New Routes from Munich to Johannesburg and Cape Town Launched by Lufthansa

Starting in September, Lufthansa will run flights on the route between Johannesburg and Munich. As a result, passengers from Johannesburg will have two options for direct flights to Germany. There are currently direct flights offered by the airline between Frankfurt and Johannesburg.

The German carrier will commence operations between Johannesburg and Munich on 3 September. This route will be operated three times a week. Year-round flights will be offered, using an efficient Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The reintroduction of the route was announced in September last year, with flights initially slated for June 2024. However, as reported by Sustainability in the Sky, Lufthansa moved the start date to accommodate the other new routes it launched this year.

Lufthansa will also operate direct flights between Cape Town and Munich, starting in November. However, this service will be operated on a seasonal basis, as reported by Businesstech. Flights between Cape Town and Munich will operate during the European winter (summertime in the Southern Hemisphere).

LUFTHANSA IN AFRICA

The Lufthansa Group of airlines has a strong presence in Southern Africa.

Its subsidiaries – Lufthansa, SWISS, Discover Airlines, Austrian Airlines, and Edelweiss – operate services to and from key destinations including South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Mauritius.

MUNICH

Munich is one of the largest cities in Germany. It is located in the state of Bavaria. Several large international companies are indeed headquartered in the Munich area, including BMW, Siemens and Allianz. The Bavarian city is also a tourist hotspot. Munich is known for the Oktoberfest and its famous football team, Bayern Munich.

FORMER SAA ROUTE

South African Airways (SAA) also operated scheduled flights between Johannesburg and Munich. The airline was forced to terminate these services due to the Covid-19 pandemic when all of its flights were grounded.

The airline has intentions of resuming services on a number of its international routes including Munich. In July, SAA interim CEO John Lamola said that the company plans to add nine destinations to its existing 14 and increase the number of its aircraft by 50% to 21 by March next year.

SAA has already reintroduced scheduled flights on two intercontinental routes. Late last year it relaunched flights to Sao Paulo in Brazil. In April this year, it resumed flights between Johannesburg and Perth in Australia