A Lufthansa A350-900 with flight number LH726 landed at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Sunday, marking the resumption of direct flights between Munich and Shanghai, which had been suspended for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting from April 1, 2023, Lufthansa operates three flights per week to Shanghai from Munich. The flight frequency of Munich-Shanghai will be increased to daily starting from August 1. In addition, Lufthansa will relaunch three flights per week between Beijing and Munich starting from July 1. By the end of August, altogether the Lufthansa Group will offer more than 40 weekly flights to China, according to the company.
More European carriers are hurrying to resume routes in recent weeks.
KLM has announced that its summer schedule network includes 165 destinations starting from March 26, 2023. Among them, a total of 16 flights will be opened to Asian destinations, doubling the number in 2022. Currently, KLM has daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai.
British Airways will restart flights from Shanghai to London on April 23, and from Beijing to London on June 3. From April 23, there will be daily flights between London Heathrow Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport. From June 3, the number of flights between London Heathrow Airport and Beijing Daxing Airport will increase to four a week. Virgin Atlantic will also resume daily flights between London and Shanghai on May 1.
