Columbus airport gets first nonstop flight to Europe in May 2027 – The Columbus Dispatch

Columbus airport gets first nonstop flight to Europe in May 2027  The Columbus Dispatch

Columbus is finally getting its first nonstop flight to Europe. The Columbus Regional Airport Authority announced Oct. 19 that new nonstop flights to Frankfurt, Germany, would begin on Lufthansa Airlines in May 2027. The new route is the culmination of years of efforts by the airport authority and local leaders to get a nonstop to Europe from central Ohio. It will be the first and only nonstop flight to Germany from Ohio. "[A] non-stop to Europe has been our number one priority. Columbus is ready for that with the growth here and the businesses locating here. Europe is such an important gateway," said Daren Griffin, the authority's president and chief executive.

The new route will run three times a week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays starting May 5. The flights will depart at 4:20 p.m. Columbus time and arrive at 6:15 a.m. Frankfurt time, according to the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. Lufthansa will fly a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which has 28 lie-flat business class seats, 28 premium economy seats and 231 economy seats, for a total of 287 seats. Frankfurt Airport, Lufthansa's largest hub, offers 130 destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, according to the CRAA. "For us locally, there's no greater task than to develop a market from scratch. We've done this in the past a