Overview
- CEO Carsten Spohr said the group is examining the removal of roughly 100 inner‑German flights per week next summer, with decisions not yet final.
- Routes identified as loss‑making and under review include Munich–Münster/Osnabrück and Munich–Dresden, which the airline says it operates daily at a deficit.
- Potential reductions would also affect feeder services from regional airports to major hubs, raising concerns over regional connectivity.
- Lufthansa points to state taxes and fees that it says have roughly doubled since 2019, while domestic demand remains below pre‑pandemic levels due to fewer business trips and a shift to rail.
- Ryanair has already cut its German winter schedule by about 10% with roughly 800,000 seats and 24 routes removed, citing high access costs and an unchanged air‑traffic tax across nine affected airports.