Lufthansa to relaunch Riyadh-Munich service

Lufthansa is set to return to Saudi capital Riyadh this year, resuming its Munich–Riyadh service on 26 October 2025 after an eight-year absence.

The German flag carrier will operate the route three times a week with its widebody Airbus A350-900, offering 293 seats across Business, Premium Economy and Economy.

Because these additional flights use one of Lufthansa’s largest aircraft, the move lifts the airline’s total weekly seat offering to Saudi Arabia by around 50%, expanding its network to 22 weekly flights linking Munich with Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah, and more than 120 weekly services to the kingdom across the Lufthansa Group.

Now open for bookings, the new service will depart Munich at 21:45, arriving in Riyadh at 04:50 the following day. The return flight leaves Riyadh at 06:25, touching down in Munich at 10:25, perfectly timed for onward connections through Lufthansa’s Munich hub.

 

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Competition on Saudi routes is intensifying. Virgin Atlantic began daily Riyadh–London Heathrow flights in March 2025, Wizz Air now flies daily between Jeddah and London Gatwick in its longest-ever route, Fly Jinnah has launched daily Riyadh–Islamabad services and Saudia is expanding connections from Neom Bay to London. 

 

Riyadh Air, the kingdom’s much-anticipated new full-service carrier, is set to launch later in 2025 with ambitions to link Riyadh to more than 100 destinations by the end of the decade.

 

This surge in capacity reflects soaring demand between Saudi and Europe. Tourism spending in the kingdom hit SR256 billion (US$68.3 billion) in 2024, and the government is targeting 150 million annual visitors by 2030, a sharp rise from current levels. 

 

Backed by massive investment in infrastructure and more than 360,000 new hotel rooms projected by the end of the decade, Saudi’s tourism transformation spans everything from luxury Red Sea resorts to the heritage revival of Diriyah on the outskirts of Riyadh. 

 

As Riyadh prepares to host landmark events such as the annual Riyadh Season festival, World Expo 2030 and the FIFA Men’s World Cup in 2034, there is likely to be even greater demand for flights to the capital. 

 

For more information, visit www.lufthansa.com