At the end of October, Munich Airport's 2025/2026 winter flight schedule came into effect. From October 26, 2025, to March 28, 2026, travelers and logistic companies will have a total of 184 destinations in 68 countries to choose from. Eleven of these destinations are in Germany, 119 are medium-haul destinations, and 54 are long-haul destinations. A total of 81 airlines will operate these routes during the winter season.
Lufthansa (LH) is expanding its network of long-haul routes to include Riyadh (RUH), the capital of Saudi Arabia. Three times a week, an Airbus A350-900 flies to the kingdom between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. This marks the return of a connection that was already part of Lufthansa’s route network in 2017. Connections to Johannesburg (JNB), Cape Town (CPT) and São Paulo (GRU) have also been reinstated in the winter flight schedule. From the end of October, the German airline’s A380 fleet operates flights to Bangkok (BKK), Delhi (DEL), Los Angeles (LAX), and San Francisco (SFO). Also at the end of October, the Lufthansa subsidiary Discover Airlines (4Y) launched a new long-haul route from Munich: up to three weekly flights to Punta Cana (PUJ) in the Dominican Republic. The route not only expands Munich’s tourism-oriented long-haul offering and responds to growing demand for warm-weather destinations during the European winter. It also offers cargo capacity to and from a rarely directly served destination.
As in the summer flight schedule, Cathay Pacific (CX) continues to connect the economic metropolis of Hong Kong (HKG) four times a week with an Airbus A350 aircraft during the winter period. EVA AIR (BR) also maintains its four nonstop flights operated by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, which connect Taipei (TPE) and feature the new Premium Economy Class.
