s until the end of March.

Flight LH 772/773 on the Frankfurt – Bangkok route began to be served with Airbus A380-800s on October 26th, 2024, for winter 2024/25. The same occurred through winter 2023/24, operating from October 28th, 2023 to March 29th, 2024.

After the winter season, Lufthansa resumes flights between the two cities on Airbus A350-900s, which are configured with 293 seats in three classes. The airline maintains the daily frequency.

Regarding other routes, on January 13th was Lufthansa’s last service to Los Angeles from Munich with A380s. Flights on the MUC-LAX route by Airbus A380s will return on March 30th.

At publication time, Lufthansa’s operational Airbus A380-800s have the registrations D-AIMA, D-AIMB, D-AIMC, D-AIMH, D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMM and D-AIMN, which average 12 years of age.

Between February and April 2020, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the German airline withdrew all its Airbus A380-800s. By mid-2023, because of delays in deliveries of new aircraft such as Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X, Lufthansa announced the reactivation of the Airbus A380s, returning eight of 14. The A380s D-AIMD, D-AIME, D-AIMF, D-AIMG, D-AIMI and D-AIMJ did not resume operations, being stored since then in Teruel (TEV/LETL) or Lourdes (LBE/LFBT).

In addition to the eight Airbus A380s, 306 other aircraft are part of Lufthansa’s fleet, including Airbus A319-100, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321-100, Airbus A321-200, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330-300, Airbus A340-300, Airbus A340-600, Airbus A350-900, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747-8i, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and CRJ-900.

Fleet

The Lufthansa Group’s fleet exceeds 900 aircraft, taking into account all the airlines belonging to the Group, as well as those of ITA Airways, its latest acquisition.

AeroLogic (22), Air Dolomiti (26), Austrian Airlines (68), Brussels Airlines (46), Discover Airlines (27), Edelweiss Air (19), Eurowings (78), Eurowings Europe Malta (26), Lufthansa Cargo (16), Lufthansa City Airlines (6), Lufthansa CityLine (45), SunExpress (72) and Swiss (89) are the other companies. ITA has almost 100 aircraft.

With regard to other fleet developments, the Group announced in January 2025 the order of 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8, which will be incorporated by Eurowings from 2027. The investment is worth US$ 5 billion.

Lufthansa Group intends to modernize Eurowings’ fleet, currently consisting of 26 Airbus A319-100s, 34 Airbus A320-200s, 7 Airbus A320neo, 6 Airbus A321-200s and 5 Airbus A321neo. The 737 MAXs will replace the Airbus A319s, averaging 16 years old.

Lufthansa has been operating non-stop between Munich and Denver for more than nine years, and 25 from Frankfurt. By summer 2025, the company schedules 28 weekly flights to the US city from Germany, with 14 services per week each.

Currently, in accordance with our database, Lufthansa operates these flights between Germany and the United States.

Frankfurt

• Atlanta (ATL): 4 weekly · Airbus A340-300
• Austin (AUS): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Boston (BOS): 6 weekly · Airbus A340-600
• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Airbus A340-600
• Dallas (DFW): 3 weekly · Airbus A340-300
• Detroit (DTW): 5 weekly · Airbus A340-300
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · Airbus A330-300
• Los Angeles (LAX): 6 weekly · Boeing 747-8
• Miami (MIA): 7 weekly · Boeing 747-8
• Minneapolis (MSP): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Boeing 747-8
• New York (JFK): 7 weekly · Airbus A340-600
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 3 weekly · Airbus A330-300
• San Francisco (SFO): 6 weekly · Boeing 747-8
• Seattle (SEA): 3 weekly · Airbus A340-300
• St. Louis (STL): 3 weekly · Airbus A330-300
• Washington DC (IAD): 7 weekly · Boeing 747-400

Munich

• Boston (BOS): 6 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Charlotte (CLT): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Chicago (ORD): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Denver (DEN): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Los Angeles (LAX): 6 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Miami (MIA): 6 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• New York (JFK): 6 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• San Diego (SAN): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• San Francisco (SFO): 6 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Seattle (SEA): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900

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