{"id":31549,"date":"2025-05-05T14:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=31549"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:35:11","slug":"discover-airlines-takes-over-msps-lufthansa-frankfurt-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/minnesota\/discover-airlines-takes-over-msps-lufthansa-frankfurt-route\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Discover Airlines Takes Over MSP\u2019s Lufthansa Frankfurt Route"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Discover Airlines<\/a> has taken over a key international route from its sister carrier Lufthansa for nonstop service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) and Frankfurt International Airport (FRA).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Group, began operating flights from MSP four times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) on May 2, nearly a year after Lufthansa launched the route. Discover\u2019s first flight to MSP is scheduled to arrive at 2:05 p.m. with the first departure to FRA scheduled that day at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We\u2019re thankful for Lufthansa Group\u2019s commitment to MSP as it works through a challenging aircraft delivery environment that necessitated the airline shift,\u201d said Brian Ryks, CEO of the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which owns and operates MSP. \u201cAfter the successful launch of this route last year, we’re happy to welcome Discover Airlines to continue the vital business and leisure link between Minnesota and Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Discover Airlines is Lufthansa Group\u2019s leisure-focused airline, with a growing U.S. business travel base accelerated through network growth in North America. Discover will operate the MSP-FRA route on an Airbus A330 aircraft, featuring up to 302 seats, including 27 business class seats with full lie-flat beds, 31 premium economy seats, and 244 economy seats. Discover Airlines offers a comprehensive entertainment experience with personal screens at every seat. Starting in summer 2025, all passengers will benefit from free and unlimited messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDiscover Airlines offers a seamless travel experience, whether it\u2019s direct to Germany or across Lufthansa\u2019s extensive worldwide network anchored through its Frankfurt hub,\u201d said MAC Chair Rick King. \u201cAnd as summer approaches, we\u2019re thankful for the strong inbound leisure market, too, that introduces travelers to all that Minnesota and the Upper Midwest have to offer.\u201d    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to take over this important connection between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Germany,\u201d said Marco G\u00f6tz, chief commercial officer at Discover Airlines. \u201cOver the past year, we\u2019ve seen growing demand for nature-bound holidays and outdoor activities, and we\u2019re thrilled to add a destination that offers these experiences in abundance. Minneapolis-St. Paul, with its stunning natural beauty, is a perfect fit for our expanding route network, and we\u2019re especially excited to offer this option during the popular summer holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover Airlines has taken over a key international route from its sister carrier Lufthansa for nonstop service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) and Frankfurt International Airport (FRA).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Discover Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Group, began operating flights from MSP four times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) on May 2, nearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,143,116,114,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-service","category-airlines","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news","category-minnesota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Discover-Airlines-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31552,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31549\/revisions\/31552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}