Discover Airlines, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group specializing in leisure markets, has provided some details of its fleet planning for the coming years.
On October 16, 2026, the German airline stated its plans to grow its fleet to 40 aircraft by mid-2028, including the addition of four Airbus A350-900 aircraft, a new type for the airline.
With the arrival of these aircraft, Discover Airlines will be able to reach additional destinations that are currently out of range of its A330 fleet.
Although not specified in the airline’s statement, it seems likely that these A350-900 aircraft will be assigned from the order book the Lufthansa Group has with Airbus.
Discover Airlines will also increase the number of Airbus A320 narrowbody aircraft it operates with four additional aircraft, bringing the total to 20. Two of the new A320s will arrive in 2026 and the other two by 2028.
The composition of its widebody fleet will also change. In addition to the four A350-900s, the airline will retire the three Airbus A330-200s it currently operates and replace them with five of the larger A330-300s. By 2028, the carrier’s A330-300 fleet will have grown to 16 aircraft.
Some of these changes, such as the retirement of the A330-200s and the expansion of the A330-300 and A320 fleets, were known since August 2024, when the leisure carrier announced the introduction of a new business class as well as the intention to expand its fleet in the near future.
The entire Discover Airlines fleet, including both legacy and new aircraft, will be fitted with the airline’s state-of-the art cabins across all service classes (Business, Premium Economy, and Economy).
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“Although not specified in the airline’s statement, it seems likely that these A350-900 aircraft will be assigned from the order book the Lufthansa Group has with Airbus.”
Other sites are suggesting Discover will get the ex Philippine Airlines aircraft (D-AIVA, VB, VC, VD), not new builds.
I was on a flight from Frankfurt to Calgary on August 30, 2025. I paid for Premium Economy but I never got any thing that was premium economy. he service was no better than economy. Nothing was Premium Economy. It was the worst flight I have ever been on. The food eas terrible, there were no ‘special’ extras one would expect after paying $800.00 for this service. Staff were disorganized; i didn’t get my choice of food and almost missed getting my food. It was horrible. No wine offered. Noise cancelling headphones were no better than a pair of regular cheap headphones from a Dollar store. All the movies were old, no new movies. I watched Shrek from 2001. When the man in the seat in front of me reclined his seat, it put my movie screen right up to my stomach so I was unable to watch anything.