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The airline's low-cost subsidiary will take over next year.
A Lufthansa Boeing 787 Dreamliner (Photo: Lufthansa Group)
Lufthansa is cutting one of its newest U.S. routes. The German carrier continues to face aircraft shortages as it awaits delivery of new Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 jets.
According to Thrifty Traveler, the airline will halt service to Minneapolis/St. Paul, and its low-cost subsidiary, Discover Airlines, will take over. Lufthansa flights between Frankfurt and Minneapolis will end on April 29, 2025, less than a year after the service launched in June 2024.
Discover will operate an Airbus A330-300 on the route, albeit at a lower frequency. Weekly service will drop from five to four flights.
A Lufthansa spokesperson said aircraft availability constraints drove the decision. The carrier was operating a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to Minneapolis.
“At the same time, delayed aircraft deliveries, punctuality issues at our hubs in Germany and regulatory disadvantages are impacting our core brand,” the airline group said in a Tuesday earnings release.”Lufthansa Airlines has therefore launched the ‘Turnaround’ program to address these and structural internal challenges.”
The carrier intends to resume flights to Minneapolis under the Lufthansa brand in the future.
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