Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt International) sees demand for US services softening during the third quarter of 2025 after witnessing satisfactory bookings during the first and second quarters, according to Lufthansa Group's chief executive Carsten Spohr. As quoted by the newspaper Rheinische Post, Spohr noted that the airline is experiencing weaker demand for US-bound flights while bookings for services from the US to Europe remain strong.

He reiterated that Lufthansa plans to continue offering flights to the US solely from its Frankfurt International and Munich hubs, and that the connections between North American and other German cities will not be resumed.

Speaking about Lufthansa's international operations, the CEO warned that EU-based carriers are at risk of losing more passengers to their competitors outside the bloc which do not bear the high costs associated with EU environmental regulations. He stressed that Lufthansa had lost many Southeast Asian passengers to Middle Eastern airlines and was forced to cut its network as a result.

Lufthansa does not plan on placing more aircraft orders in the near future, with Spohr saying it is "at the limit of what we can currently afford."

According to the ch-aviation Commercial Aviation Aircraft Data module, Lufthansa is set to receive 117 aircraft: twenty A320-200Ns, seventeen A321-200NX, fourteen A350-900s, fifteen A350-1000s, twenty-one B777-9s, and thirty B787-9s. Lufthansa's subsidiaries are also expected to receive more than 100 new aircraft.