{"id":64216,"date":"2024-05-31T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=64216"},"modified":"2024-09-03T21:20:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:50:55","slug":"lufthansa-inaugurates-munich-seattle-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/lufthansa-inaugurates-munich-seattle-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa Inaugurates New Flights from Munich to Seattle with A350"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MUNICH-<\/strong> German flag carrier, <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Lufthansa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lufthansa (LH)<\/a> inaugurates daily flight <strong>LH488 <\/strong>between <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Munich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Munich (MUC)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Seattle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seattle (SEA)<\/a> today (May 31, 2024). Star Alliance&#8217;s founding member has deployed its Airbus A350 aircraft to serve this 10 hour and 25 minute flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lufthansa announced in September 2023 that would add three new destinations in the USA in Summer 2024 which include, Minneapolis (MSP), Raleigh-Durham (RDU), and Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x-1024x576.png\" alt=\"German flag carrier, Lufthansa (LH) inaugurates daily flight LH488 between Munich (MUC) and Seattle (SEA) today (May 31, 2024). Star Alliance's founding member has deployed its Airbus A350 aircraft to serve this 10 hour and 25 minute flight.\" class=\"wp-image-64222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x-450x253.png 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/x3fpv45x.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Lufthansa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lufthansa-inaugurates-munich-to-seattle-flight\">Lufthansa Inaugurates Munich to Seattle Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Munich flight complements Lufthansa&#8217;s existing daily flights to Seattle from its <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Frankfurt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frankfurt (FRA)<\/a> hub, providing additional travel options to Washington state. Essentially, Lufthansa is doubling its flight frequencies to Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=A350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Airbus A350<\/a>, one of the most sustainable long-haul aircraft in Lufthansa&#8217;s fleet, to operate daily flights to Seattle from Munich for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of publication, the flight is airborne and you can track it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/data\/aircraft\/d-aixp#3576d13c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">D-AIXP &#8211; Airbus A350-941 &#8211; Lufthansa &#8211; Flightradar24<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp-1024x576.png\" alt=\"German flag carrier, Lufthansa (LH) inaugurates daily flight LH488 between Munich (MUC) and Seattle (SEA) today (May 31, 2024). Star Alliance's founding member has deployed its Airbus A350 aircraft to serve this 10 hour and 25 minute flight.\" class=\"wp-image-64220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp-450x253.png 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/83snumjp.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Lufthansa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lufthansa has deployed a 4.3-year-old A350-900 aircraft, registered as D-AIXP. Earlier, the aircraft used to serve its Asian destinations i.e., Bangkok (BKK), Seoul (ICN), Singapore (SIN), and Beijing (PEK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As of today Lufthansa is now also flying to Seattle from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MUCairport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MUCAirport<\/a>. An Airbus A350 brings passengers to the northwest of the USA three times a week. The first flight, flight number LH488, took off today at 3:53 pm \u2708\ufe0f. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xkJV97qXO1\">pic.twitter.com\/xkJV97qXO1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lufthansaNews\/status\/1796551231747379539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, the 70-year-old carrier will reduce the frequency to three times a week in Winter as demand will shrink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lufthansa will codeshare this flight with <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=United\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Airlines (UA)<\/a> to help its passengers reach all the UA&#8217;s domestic destinations hassle-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x-450x253.png 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/j79jjg2x.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Lufthansa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight details are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Route<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Flight #<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Departure<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Arrival<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MUC to SEA<\/td><td>LH488<\/td><td>3:30 p.m.<\/td><td>4:55 p.m. (same day)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SEA to MUC<\/td><td>LH489<\/td><td>6:50 p.m.<\/td><td>1:45 p.m. (next day)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the announcement in 2023, Dirk Janzen, Lufthansa Group\u2019s Vice President of Sales for the Americas stated that,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-solid-bg has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\"><blockquote><p>\u201cSeattle has long been a key gateway for Lufthansa travelers in the Pacific Northwest, offering daily service to Frankfurt Airport. We are committed to fostering connections between Washington state\u2019s growing high-tech and aviation industries and companies in Germany, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.<br><br>We are excited to expand these connections by offering direct flights with our state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900 to our Bavarian hub in Munich, providing access to hundreds of additional flights for our local customers.\u201d<\/p><cite>Dirk Janzen, Lufthansa Group<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lufthansa\u2019s new Munich flight will be the 13th new international service to launch at SEA since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr-450x253.png 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2om2zcnr.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Lufthansa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 46 international services are in operation at SEA, with 25 airlines offering nonstop flights to 29 unique international destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned with us. 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