U.S., Oct. 19 -- Discover Airlines, the Lufthansa Group's leisure airline, is expanding its fleet to 40 aircraft by mid-2028. The future flagship of the long-haul fleet is set to be the state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900. From mid-2027, the plan is to gradually integrate four of these particularly efficient and comfortable aircraft into the fleet.

Discover fleet growth to 40 aircraft by 2028 Bernd Bauer, CEO of Discover Airlines: The A350-900 could initially be used on existing Discover Airlines routes such as Windhoek or Orlando. Thanks to its long range, it also opens up the possibility of flying to leisure destinations that cannot be reached with the current fleet, such as South and Central America, southern Africa, and Southeast Asia....