The Lufthansa summer 2027 schedule is on sale across the group, and it is the widest set of new long-haul routes the group has announced since the pandemic. The headline for premium flyers is where the newest cabin goes: Lufthansa is sending Boeing 787-9s in the Allegris configuration to Columbus, Ohio, from 5 May 2027 — the first nonstop ever between that city and Europe — and to Tokyo Narita daily from 28 March, giving Frankfurt a second Tokyo airport alongside Haneda.
Munich gets an Airbus A350-900 to Phoenix from 3 August, Austrian Airlines returns to Los Angeles in late April on its Boeing 777s, ITA Airways opens Rome–Caracas on 30 March, and Discover Airlines flies the first nonstop between Germany and Edmonton from 1 June.
The group announced the schedule on 20 October 2026, with everything bookable the same day. Ten new intercontinental connections across five airlines is the kind of expansion that usually comes with a caveat about aircraft deliveries; this one comes with named dates, named aircraft and, for two of the routes, a named cabin. Here is what is new, what it means for anyone choosing between Allegris and the older seats, and how the routes compare.
Lufthansa Summer 2027 New Routes: Key Facts
- Announced: 20 October 2026, Lufthansa Group newsroom; summer 2027 schedule bookable from the same day (Frankfurt–Tokyo Narita has been on sale since 6 October)
- Frankfurt–Columbus (Lufthansa): from 5 May 2027, three weekly (Wednesday, Friday, Sunday), Boeing 787-9 in Allegris configuration; the first nonstop between Columbus and Europe
- Frankfurt–Tokyo Narita (Lufthansa): daily from 28 March 2027, Boeing 787-9 in Allegris configuration; Frankfurt now serves both Tokyo airports
- Frankfurt–Nagoya (Lufthansa): seasonal return from 29 March 2027, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Munich–Phoenix (Lufthansa): from 3 August 2027, three weekly (Tuesday, Friday, Sunday), Airbus A350-900
- Munich–Delhi (Lufthansa): second daily service from 28 March 2027, seasonal, A350-900; more frequencies to Bengaluru, Chicago, São Paulo and Singapore; Frankfurt adds frequencies to Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Hyderabad, Chennai and Montreal; Kuala Lumpur goes daily
- Vienna–Los Angeles (Austrian): returns from late April 2027 on the Boeing 777, alongside New York JFK and Newark, Washington, Boston, Chicago and Montreal, each five to seven weekly
- Austrian long-haul: Tokyo Narita daily May to October, Shanghai five weekly, Bangkok daily all summer, Beirut seasonal June to September; Mauritius and Malé extended to 22 and 25 April
- Rome–Caracas (ITA Airways): from 30 March 2027, three weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday), Airbus A330-900
- Frankfurt–Edmonton (Discover Airlines): from 1 June 2027, three weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday); the only nonstop between Germany and Edmonton
- SWISS: Bengaluru stays at five weekly; Zurich–Tokyo Narita rises to six weekly June to September; Zurich–Toulouse twice weekly 25 June to 23 August
- Brussels Airlines: Cairo five weekly, Kilimanjaro up to three weekly, Evenes added
- Edelweiss: Windhoek seasonal from 16 March, Kilimanjaro/Zanzibar four weekly, Malé and Tampa up to five weekly each
- Discover Munich: a third Airbus A330-300 based there; Windhoek rises to five weekly
- Fares: see below
Why Columbus and Narita Are the Routes to Watch
Lufthansa has been careful about where it puts Allegris, the cabin it spent years and a great deal of money on: the First Class suites, the Business Class with seven seat types, the premium economy with a proper footrest. Until now the 787-9s carrying the full configuration have been concentrated on a handful of flagship routes. Columbus is a different kind of decision — a secondary American city with no transatlantic service, where Lufthansa will be the only option to Europe and is choosing to open with its best aircraft rather than an older one. That tells you how the group now thinks about Allegris: not as a flagship product to ration, but as the standard for new long-haul launches.
Tokyo Narita is the more conventional of the two, but it fixes a gap. Frankfurt–Haneda has been Lufthansa’s only Tokyo flight; adding Narita daily on an Allegris 787-9 doubles the premium capacity into Japan from Frankfurt and gives connecting passengers from across Europe a second arrival time. It also brings Lufthansa into direct comparison, on the same airport pair, with Japan Airlines’ A350-1000 and ANA’s new 787-9 cabin, both of which fly Europe–Tokyo with newer Business Class seats than Lufthansa’s older aircraft carry. On Narita, Lufthansa has chosen to compete with its newest.
Phoenix, Los Angeles, Caracas, Edmonton
Munich–Phoenix is Lufthansa’s second Arizona route after Frankfurt, and it goes to the A350-900 — the aircraft type that also takes the second daily Munich–Delhi service. The group has not said which A350 interior Phoenix gets, so do not assume Allegris; Munich’s A350 fleet is a mix of the older cabin and refitted aircraft, and the seat map at booking is the only reliable guide. The timing, from 3 August, is aimed at the autumn and winter sun season for European travelers rather than the Arizona summer.
Austrian’s return to Los Angeles is a restoration rather than a launch, but a welcome one for anyone who prefers Vienna’s smaller airport to Frankfurt or Munich as a gateway: the 777s carry Austrian’s Business Class in a 1-2-1 layout and the airline has built a reputation for its onboard dining with a chef in the cabin. ITA’s Rome–Caracas, on the A330-900 with the airline’s new lie-flat Business Class, is the only Western European nonstop to Venezuela, and Discover’s Frankfurt–Edmonton gives the Canadian Rockies a second German gateway after Calgary — a useful alternative for anyone heading to Jasper, which is closer to Edmonton than to Calgary.
Tip: on the two Allegris routes, the Business Class cabin sells seven different seat types at different prices — the Extra Long Bed, the Extra Space seat, the Privacy seat, the window-side single — so look at the seat map before you choose a fare rather than after.
How It Compares With the Competition
Every large European carrier is announcing summer 2027 at once. Air France is opening Nashville and San Diego on the A350, British Airways is putting its new First and Club Suite on the A380 and Etihad has just opened Calgary and Luxembourg. Lufthansa Group’s package is the broadest by route count, and the Columbus and Narita decisions are the most interesting because they commit the newest cabin to a secondary city and to a highly competitive Asian route respectively.
The weak spot is the one Lufthansa has had for years: inconsistency. Phoenix on an unspecified A350, Los Angeles on Austrian’s older 777 product, Edmonton on a Discover aircraft with a leisure-oriented cabin — within a single announcement the passenger experience ranges from the best seat in the group to one of the most basic. Air France and British Airways have narrower product ranges and fewer surprises at the gate. If the aircraft matters to you, the Lufthansa Group rule stands: book the 787-9 Allegris routes with confidence and check the seat map on everything else.
Lufthansa Group, First-Hand Context
I have not flown Allegris and this is a preview built from the schedule announcement, not a review. I have written about the cabin twice this autumn — the Allegris First Class launch to Singapore and the first A350-1000 ‘Deutschland’ — and the consistent finding is that the seat is excellent and the rollout is slow.
My own references for a long European-carrier flight are Etihad’s 787-9, which I rated 3.5 out of 5, and KLM’s first A350, which I previewed last month; on a daylight transatlantic sector like Frankfurt–Columbus the Allegris Extra Space seat would be my pick over the Extra Long Bed, since the leg is only eight to nine hours and the extra width matters more than the extra length.
How Much Does It Cost?
Lufthansa Group has not published launch fares for the new routes. All of them are bookable now at lufthansa.com, austrian.com, ita-airways.com and discover-airlines.com, with Business Class priced dynamically by route and date; the Allegris seat types on Columbus and Narita are sold as paid options on top of the Business Class fare, and Miles & More award seats are also dynamically priced.
Flight prices do move between platforms. The same business class seat on the same date is not always the same price on the airline’s own site, Trip.com and Expedia: point-of-sale currency, consolidator fares and what is bundled into the ticket can shift the fare by a few percent — and occasionally by much more on premium cabins.
So before I pay I run the same dates through Aviasales, which scans dozens of booking sites at once, then check Trip.com (often the sharpest on long-haul fares) and Expedia (strongest when you add a hotel to the same booking). One caveat: a ticket bought through a booking site is changed or refunded through that site, not the airline, so read the fare rules before you buy.
Ten new long-haul routes, two of them on the group’s best aircraft — the Lufthansa summer 2027 schedule is the first in years where the question is not whether Allegris flies, but where.
Photos © Lufthansa Group
This preview is based on official announcements — I haven’t flown Lufthansa’s Allegris cabin yet. Read more about how I review or visit my Work With Me page.
This article contains affiliate links. If you book through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Read my full disclosure policy.
