- The Lufthansa Group has removed Lufthansa CityLine flights with immediate effect.
- Cancellations for departures through 23 April 2026 have been processed.
- Automated rebookings apply for departures between 24 April and 31 May 2026.
- The SKCHG INVOL Policy covers rebookings reissues and refunds.
- The group works on a new continental summer flight schedule.
- Capacity has decreased by less than one percent in available seat kilometres.
- Reductions through October have affected 20,000 flights.
- Jet fuel savings have reached more than 40,000 metric tons.
- Short-term adjustments through 31 May have already been implemented.
There are hopes the Cork to Frankfurt service can be rescued from Lufthansa Group cuts as it revealed cancellations caused by the reoval of Lufthansa CityLine from the flight programme with immediate effect.
The move affects seasonal sumemr flights from Cork to Frankfurt. Dublin is not affected as that is Mainline and City Airlines (VL). One Cork-Frankfurt flight a week is operated by LH mainline A319.
Describing the cuts as “optimising its flight offering in summer across all six hubs”, Lufthansa Group shared in a written statement it has has optimised its flight offering in summer across all six hubs. The group has reduced capacity by less than one percent in available seat kilometres through the cancellation of unprofitable routes in Frankfurt and Munich while it has expanded existing routes in Zurich, Vienna and Brussels. Reductions through October have affected 20,000 flights.
The schedule adjustments reduced the number of unprofitable short-haul flights across the Lufthansa Group network. The planned consolidation of the European network took place across Lufthansa Group’s six hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Brussels and Rome. Passengers continued to have access to the global route network, particularly long-haul connections. The increase in jet fuel prices led to this outcome more efficiently than before. Lufthansa Group accelerated a further key strategic step in the consolidation of European networks within its hub airlines Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and ITA Airways.
The first 120 daily flight cancellations were implemented on 20 April 2026 effective through the end of May and affected passengers received notification. The cancellation of routes from Frankfurt to Bydgoszcz and Rzeszów in Poland as well as Stavanger in Norway removed at least three destinations from the current flight schedule.
Ten connections undergo consolidation within the Group via other hubs HDF Heringsdorf, ORK Cork, GDN Gdańsk, LJU Ljubljana, RJK Rijeka, SBZ Sibiu, STR Stuttgart, TRD Trondheim, TIV Tivat and WRO Wrocław. The medium-term route planning for the coming months underwent revision considering the capacity reduction and publication occurred in late April or early May.
Lufthansa Group shared “The cancellation of flights previously operated by Lufthansa CityLine reduces Lufthansa Group’s summer capacity by one percent of available seat kilometers.”
