Lufthansa NS23 Europe Frequency Changes – 18DEC22
Published at 1200GMT 20DEC22
Lufthansa during the week of 12DEC22’s schedule update filed European frequency changes for Northern summer 2023 season. The following frequency comparison is based on 11DEC22 vs 18DEC22, using week of 16-22JUL23 (US calendar week 29) as general guidance, as certain week may see minor variations. This post focuses on service operating under LH-coded flight numbers.
Week of 16 – 22JUL23 comparison from Frankfurt
as of 02OCT22: 2738 flights / 429123 seats
as of 11DEC22: 2465 flights / 386828 seats
as of 18DEC22: 2542 flights / 399109 seats
Week of 16 – 22JUL23 comparison from Munich
as of 02OCT22: 2138 flights / 286515 seats
as of 11DEC22: 2043 flights / 274210 seats
as of 18DEC22: 2101 flights / 283712 seats
Comparison below is based on 11DEC22 vs 18DEC22. Routes marked with ^ represents comparison 02OCT22 vs 18DEC22.
Frankfurt – Alicante Increase from 3 to 4 weekly
Frankfurt – Baku Reduce from 6 to 4 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Belgrade Increase from 14 to 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Bergen Increase from 10 to 14 weekly
Frankfurt – Berlin Reduce from 115 to 103 weekly (141 weekly as of 02OCT22)
Frankfurt – Billund Reduce from 33 to 28 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Bologna Reduce from 28 to 27 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Bordeaux Increase from 7 to 10 weekly
Frankfurt – Bristol Reduce from 13 to 10 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Catania Increase from 6 to 8 weekly
Frankfurt – Cluj Increase from 6 to 12 weekly
Frankfurt – Dusseldorf Reduce from 49 to 35 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Edinburgh Increase from 14 to 21 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Faro Increase from 9 to 10 weekly
Frankfurt – Hamburg Reduce from 117 to 95 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Hannover Reduce from 42 to 35 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Ibiza Reduce from 5 to 1 weekly (Previously reported, Eurowings Discover to operate 4 weekly flights in NS23)
Frankfurt – Larnaca Increase from 9 to 10 weekly
Frankfurt – Liverpool Increase from 4 to 6 weekly
Frankfurt – Ljubljana Increase from 14 to 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Lyon Reduce from 28 to 27 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Malaga Increase from 16 to 17 weekly
Frankfurt – Malta Increase from 17 to 20 weekly (21 weekly as of 02OCT22)
Frankfurt – Manchester Reduce from 34 to 28 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Milan Malpensa Reduce from 40 to 39 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Munich Reduce from 99 to 89 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Palermo Increase from 2 to 4 weekly
Frankfurt – Palma de Mallorca Reduce from 26 to 12 weekly
Frankfurt – Rennes Increase from 3 to 5 weekly
Frankfurt – Rijeka Reduce from 2 to 1 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Rome Fiumcino Reduce from 42 to 40 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Sarajevo Increase from 7 to 10 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Seville Increase from 4 to 5 weekly
Frankfurt – Stavanger Increase from 10 to 14 weekly (7 weekly as of 02OCT22)
Frankfurt – Stockholm Arlanda Increase from 35 to 39 weekly
Frankfurt – Stuttgart Reduce from 42 to 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Thessaloniki Increase from 6 to 7 weekly
Frankfurt – Valencia Reduce from 21 to 18 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Venice Reduce from 35 to 32 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Vienna Reduce from 42 to 7 weekly
Frankfurt – Vilnius Reduce from 19 to 14 weekly ^
Frankfurt – Wroclaw Increase from 27 to 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Yerevan Increase from 3 to 5 weekly
Munich – Alicante Increase from 3 to 4 weekly
Munich – Basel/Mulhouse Reduce from 35 to 33 weekly ^
Munich – Berlin Reduce from 90 to 84 weekly
Munich – Birmingham Increase from 19 to 20 weekly
Munich – Catania Increase from 13 to 19 weekly
Munich – Cologne Increase from 53 to 54 weekly
Munich – Copenhagen Increase from 33 to 40 weekly
Munich – Corfu Increase from 1 to 2 weekly
Munich – Dresden Increase from 26 to 33 weekly
Munich – Dublin Reduce from 21 to 14 weekly ^
Munich – Dubrovnik Increase from 8 to 10 weekly
Munich – Dusseldorf Reduce from 107 to 78 weekly (112 weekly as of 02OCT22)
Munich – Frankfurt Reduce from 99 to 89 weekly ^
Munich – Gdansk Reduce from 21 to 19 weekly
Munich – Genoa Reduce from 14 to 7 weekly ^
Munich – Graz Reduce from 35 to 33 weekly ^
Munich – Hamburg Reduce from 95 to 79 weekly (100 weekly as of 02OCT22)
Munich – Helsinki Increase from 21 to 26 weekly
Munich – Irakleion Increase from 4 to 5 weekly
Munich – Leipzig Increase from 20 to 27 weekly
Munich – Ljubljana Increase from 7 to 14 weekly
Munich – Luxembourg Reduce from 24 to 23 weekly
Munich – Malaga Increase from 9 to 14 weekly
Munich – Manchester Reduce from 25 to 20 weekly ^
Munich – Muenster Increase from 26 to 33 weekly
Munich – Oslo Increase from 21 to 27 weekly
Munich – Palermo Increase from 8 to 13 weekly
Munich – Palma de Mallorca Increase from 13 to 15 weekly
Munich – Prague Reduce from 28 to 21 weekly ^
Munich – Rhodes Increase from 1 to 2 weekly
Munich – Sibiu Reduce from 21 to 19 weekly
Munich – Stockholm Arlanda Increase from 33 to 40 weekly
Munich – Stuttgart Increase from 27 to 35 weekly
Munich – Tallinn Increase from 4 to 7 weekly
Munich – Tbilisi Increase from 7 to 9 weekly
Munich – Varna 2 weekly service removed
Munich – Vienna Reduce from 28 to 14 weekly ^
Munich – Wroclaw Reduce from 21 to 20 weekly
Munich – Zagreb Increase from 7 to 14 weekly
Previously reported, following routes will be transferred to Eurowings Discover:
Frankfurt – Dubrovnik
Frankfurt – Mahon
Frankfurt – Mykonos
Frankfurt – Thira
Munich – Preveza
Based on US calendar week 29, frequency comparison between 2019 (14-20JUL19) vs 2023 (16-22JUL23) as follows. Selected routes with frequencies in 2022 already returned to 2019 level, while some routes were supposed to return to 2019 level but impacted by human resource issues. Overall frequency in 2023 is expected to exceed 2019 level when including service operated by Eurowings Discover and Air Dolomiti.
US calendar week 29 comparison from Frankfurt
2019: 2650 flights / 419391 seats
2023: 2542 flights / 399109 seats
US calendar week 29 comparison from Munich
2019: 2179 flights / 309939 seats
2023: 2101 flights / 283712 seats
Return to 2019 level
Frankfurt – Alicante 4 weekly
Frankfurt – Amsterdam 42 weekly
Frankfurt – Athens 25 weekly
Frankfurt – Barcelona 56 weekly
Frankfurt – Basel/Mulhouse 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Bilbao 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Copenhagen 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Dublin 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Friedrichshafen 27 weekly
Frankfurt – Geneva 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Helsinki 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Istanbul 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Krakow 34 weekly
Frankfurt – Lisbon 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Marseille 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Milan Linate 42 weekly
Frankfurt – Muenster 27 weekly
Frankfurt – Naples 20 weekly
Frankfurt – Nice 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Nuremberg 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Oslo 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Prague 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Riga 14 weekly
Frankfurt – Sofia 25 weekly
Frankfurt – Tallinn 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Thessaloniki 7 weekly
Frankfurt – Timisoara 6 weekly
Frankfurt – Tirana 14 weekly
Frankfurt – Toulouse 25 weekly
Frankfurt – Warsaw 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Wroclaw 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Zagreb 42 weekly (43 weekly scheduled in 2022)
Munich – Barcelona 42 weekly
Munich – Belgrade 21 weekly
Munich – Bilbao 28 weekly
Munich – Bremen 39 weekly
Munich – Bucharest 21 weekly
Munich – Budapest 32 weekly
Munich – Cluj 21 weekly
Munich – Geneva 35 weekly
Munich – Krakow 27 weekly
Munich – Leipzig 27 weekly
Munich – Lyon 28 weekly
Munich – Manchester 20 weekly
Munich – Marseille 27 weekly
Munich – Naples 21 weekly
Munich – Nice 28 weekly
Munich – Poznan 19 weekly
Munich – Sofia 21 weekly
Munich – Tallinn 7 weekly
Munich – Tbilisi 9 weekly
Munich – Timisoara 21 weekly
Munich – Toulouse 26 weekly
Munich – Zagreb 14 weekly
Munich – Zurich 28 weekly (38 weekly in 2022)
Frequency in 2023 exceeds 2019 level (selected routes in 2022 already exceeds 2019 level)
Frankfurt – Alicante Increase from 3 to 4 weekly
Frankfurt – Belgrade Increase from 14 to 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Birmingham Increase from 27 to 28 weekly
Frankfurt – Bordeaux Increase from 7 to 10 weekly
Frankfurt – Cagliari Increase from 2 to 3 weekly
Frankfurt – Catania Increase from 7 to 8 weekly
Frankfurt – Cluj Increase from 6 to 12 weekly
Frankfurt – Dresden Increase from 33 to 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Edinburgh Increase from 14 to 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Faro Increase from 9 to 10 weekly
Frankfurt – Gdansk Increase from 9 to 19 weekly
Frankfurt – Glasgow Increase from 7 to 14 weekly
Frankfurt – Irakleion Increase from 1 to 2 weekly
Frankfurt – Larnaca Increase from 6 to 10 weekly
Frankfurt – Leipzig Increase from 33 to 35 weekly
Frankfurt – London City Increase from 20 to 21 weekly
Frankfurt – London Heathrow Increase from 83 to 84 weekly
Frankfurt – Luxembourg Increase from 31 to 35 weekly
Frankfurt – Malaga Increase from 13 to 17 weekly
Frankfurt – Olbia Increase from 4 to 5 weekly
Frankfurt – Palermo Increase from 2 to 4 weekly
Frankfurt – Poznan Increase from 20 to 21 weekly
Frankfurt – Seville Increase from 4 to 5 weekly
Frankfurt – Stockholm Arlanda Increase from 35 to 39 weekly
Frankfurt – Trieste Increase from 8 to 14 weekly
Frankfurt – Tromso Increase from 1 to 2 weekly
Frankfurt – Zagreb Increase from 9 to 14 weekly
Munich – Alicante Increase from 3 to 4 weekly (4 weekly also scheduled in 2021)
Munich – Athens Increase from 25 to 28 weekly
Munich – Berlin Increase from 80 to 84 weekly
Munich – Birmingham Increase from 19 to 20 weekly
Munich – Cagliari Increase from 4 to 5 weekly
Munich – Catania Increase from 9 to 19 weekly
Munich – Copenhagen Increase from 33 to 40 weekly
Munich – Dresden Increase from 27 to 33 weekly
Munich – Dubrovnik Increase from 8 to 10 weekly
Munich – Edinburgh Increase from 3 to 7 weekly
Munich – Faro Increase from 4 to 7 weekly (8 weekly scheduled in 2022)
Munich – Graz Increase from 20 to 33 weekly
Munich – Irakleion Increase from 2 to 5 weekly (8 in 2021, 7 in 2022)
Munich – London Heathrow Increase from 55 to 62 weekly
Munich – Malaga Increase from 10 to 14 weekly
Munich – Muenster Increase from 28 to 33 weekly
Munich – Oslo Increase from 21 to 27 weekly
Munich – Palermo Increase from 7 to 13 weekly (8 weekly scheduled in 2022)
Munich – Rome Fiumcino Increase from 34 to 35 weekly
Munich – Stockholm Arlanda Increase from 33 to 40 weekly
Munich – Stuttgart Increase from 28 to 35 weekly
Munich – Warsaw Increase from 21 to 27 weekly
Lufthansa Mainline/CityLine Northern summer 2023 European route map, as of 18DEC22.