MINNEAPOLIS (WJON News) -- Discover Airlines is taking over an international route from its sister carrier Lufthansa for nonstop service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Frankfurt International Airport.

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Discover Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Group.  They will operate flights from MSP four times a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays starting on Friday, May 2nd.

It was about a year ago that Lufthansa launched the route.

Discover will operate the MSP-FRA route on an Airbus 330 aircraft.  It features up to 302 seats, including 27 business class seats with full lie-flat beds, 31 premium economy seats, and 244 economy seats.

Discover Airlines is operating its first year of flights as a seasonal route through late October out of MSP's Terminal 1.

MSP has 165 nonstop markets, including 130 domestic destinations and 35 international destinations.

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