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Frankfurt: Condor with new Mexico route
The airline Condor is planning a new flight connection to Mexico for the winter of 2024/25. There will be flights to the city of Los Cabos twice a week. The airline Condor is planning one for the winter
Frankfurt: Condor continues to expand Palma de Mallorca
The German holiday airline Condor is further increasing its flight offering between Frankfurt am Main and Palma de Mallorca in mid-summer 2024. Up to 40 rounds per week are offered at peak times,
Lufthansa ground staff: Verdi calls for strike again
The Verdi union is calling on Lufthansa ground staff at Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart airports to stop work on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. The Kranich Group
Maintenance: Condor and Lufthansa Technik are expanding their collaboration
The holiday airline Condor will continue to rely on maintenance services from Lufthansa Technik AG in the future. To this end, contracts were signed to supply components to the Airbus A320neo/A321neo fleet. At the same time it was announced that an existing contract
Winter 2024/25: Lufthansa flies Frankfurt-Philadelphia itself again
In the 2024/25 winter flight schedule, Lufthansa intends to use its own aircraft again to operate a long-haul connection, Frankfurt-Philadelphia, which it has handed over to its subsidiary Discover Airlines. According to a report from the portal Aeroroutes.com
January 2024: Frankfurt with 4,1 million passengers
Frankfurt am Main Airport had around 2024 million passengers in January 4,1, 11,1 percent more than in the same month of the previous year. However, the figure was still 12,6 percent lower
Because of the chaotic conditions: Tui demands compensation from airports
Passengers should always understand everything. Corona is still used today by many carriers as an excuse for delays and cancellations. In the meantime, “lack of staff at the airport” has also come to an end
Tui: Demand at pre-crisis level, but no profit
The travel company benefits from the increased desire to travel. Demand is almost at pre-crisis levels. But the flight chaos robs Tui of its first profit since the Corona outbreak. Chaos has 75 million euros
Cockpit union announces Tuifly collective bargaining agreement
The management of the Tuifly holiday airline and the Vereinigung Cockpit union have been at loggerheads for a long time. Now the employee representatives have canceled the so-called collective bargaining agreement and are accusing the management
Wizz Air closes Sarajevo base: Numerous Germany routes are eliminated
The low-cost airline Wizz Air will close the Sarajevo base, which only opened last year, at the end of October 2022. The closure means that only routes between Germany and the capital
Ten Russian planes have to stay in Germany
Ten aircraft are said to be parked at German airports at the beginning of the airspace closure for machines that are owned or controlled by Russia. Flying out is not possible due to the sanctions
Hahn Airport: Less freight, more passengers
The Hunsrück Airport Hahn books significantly more passengers with less freight - and sees opportunities in the current travel chaos. The cargo business fell by 2022 in the first half of 19,2 compared to the same period last year
Munich Airport is organizing 450 million euros on the capital market
Munich Airport has organized around 425 million euros on the capital market in the form of a promissory note issue. Of this, around 360 million euros will be invested in infrastructure, among other things.
With Embraer 145: Travelcoup takes on Munich-Hamburg
On behalf of Travelcoup, the German passenger aviation company Heron Aviation will begin a non-stop connection between Munich and Hamburg on February 23, 2024. This should be with Embraer 145, which has a maximum of 22
Student Agency: Czech customers are increasingly booking flights from Vienna and Munich
The Regiojet parent company Student Agency was able to arrange 2023 percent more flight tickets in 30 than in the previous period. A closer look at the numbers reveals an interesting picture, because the
Annual figures: Munich reports 37 million passengers
In the recently completed year 2023, Munich Airport had around 37 million passengers, five million more travelers than in 2023. Nevertheless, it is the second largest airport in Germany
Charter: Albawings takes on Pristina-Munich
On behalf of the organizer, the Tirana-based low-cost airline Albawings will operate charter flights between Pristina and Munich from January 20, 2024. These can be booked through the client and should take place during the winter flight schedule period
Bavaria: CSU wants prison sentences for intrusion into security areas
The Bavarian CSU is calling for the penalties for unlawful entry into airport security areas to be drastically tightened. At least six months in prison should work, if according to the plans of the
Passenger numbers: Stuttgart far away from pre-crisis volumes
Stuttgart Airport was used by 2023 passengers in the recently completed year 8.447.406. Compared to the previous period, in which there were 6.997.032 passengers, there was an increase of 20,7 percent, but
Summer 2024: Eurowings with new Stuttgart routes
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will offer new destinations in the 2024 summer flight schedule with Edinburgh, Manchester, Iasi and Chisinau. From the beginning of May, the airline will fly three times a week from the national airport to Manchester and
Eurowings takes on Stuttgart-Erbil
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will begin a non-stop connection between Stuttgart and Erbil on December 20, 2023. This will be operated on Wednesday and Saturday. The course pair bears the flight numbers
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden is looking forward to an extensive winter flight schedule for 2022/23
The low-cost airline Ryanair intends to expand the offer from the German airport Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. Among other things, Agadir and Bergamo will be included in the program. The city on the Atlantic coast
Wizz Air is suspending all Kukes flights over the winter of 2022/23
The presence at the Albanian airport Kukes does not seem to be crowned by great demand for the low-cost airline Wizz Air, because the carrier will serve all destinations according to the current information
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden exceeds May 2019 result
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport had around 2022 passengers in May 130.000, around 6,8 percent more than in the pre-crisis month of May 2019. Flight movements also increased accordingly. they layed
Aegean, Edelweiss and Eurowings celebrate their first flights
At the weekend, some first flights were carried out from Friedrichshafen, Dortmund and Zurich. For example, Aegean Airlines flew to Heraklion for the first time from Lake Constance Airport. There were 174 passengers on board. The route
Friedrichshafen: Another Zeppelin NT is built
After a long break, another Zeppelin NT is being built in Friedrichshafen. The client is the Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei GmbH, which justifies the order among other things with the fact that the demand in the area
Fix: Former InterSky hangar becomes a volleyball hall
The municipal council of the city of Friedrichshafen decided on Monday that the hangar at the airport, formerly used by the defunct regional airline InterSky, will be converted into a volleyball arena.
Passenger numbers: Memmingen Airport with a new record
In 2022, Memmingen Airport in Bavaria was not only able to recover from the effects of the corona pandemic, but also exceeded the record level of 2019 by around 16 percent. Man
For Rhomberg Reisen: Avanti Air flies from Graz, Innsbruck and Memmingen to Calvi
On behalf of Rhomberg Reisen, Avanti Air will operate the charter flights to Calvi in the summer of 2023 from Graz, Memmingen and Innsbruck. This is the first time the German carrier has been in the year
Ryanair continues to expand its presence in Memmingen
The low-cost airline Ryanair will be offering around 2023 flights per week to 160 destinations from Memmingen in the 28 summer timetable. With Corfu, Kraków, Luqa (Malta), Naples, Valencia and Tuzla you also have
Nuremberg: Swiss and Austrian Airlines are putting their presence to the test
At Nuremberg Airport, two connections to Star Alliance hubs are shaking badly. Both Austrian Airlines and Swiss are reviewing their flights to the Bavarian airport. in other words: Both Vienna
Dan Air increases Nuremberg-Brasov
The Romanian airline Dan Air has been operating the route between Nuremberg and Brașov since early summer. However, the existing flights will be adjusted to include an additional weekly flight in winter
Nuremberg: Solar relief supplies flown to Africa
Relief supplies are repeatedly sent from Nuremberg Airport, for example during the pandemic, since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine or after the devastating one
Summer 2024: Vueling is increasing Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg
The IAG low-cost subsidiary Vueling intends to fly more frequently to the German airports of Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg in the summer of 2024. The existing Barcelona routes are to be increased. Effective March 31
Winter 2023/24: Eurowings takes on Düsseldorf-Tel Aviv
In the 2023/24 winter flight schedule, Eurowings also intends to fly between Düsseldorf and Tel Aviv. The route is to be served three times a week from the beginning of December 2023. The first flight is for the 2.
FTI and Eurowings agree on SAF cooperation
In cooperation with Eurowings, the tour operator FTI wants to offer so-called sustainable flights as part of its package tours. To this end, the new "Leisure Value Fare" was created. Per person
Hisky records Chișinău-Düsseldorf
The low-cost airline Hisky will start a non-stop connection between Chișinău and Düsseldorf in September 2023. The first flight is announced for September 26, 2023. The flights should be carried out on
Comment: Climate stickers unintentionally reveal acute security problems at German airports
In the previous week, the climate stickers struck again at two German airports and thus – probably unintentionally – revealed blatant safety deficiencies at airports. With commercially available bolt cutters in Düsseldorf and
Eurowings has taken delivery of the first Airbus A321neo
With the D-AEEA, the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo. This is marketed as “Mallorca-Airbus”. This machine can carry up to 232 people, so they
Cologne/Bonn Airport wants to abolish diesel GPUs
Cologne/Bonn Airport intends to largely eliminate the diesel generators currently used on the apron. These are to be replaced by electric ground power units. The airport wants to become a little more environmentally friendly. Already since
Cologne/Bonn Airport: Thilo Schmid extended until 2030
Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH announces that the contract of the chairman of the board, Thilo Schmid, has been extended until 2030. The supervisory board of Cologne Bonn Airport has approved the extension of the contract
Simmer 2024: Condor flies from Cologne to Palma de Mallorca
The holiday airline Condor will head to Palma de Mallorca five times a week from Cologne/Bonn in the 2024 summer flight schedule. This route is scheduled to operate from May 9, 2024 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Summer holidays 2023: Dortmund Airport with a new record
During the six-week summer holidays in 2023 in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund Airport was used by more passengers than ever before. The airport had 449.571 passengers and thus by 16,8
Dortmund expects a record year
Dortmund Airport assumes that a new passenger record will be set this year. In the first half of 2023 there were 1.427.285 passengers. Total decided in the months
Winter 2023/24: Wizz Air takes on Craiova-Dortmund
The low-cost airline Wizz Air will start a non-stop connection between Craiova and Dortmund at the beginning of the 2023/24 winter timetable period. This will initially be served twice a week. The first flight is scheduled for April 30th.
Summer 2023: Smartlynx flies for Tui from Münster/Osnabrück
On behalf of the tour operator Tui Deutschland, the Smartlynx Group will serve a number of holiday destinations from the German airport Münster/Osnabrück in the 2023 summer flight schedule. For this purpose, aircraft are stationed on site. According to reports
Münster/Osnabrück Airport completes runway rehabilitation
After extensive renovation work on the runway, Münster/Osnabrück Airport resumed air traffic on Wednesday evening. In addition to renewing the top layer, the tracks were completely lit with energy-efficient LED lamps
Slope renovation: Münster/Osnabrück will close for two weeks in November 2022
In November 2022, Münster/Osnabrück Airport will go offline for around two weeks due to the renovation of the only runway. The airlines will cancel their flights during this period
Summer holidays 2022: Paderborn expects 100.000 passengers
The German airport Paderborn/Lippstadt expects around 2022 passengers during the 100.000 summer holidays. The "school break" lasts six weeks in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Assuming the PAD reaches this value, the domestic
PAD: Corendon flies to Crete and Rhodes
From May 2nd, Corendon Airlines will fly twice a week – on Mondays and Fridays – between Heraklion on the island of Crete and Paderborn/Lippstadt. From May 3rd it will also follow
Corendon Europe is planning new winter routes from Germany and Switzerland
The Maltese airline Corendon Europe is currently in the middle of planning for the 2021/22 winter flight schedule from Germany. There are some minor innovations, primarily from smaller airports. Currently planning
Autumn holidays: Weeze had 120.000 passengers
The German regional airport Weeze counted around 120.000 passengers during the recent autumn holidays. It also benefited greatly from travelers from the Netherlands who used this airport. In the past four
Security fast lane: Weeze tests facial recognition
In cooperation with a Dutch technology provider, the German airport Weeze is testing facial recognition in the field of security fast lane. This should enable travelers to go through the boarding pass control faster. For this purpose, a
Autumn holidays: Weeze expects 60.000 passengers
Weeze regional airport sees itself well prepared for the autumn holidays starting on October 4, 2022 in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. About 60.000 passengers are expected. From the end of school on Friday,
Hamburg Airport is reorganizing the management
After more than 20 years, Hamburg Airport is getting a new CEO, as Michael Eggenschwiler will retire at the end of 2023. He is followed by Christian Kunsch, who since 2019
Hamburg Airport builds up its own solar subsidiary
Hamburg Airport has founded a subsidiary that will deal with the construction and operation of photovoltaic systems. This bears the name Sustainable Energy Solutions GmbH & Co. KG.
SAS, KLM and BA stock up in Hamburg
Three airlines operating at Hamburg Airport are gradually increasing their frequencies. As a result, the connection to the hubs in Copenhagen, London Heathrow and Amsterdam will be significantly improved. The prelude
Summer 2024: Vueling is increasing Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg
The IAG low-cost subsidiary Vueling intends to fly more frequently to the German airports of Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg in the summer of 2024. The existing Barcelona routes are to be increased. Effective March 31
Comment: Why the LBA at Marabu is "toothless and powerless".
Hardly any other airline manages to hit the negative headlines as often as the Estonian Condor sister company Marabu Airlines. In the meantime, especially in aviation forums, voices are being heard that the German Federal Aviation Office
Comment: Climate stickers unintentionally reveal acute security problems at German airports
In the previous week, the climate stickers struck again at two German airports and thus – probably unintentionally – revealed blatant safety deficiencies at airports. With commercially available bolt cutters in Düsseldorf and
Ryanair celebrates 15 years at Bremen Airport
The low-cost airline Ryanair celebrated 15 years of presence at Bremen Airport on Thursday. Eight destinations are currently offered from this airport. Sometimes you are the only provider on the routes
Bremen: Turkish Airlines breaks the million mark
After around ten years of presence, which was only temporarily interrupted by the corona pandemic, the Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines was able to carry the one millionth passenger at Bremen Airport. The anniversary passenger received part
Bremen Airport rehabilitates taxiway A
Runway A at Bremen Airport will be renovated from May 23rd to June 5th. However, this does not impede flight operations. Go east for launches
Lübeck Air announces flights to Austria and Switzerland
Lübeck Airport has been offering scheduled flights to Munich and Stuttgart under the Lübeck Air brand. Connections to Austria and Switzerland are to be added this year.
Lübeck Air announces Lübeck-Memmingen
With Memmingen, Lübeck Air intends to serve the in-house brand of Lübeck-Blankensee Airport, a third domestic German destination. The cities of Munich and Stuttgart are currently served by Air Alsie aircraft.
Lübeck: Strangers threw stinking liquid into the terminal
On the night of September 12th to 13th, 2020, strangers threw containers with a foul-smelling liquid through the windows of the terminal at Lübeck Airport. What exactly is it
Eurowings connects Berlin with Tbilisi
The German airline Eurowings will in future connect Berlin with Tbilisi. Specifically, a weekly flight should be offered. The German airline Eurowings connects the German capital Berlin with the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
Berlin: Norse has started Miami flights
The Norwegian airline Norse Atlantic Airways has been operating a non-stop connection between Miami and Berlin since December 15, 2023. As a rule, Boeing 787-9s, which have 338 seats, are used.
From Erbil and Baghdad: Fly Baghdad announces Berlin flights
From the end of December, Fly Baghdad will offer a weekly flight from Baghdad and Erblin to the German capital airport Berlin-Brandenburg. Baghdad-Berlin will be served on Saturday, effective December 23, 2023.
Christmas holidays: Berlin expects 950.000 passengers
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport expects to have around 22 passengers between December 2023, 7 and January 2024, 950.000. From today's perspective, the busiest day will be December 22nd
Summer: Ryanair is adding three more routes to Germany
The low-cost airline Ryanair is offering another new route from Berlin, Nuremberg and Memmingen in the 2024 summer flight schedule. From the German capital it goes to the from March 31, 2024
Lufthansa is testing a lounge shuttle at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport
The Lufthansa Group is currently testing a so-called lounge shuttle at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, which is intended to make it easier for passengers to reach the business and senator lounges. This will initially run until December 21, 2023
Charter: Smartwings connects Abu Dhabi with Cologne, Nuremberg and Leipzig
On behalf of a German tour operator, the Czech airline Smartwings will set course for Abu Dhabi from Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig/Halle and Nuremberg in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. The flights are arranged by the customer himself
MDF AG reorganizes sales team
Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (MFAG) has reorganized and repositioned its sales department. Kira Fabiunke and Steffen Böttger took over the "Sales Airlines" and "Sales Cargo" divisions on July XNUMXst. Both
Half-year figures: Dresden and Leipzig benefit from high demand from Turkey
The airports Leipzig/Halle and Dresden can currently benefit from a particularly high offer from Turkey. The high demand is already noticeable in the most recent half-year figures, because the two airports had
Dresden and Leipzig/Halle airports were able to more than double the number of passengers
Last year, Dresden and Leipzig/Halle airports counted a total of 2.403.772 passengers. This means that passenger numbers have more than doubled. Dresden Airport counted 841.522 passengers, 154 percent more than in 2021.
Momento launches additional charter destinations from Dresden
Under the “Momento powered by SZ Reisen” brand, five additional destinations will be offered from Dresden in the 2023 summer flight schedule. It is Ischia, Gulf of Sorrento, Sicily, Aeolian Islands
MDF AG extends Götz Ahmelmann's contract
In its most recent meeting, the supervisory board of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG confirmed the cooperation with company boss Götz Ahmelmann. The manager received a contract extension for another five years. With that, Ahmelmann
Rostock expects six flights a week
Due to the corona pandemic, scheduled flight operations in Rostock-Laage have in fact no longer existed for a long time. That should change in the summer of 2021, because six circuits are planned per week.
Lufthansa flight school: VC condemns the closure of Bremen
The German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit considers the closure of practical pilot training in Bremen to be “a slap in the face for all employees”. Lufthansa announced on Wednesday that this will be in Rostock-Laage in the future
Germany: Lufthansa turns pilot training upside down
The Lufthansa Group announced on Wednesday that the training of pilots as part of the “ReNew” program will be realigned. Previously, the termination of the training at the Bremen location ensured
Erfurt: Hifly Malta brought 25 tons of FFP2 masks
The German regional airport Erfurt-Weimar had another visit from a large-capacity jet towards the late afternoon on Thursday. The Maltese airline Hifly Malta brought around with the Airbus A330-300 with the registration 9H-TAJ
Erfurt: Ex-Air-Berlin-A330 flew in as “Preighter” FFP2 masks
The German regional airport Erfurt-Weimar had an unusual guest for this airport on Friday morning: Wamos Air landed at 9:30 am with an A330 “Preighter”.
Gerd Stöwer is the new managing director in Erfurt-Weimar
With Gerd Stöwer, the German regional airport Erfurt-Weimar is getting a new boss. He succeeds Uwe Kotzan, who has been in charge of the airport for many years and effective January 1st
