MUNICH- 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.
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.
Lufthansa Inaugurates Munich to Seattle Flight
The Munich flight complements Lufthansa’s existing daily flights to Seattle from its Frankfurt (FRA) hub, providing additional travel options to Washington state. Essentially, Lufthansa is doubling its flight frequencies to Seattle.
Starting today, the Airbus A350, one of the most sustainable long-haul aircraft in Lufthansa’s fleet, to operate daily flights to Seattle from Munich for the first time.
At the time of publication, the flight is airborne and you can track it here: D-AIXP – Airbus A350-941 – Lufthansa – Flightradar24.
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).
As of today Lufthansa is now also flying to Seattle from @MUCAirport. 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
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— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) May 31, 2024
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Later, the 70-year-old carrier will reduce the frequency to three times a week in Winter as demand will shrink.
Lufthansa will codeshare this flight with United Airlines (UA) to help its passengers reach all the UA’s domestic destinations hassle-free.
Flight details are as follows:
| Route | Flight # | Departure | Arrival |
| MUC to SEA | LH488 | 3:30 p.m. | 4:55 p.m. (same day) |
| SEA to MUC | LH489 | 6:50 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. (next day) |
During the announcement in 2023, Dirk Janzen, Lufthansa Group’s Vice President of Sales for the Americas stated that,
“Seattle 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’s growing high-tech and aviation industries and companies in Germany, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
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.”
Dirk Janzen, Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa’s new Munich flight will be the 13th new international service to launch at SEA since 2020.
Currently, 46 international services are in operation at SEA, with 25 airlines offering nonstop flights to 29 unique international destinations.
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