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Condor and Fisherman's Friend launch 'strip collaboration'
Leisure airline Condor and Lofthouse of Fleetwood, makers of Fisherman's Friend, have announced a "stripe" collaboration. Fisherman's Friend packs with the Condor aircraft printed on them are now being sold on board the airline.
Lufthansa Group introduces a uniform Travel ID
The Lufthansa Group wants to replace the previously different logins on the individual websites of the Group's own airlines and the Miles & More frequent flyer program with a so-called Travel ID. Currently, people
Eurowings Discover: Airbus A330 collects climate data
A Eurowings Discover Airbus A330 was equipped with measuring instruments designed to collect data for global climate research. Three Lufthansa Group aircraft now have such equipment. That
LAT uses Airbus Virtual Procedure Trainer
Lufthansa Aviation Training will be the world's first customer to put the Airbus Virtual Procedure Trainer into operation. It is a new way for pilots to carry out procedures with an intelligent
Frankfurt-Hahn: The purchase price has not yet been transferred
The purchase price for the sale of the insolvent Frankfurt-Hahn regional airport has not yet been paid. According to the “Cochemer Wochenspiegel”, the insolvency administrator has extended the deadline to November 15, 2022. Insolvency Administrator Jan
Frankfurt: Condor has started Johannesburg flights
The holiday airline Condor started a connection between Frankfurt am Main and Johannesburg on Friday. The premiere flight had the flight number DE2288. This route will now be used on the traffic days Monday and
Hanover: Volotea takes on Cagliari
The Spanish low-cost airline Volotea is heading for Hanover. The carrier plans to offer the destination Cagliari (Sardinia) once a week from May 28, 2022. For the time being, this route should be available up to and including October 8th
Dubrovnik: Freebird takes numerous charters to Germany and Austria
Tour operator W-Touristic launches a number of charter flights to Dubrovnik. These are to be gradually included from February 21, 2022 and carried out by the Maltese Freebird Europe
Belgrade: Air Serbia takes on Salzburg, Hanover and Nuremberg
The airline Air Serbia announces the start of non-stop flights from Belgrade to Salzburg, Hanover and Nuremberg. These are to be served from the beginning of June 2022 and offered all year round. the
Lufthansa sued: EU court overturns Hahn aid
For Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, the judgment of the European Union Court was very likely a shock: The preliminary stage of the ECJ overturned the approval of a loss cover for the period of
New airline at Hahn: FlyOne flies to Chisinau
After an extremely long dry spell, which began before the corona pandemic, the Frankfurt-Hahn regional airport can again present a new airline customer: Fly One. The carrier has been offering
Hahn's majority owner, the HNA Group, is insolvent
The heavily indebted HNA group had to file for bankruptcy in China. The effects on Frankfurt-Hahn Airport and other holdings are currently unclear. The group of companies also owns the airline Hainan
Munich: Blue Air prefers Iasi start
The Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air plans to start the non-stop connection between Iasi and Munich earlier than originally announced. The carrier plans to fly between the two cities as early as October 30, 2022.
Lufthansa cuts the 2022/23 winter flight schedule
Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, is already removing numerous connections from the 2022/23 winter timetable. The cuts primarily affect domestic German and European traffic, but they are also being reduced
Only Nuremberg and Munich want to use Turkish temporary workers
Only 150 temporary workers from Turkey are to be used temporarily at a few German commercial airports. Originally there was talk of around 2.000 temporary workers who would clean up the chaos at various airports
VC airport check: MUC and LEJ in a neck-and-neck race
This year's leader in the VC airport check is Munich Airport, which can win first place due to its very good equipment, including ILS-DME transmitters on all runways.
Munich: Warning strike at Swissport Losch led to cancellations
On Wednesday, a number of flights were canceled again at Munich Airport due to a warning strike that took place at the ground handling service provider Swissport Losch. The Verdi union had between 10:00 a.m. and
Skyexpress announces Munich-Athens
The Greek airline Skyexpress announces the launch of three new routes from Athens. These are Munich, Milan-Malpensa and Sofia. As a rule, these should be flown with medium-haul jets from the
Stuttgart counts 2,8 million passengers in the first half of the year
According to preliminary figures, 2022 passengers took off and landed at Stuttgart Airport from January to June 2.800.789. That is 338,5 percent more than in the previous year (638.667). The number of flight movements
South Tyrol: Skyalps wants to start Stuttgart flights
The house brand of the South Tyrolean airport Bozen, Skyalps, wants to grow strongly in the next few years. The fleet is to be increased by further de Havilland Dash 8-400 and also the operation of
Basel: Prishtinajet sells tickets for flights that the operating carriers don't know about
The German company Prishtinajet UG (limited liability) uses photos of Air Malta and Malta MedAir aircraft and flight numbers from Heston Airline to catch customers on the Internet. Is given to the homepage
Corendon celebrates first flights from Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden
On Tuesday, the Maltese airline Corendon Europe took up the destination Gran Canaria in Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden. According to the airport, there were around 140 passengers on board. The second first flight took place on Wednesday
Karlsruhe is heading into winter with 20 additional destinations
The German regional airport Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden will have a total of 2021 new or resumed destinations in its program in the winter flight schedule 222/20. 12 of these are accounted for by Ryanair. The Irish lowcoster offers
Green Airlines wants to sell domestic German tickets from Weeze
The ticket seller Green Airlines plans to offer charter flights from Weeze and Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden from February 14, 2022. These can currently be booked under fictitious flight numbers without specifying the operating carrier. That in the
Cooperation between Dronamics and the Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen
Don't be surprised if more and more drones appear over Lake Constance Airport: Friedrichshafen will be embedded in the planned Europe-wide network of Dronamics, a British company that is building a freight network
Albastar starts in Friedrichshafen
The Spanish airline Alba Star will start a non-stop connection between Friedrichshafen and Palma de Mallorca on July 29, 2021. The airport has thus succeeded in filling the gap that Ryanair has created
Friedrichshafen: Airport insolvency proceedings opened
On June 1, 2021, the Ravensburg District Court opened insolvency proceedings under self-administration over the assets of Friedrichshafen Airport. During the month, the management and the
Memmingen: Ryanair announces Santiago de Compostela
The low-cost airline Ryanair has announced the addition of the destination Santiago de Compostela from the Bavarian regional airport Memmingen for the summer flight schedule 2022. The first flight is scheduled to take place on March 27, 2022.
There have never been so many travel destinations at Memmingen Airport
Memmingen Airport is starting the new winter season with a record, which begins with the flight schedule change next Sunday (October 31). Because never in the history of southern Germany's biggest
Wizz Air increases traffic between Germany and Ukraine
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air intends to increase frequencies on various routes between Germany and Ukraine. Connections to Kiev-Schuljany and Lemberg (Lviv) are affected. As reported, the lowcoster wants
Nuremberg: Global Airways flies for Corendon Europe
The newly founded airline Global Airways, based in Vilnius, started commercial flight operations on May 21, 2022. So far, only one Airbus A320-200 is on the new provider's AOC
1. FC Nürnberg got its own “Club Gate”.
Nuremberg Airport has designed a gate and passenger boarding bridge in the design of Bundesliga soccer club 1. FC Nürnberg. This was officially opened on Wednesday by the airport managers and representatives of the sports club. Already
Nuremberg: Bio-monitoring with the help of bees
World Bee Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, was celebrated on Friday. On this occasion, the German airport Nuremberg drew attention to the fact that in 2003 this
Mavi Gök Airlines launches Antalya charters from Germany and Austria
The Turkish airline Mavi Gök Airlines will be offering some charter flights from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Nuremberg and Vienna to Antalya from July 11, 2022. These are across all Anex brands
Düsseldorf wants to prevent summer collapse with new measures
In the past few weeks, Berlin-Brandenburg and Düsseldorf airports in particular have attracted negative attention, with sometimes enormous queues at the counters and at the security checkpoint. NRW Airport wants
Eurowings assigns the seats in the basic fare again
Eurowings will soon reintroduce the fixed seat allocation in the Basic fare that has been suspended since autumn 2020. If you are not satisfied with the "randomly" assigned place, you have to pay at least five euros
Düsseldorf: Leav Aviation helps out at Tuifly
The German holiday airline Tuifly currently has an operational problem. The carrier stands out negatively with some extremely long delays and cancellations. Some aircraft do not stand due to technical defects
Tus Airways is significantly reducing its presence in Germany
The Cypriot Tus Airways actually wanted to fly to Paphos from Nuremberg, Hamburg and Düsseldorf in the current 2022 summer timetable period. Actually, because the current state of things one has
Summer 2023: Condor is planning some new holiday routes from Germany
The holiday airline Condor has already started planning for the 2023 summer flight schedule. From Germany, the carrier intends to launch some new routes on short and medium-haul routes and on existing ones
Siko chaos in Cologne: Up to seven hours waiting time
The total failure of the German authorities in terms of security checks became clear again at the weekend at Cologne/Bonn Airport. There was a waiting time of up to seven hours in front of the Siko lines. The queue was several
Cologne/Bonn wants to take over security checks itself
With the exception of Frankfurt am Main, security checks at commercial airports in Germany are carried out by private security service providers on behalf of the Federal Police. Cologne/Bonn is now saying that one
Commentary: Welcome to Summer Chaos!
For many vacationers, the holidays already ended at Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf airports, because contrary to all the assurances of the airports, there were extremely long waiting times at the security checks. In addition,
Dortmund: BVB fan airbus officially presented
As part of a hangar event, Eurowings officially presented the “BVB Fanairbus” at Dortmund Airport on Friday. According to their own statements, it should be the world's first aircraft to explicitly
Easter: Almost 120.000 passengers used Dortmund Airport
During the two-week Easter holidays, Dortmund Airport welcomed 117.098 passengers (previous year: 34.204 passengers). That is around 71 percent more than in 2021. Dortmund Airport was thus able to come close to numbers again
Dortmund Airport waives take-off and landing fees for non-profit association
Enabling sick children to fly free of charge within Germany – this is the aim of the non-profit organization Flying Hope eV. Dortmund Airport finds it worthy of support and waives it
Paderborn: 39,7 percent more passengers than in “Corona Year I”
The German airport Paderborn/Lippstadt recorded 32.836 flight movements in the previous year, which were used by 129.292 passengers. Compared to 2020, there was an increase of 24,9 percent or 39,7 percent
Paderborn: Tui Deutschland lets Freebird Europe fly
The tour operator Tui Germany will leave the destinations Palma de Mallorca, Crete, Kos, Rhodes, Gran Canaria, Burgas and Feuerte Ventura from the Maltese airline Freebird Europe from Paderborn in the summer of 2022
Freebird and Corendon with new routes from Cologne and Paderborn
The airline Corendon Europe will offer non-stop flights between Paderborn and Hurghada from April 13 to 24, 2022. The machine type Boeing 737-800 is used. Currently there is one round per
Airport Weeze publishes summer flight schedule
Flights can now be booked from Weeze Airport for the summer of 2022. There are a total of 33 goals in the new program. Up to 94 departures per week are planned. "We
Airport Weeze: Electric ground power devices are now supplying the jets
From now on, electrical ground power devices will be used at Weeze Airport to provide energy for the aircraft while the jets are idle. With a six-figure investment in the environmentally friendly supply of the
Weeze wants to have a stronger program than “before Corona”
According to its own information, the German regional airport Weeze has a more extensive winter program than before the corona pandemic. Among other things, flights to Gran Canaria and Egypt, operated by Corendon, are new. the
Hamburg Airport expects high demand at Easter
Hamburg Airport is expecting a wave of travel in the next few weeks: around 35.000 passengers are expected to arrive and depart each day up to the Easter holidays. Because shortly after the end of
HAM: Corona causes second negative result in a row
The 2021 financial year was again negatively impacted by the corona pandemic: Hamburg Airport is in the red for the second time in a row. For 2021, the deficit is 94 million euros. sales
ITA Airways celebrates maiden flight from Hamburg
The airline ITA Airways now connects Hamburg with the inner-city Milan Linate Airport. The carrier carried out the first flight and was greeted in the Free and Hanseatic City with the usual water fountain. "Hamburg
Summer 2022: Air Baltic is expanding its presence in Germany
The Latvian airline Air Baltic is increasing its presence on the German market in the 2022 summer flight schedule. From the new base in Tampere (Finland), the destinations Frankfurt will be served from May 2022
Germany: Airport association ADV strongly criticizes Verdi strike
The working group of German commercial airports has severely criticized the recent warning strike called by the Verdi union. This takes place in Frankfurt, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn
Hamburg: ten instead of three minutes "Kiss & Fly parking"
From mid-May 2022, Hamburg Airport in northern Germany will extend the free parking time in the so-called “Kiss&Fly Zone” to ten minutes. So far, people who brought passengers to the airport were allowed a maximum
“The Lounge” opens in Bremen
Global Lounge Network is proud to announce the opening of “The Lounge” in Terminal 1 of Bremen Airport. The 392 square meter area is a former one
Bremen: New operator for the former Lufthansa lounge
The former Lufthansa lounge at Bremen Airport will open its doors again on August 31, 2021. The new operator is the Global Lounge Network, which already has 27 exclusive waiting areas around the world. Of the
ETF Airways: 1 rabbit: 0
A Boeing 737-800 operated by the Croatian start-up airline ETF Airways suffered an engine failure in Bremen at the beginning of the month. The failure of the machine resulted in enormous costs for ETF Airways. Since
United Airlines takes on Berlin-Washington DC
From May 2023, the US airline United Airlines will be offering a seasonal non-stop connection between Berlin and Washington DC. This is to be served with Boeing 767-400ER long-haul aircraft. The first flight
Qatar Airways has increased Berlin flights
Oneworld member Qatar Airways has increased non-stop service between Berlin and Doha. Up to eleven weekly circulations have been offered since October 2, 2022. Boeing long-haul jets are used
After just a few weeks: Norse stops Berlin-Los Angeles
As recently as mid-August, the airline Norse Atlantic Airways started a non-stop connection between Berlin-Brandenburg and Los Angeles. On October 16, 2022 it will be over again, because the carrier will be the one
Sundair with a new image video and Funchal flights from Berlin
The German leisure airline Sundair will be offering a seasonal connection to the Portuguese island of Funchal from October 25, 2022 from Berlin-Brandenburg. This is served on the Tuesday service day. Sundair flight SR1324 will
Delta is celebrating a comeback in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Berlin this summer
The US carrier is returning to Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart next summer. This means that up to seven daily flights between Germany and the USA are on offer. The airline intends to
Berlin: Egyptair increases Cairo flights in winter 2022/23
Star Alliance member Egyptair is increasing its presence at the German airport Berlin-Brandenburg in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. In future, the German capital will be connected to Cairo six times a week. Egyptair increases with effectiveness to
Central German airports: Significantly more passengers and freight in the first quarter
After the pandemic-related slumps in previous years, Leipzig/Halle and Dresden Airports reported significant increases in passenger numbers in the first quarter of 2022. Overall, the number of passengers rose at both airports
Leipzig: Ilyushin Il-18 inspection followed by a Sundair sightseeing flight
On April 18, 2022, the tour operator Niki Aviation & Holidays is offering a sightseeing flight operated by Sundair from Leipzig/Halle. This takes around 40 minutes. There is also an option on the ground
LEJ can more than double domestic German and European scheduled connections
The summer timetable from Leipzig/Halle Airport offers connections to 26 destinations in 15 countries, with up to 196 flights departing per week. Athens is new to the flight schedule. Condor controls from May
Central German airports significantly reduce CO2 emissions
Central German airports reduced their CO2020 emissions by 2 percent in 86 compared to 2019. This was confirmed by the accounts at the end of May. This means that the company already significantly exceeds that for 2030
Freebird Europe started in Cologne and Leipzig
The Maltese airline Freebird Airlines Europe took on Greek destinations from Leipzig / Halle on Sunday. The provider is an offshoot of a Turkish airline and flies on behalf of the state tour operator Tui.
Mallorca: Sundair takes off again in Dresden
The German holiday airline Sundair started a non-stop connection between Dresden and Palma de Mallorca on May 1, 2021. The route will initially be operated on the Saturday traffic day. Currently, Sundair continues
Just Us Air is said to fly with A321 for Green Airlines
The Romanian airline Just Us Air was reactivated a few days ago. The carrier now flies with the Airbus A319 with the registration YR-URS on behalf of Blue Air.
Green Airlines is chartering almost 30 year old 737-300s from Bulgaria
Instead of the Embraer 190 from German Airways, the passengers of the charter company Green Airlines are to be flown to holiday destinations in the almost 30-year-old Boeing 737-300 of the Bulgarian airline ALK Airlines.
First flights and announcements in Germany - damper in Heringsdorf
The Austrian airline Easyjet Europe will be adding two additional destinations from Munich in mid-July. These are Palma de Mallorca, which will be served three times a week, as well
