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Frankfurt Airport relies on e-mobility on the ground
Aircraft will continue to fly with kerosene for the foreseeable future, but Frankfurt Airport is increasingly relying on electric drives on the ground. With 690.000 euros in funding from the state of Hesse, the corresponding
Lufthansa wants to exhibit Ju-52 and Super Star as a static display
Lufthansa will exhibit its two historic aircraft Junkers Ju 52 and Lockheed Super Star in Frankfurt or Munich as a static display. CEO Carsten Spohr said that on the occasion of the 100th
Frankfurt Airport can continue to increase passenger numbers
At Frankfurt Airport, the number of passengers continued to rise sharply in September thanks to persistently high demand for holiday flights. However, the recovery from the Corona low was interrupted by the Lufthansa pilots’ strike at the beginning of the year
For a good cause: Lufthansa employees are auctioning off seats and the like on Ebay
Various items from the Lufthansa Group are currently being auctioned on the online auction platform Ebay for a good cause. The proceeds will go to aid projects for traumatized children in Buenos Aires and Inclusion rocks for
Frankfurt: Eurowings Discover flies to Orlando and Philadelphia with Finnair-A350
In the 2022/23 winter flight schedule, Eurowings Discover will take over some North American routes from the parent company Lufthansa. Airbus A350s operated by Finnair are used on the routes to Orlando and Philadelphia. A few ago
Condor will take delivery of the first A330neo in late autumn 2022
The holiday airline Condor will shortly take delivery of the first Airbus A330neo. The exact date has not yet been set, but according to a spokeswoman, it should definitely be in late autumn 2022
Hanover: Turkish takes on numerous new destinations
Turkish Airlines is currently serving the destination Istanbul from Hanover. In the future, the carrier plans to offer numerous other Turkish destinations from the trade fair city. From June 25, 2021 Gaziantep, Kayseri, Samsun,
S7 Airlines announces Hanover and Cologne
The Russian Oneworld member S7 Airlines has announced the addition of two routes to Germany for May 2021. From May 3, 2021, the carrier plans to fly once a week between Moscow-Domodedovo and Hanover. Three
Cockpit Association criticizes TUI works council chief
Following the main negotiation of Tui AG, the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit has renewed criticism of the decision to reduce the German Tuifly's fleet to 22 aircraft. In this context
Frankfurt and Munich: Lufthansa takes 2200 flights from the program
In the middle of the summer vacation period, Lufthansa is canceling more than 2200 more flights at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich due to a lack of staff. The AUA mother announced a good two weeks ago that 900
From Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich: Corendon Europe takes on Ras Al Khaimah
The Maltese airline Corendon Europe will station a medium-haul Boeing 2022-23 jet in Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) in the 737/800 winter flight schedule. From there, among other things, three
Hilton Munich Airport awarded as the best airport hotel
According to passengers, Munich Airport is still one of the best airports in the world, even after two years of the pandemic. At the annual World Airport Awards
Shortage of staff: Eurowings and Lufthansa are cutting flight schedules
Due to a lack of staff, Lufthansa and Eurowings will have to cancel hundreds of flights in July 2022. At the Kranich alone, around 900 connections were canceled and eliminated at the Munich and Frankfurt am Main hubs
MUC: Somon Air now flies to Dushanbe
Somon Air is now offering weekly flights from Munich to the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. The flight lands in Munich at 09:30 a.m. on Mondays and takes off at 11:30 a.m
Again up to two days late at Tuifly
The holiday airline Tuifly caused a stir again with considerable delays. For example, on June 3, 2022, a planned flight from Fuerteventura to Munich had to be canceled due to an AOG. It should
Easter holidays: Stuttgart expects 1.900 flights
The Easter holidays start on April 14, 2022 in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart Airport is therefore expecting significantly more passengers. According to the preliminary stand for the entire week after Easter
Finances: Stuttgart wrote a loss of 24,7 million euros last year
Baden-Württemberg's largest airport, Stuttgart, had 3.582.096 passengers last year. Compared to the first year of the pandemic, it was possible to increase by 11,5 percent, but it was significantly below the pre-crisis level. Analog cut the
Eurowings drives back inner-German “race routes”.
Domestic flight demand in Germany seems to be below expectations. Eurowings is also reducing the frequencies of domestic German flights to/from Berlin-Brandenburg for May 2022. Actually, the carrier planned
Green Airlines is avoiding compensation
The German charter marketer Green Airlines strictly refuses to make compensation payments under EU regulation 261/2004 to those passengers who have been left sitting. Not only that the legal rights to care services and
Alk Air to Green Airlines: “Nothing going on without moss!”
The charter marketer Green Airlines caused quite a stir in the last few days, because after only a few legs the Bulgarian Alk Air said goodbye. The Romanian Just Us Air came first
Lawsuit against Etihad: BGH denies German jurisdiction
Air Berlin insolvency administrator Lucas Flöther suffered a bitter legal defeat before the German Federal Court of Justice. The highest court denied the jurisdiction of the Germans in connection with the claim for damages that was brought against Etihad Airways
Friedrichshafen: Sun Air postpones comeback to August 2021
The British Airways franchisee Sun Air of Scandinavia actually wanted to reactivate at least the Düsseldorf route from Friedrichshafen shortly before Christmas 2020. From Billund they wanted to fly again from the beginning of November 2020. Wanted,
Sun Air announces comeback in Friedrichshafen and Düsseldorf
Friedrichshafen Airport is currently in a kind of involuntary Sleeping Beauty slumber, at least as far as domestic German air traffic is concerned. The British Airways franchisee Sun Air of Scandinavia is planning the Düsseldorf route from January 18, 2021
Friedrichshafen needs almost 30 million euros
Friedrichshafen Airport underscores its importance for the Lake Constance region with an expert opinion drawn up by the Roland Berger law firm. This has been entrusted with a
Memmingen expects 40 destinations
The summer flight schedule for 2021 will begin in a few days. It is still unclear how the patchwork of entry and quarantine regulations will develop. Memmingen Airport expects that in the next few weeks
Easter: Ryanair continues to increase the offer
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is increasing its offer around Easter. The carrier flies back to Porto from Berlin, Cologne / Bonn, Memmingen and Frankfurt am Main. From Germany's largest airport
Memmingen: Ryanair wants to Lappeenranta
From July 1, 2021, the Irish low-cost airline plans to fly twice a week between Memmingen in Bavaria and Lappeenranta in Finland. The route is to be offered for the time being during the summer flight schedule 2021. "We
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
With Airbus A330: Condor celebrates comeback in Nuremberg
After a long absence, the holiday airline Condor is back at Nuremberg Airport. The first flight took place last Saturday, but the formal welcome with a water fountain from the fire brigade took place on Monday.
NUE starts the holidays with the new summer timetable
Nuremberg Airport's new summer flight schedule includes more than 60 destinations. Accordingly, around 150.000 passengers are expected during the holidays. In the two-week vacation, more than 1.200 starts and
Germany: Verdi calls on security personnel to go on strike again
The Verdi union is again calling on security personnel at numerous German commercial airports for a 22-hour strike on Tuesday, March 2022, 24. Hamburg Airport assumes that most
Verdi is calling for a warning strike at six German airports
Security personnel at the airports in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Bremen, Hanover and Leipzig/Halle have been called to go on strike from 4:00 a.m. to midnight on Monday. This was shared by the union
Role model Jetblue: Eurowings wants to get away from the cheap image
The airline Eurowings wants to discard the image as a low-cost airline. With additional services, they want to be clearly different from low-cost carriers such as Ryanair and Wizz Air. In the future you want to be like that
Tus Airways picks up Paphos from Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Nuremberg
In the 2022 summer timetable, Tus Airways is offering non-stop flights to Paphos in Cyprus from Düsseldorf, Tel Aviv, Hamburg, Nuremberg and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. These are to be carried out seasonally for the time being. New
Even more wet leases for Eurowings: Avion Express flies eleven A320s
True to the motto "it can be a bit more", the number of Airbus A320s that Avion Express will fly on behalf of Eurowings will increase to eleven.
Düsseldorf: Condor cancels Beirut flights
Contrary to the original announcement, the holiday airline Condor will not fly between Germany and Lebanon in the 2022 summer flight schedule. The Beirut flights planned from Düsseldorf were canceled and in the meantime also from the
Aegean Airlines flies from Cologne/Bonn to Athens
Return to Cologne/Bonn Airport: From the summer, the Greek Aegean will again be flying from Cologne/Bonn to the Greek capital. From June 20, 2022 - and thus punctually before the start of the
Flight attendant and music artist Tamer encourages the industry with a new song
A flight attendant working from Cologne/Bonn Airport has released a new song under his stage name Tamer, which is intended to give the aviation industry courage and hope. The music-loving Tamer became well-known
Cologne: Two more Embraer 190 arrived at German Airways
The airline German Airways has taken delivery of another Embraer 190 regional jet. It is the current N329NC, to be departed this week from Macon via Bangor and Keflavik
DTM: Despite the pandemic, around 40 percent more passengers than in 2020
A total of 1.692.960 passengers used Dortmund Airport last year. That was 39 percent more than in 2020. Due to the pandemic, the airport has not yet been able to match the number of passengers
DTM: The traffic development to date is impressive
At the last meeting of the Flughafen Dortmund GmbH supervisory board in 2021, airport boss Ludger van Bebber presented the preliminary traffic figures for 2021. From January to 31.
Sun Express flies from Dortmund to Zonguldak
Zonguldak returns to the flight schedule of Dortmund Airport: In the coming summer season 2022, Sun Express will be heading for the Turkish Black Sea coast from Dortmund. From June 30th, Zonguldak will be next to Izmir
Padderborn / Lippstadt: symbolic 9/11 jumps
Parachute team remembers the terrorist attacks: The Cypres demo team completed symbolic parachute jumps at Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport on Saturday. The local airport fire brigade was part of this emotional event. 20th
PAD: We're going back to Munich
As an interesting hub, Munich Airport is of great importance for the PAD. That is why the resumption of the Munich route by Lufthansa this Monday marks a milestone for the restart
Paderborn Airport celebrates 50s
Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport will celebrate its 10th anniversary on September 2021, 50. The airport, the establishment of which is closely associated with the computer pioneer Heinz Nixdorf, opens on September 10, 1971. An
Weeze: Exxareo is stationing second Premier 1A
In the area of business aviation, there is news at Niederrhein Airport: The airline company Exxaero based there is launching a second Beechcraft Hawker Premier 1A aircraft. In Weeze has
New from Weeze: Oradea
The German regional airport Weeze recently had to tremble about the presence of its largest customer, but now Ryanair is announcing a new route. From December 2020, the lowcoster will run twice a week
Ryanair hiring manager hands out against Lufthansa
Ryanair personnel manager Darrell Hughes throws criticism of the billions in government aid for Lufthansa in an interview. He even assumes that the competitor from the "government aid like an addict
ITA Airways adds Hamburg, Boston and Miami
The Alitalia successor ITA Airways wants to fly between Milan-Linate and Hamburg from March 27, 2022. This route is to be served with the aircraft type Airbus A320. Two long-distance connections are to be established from Rome
Full year 2021: Airbus delivered 611 aircraft
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus was able to deliver a total of 2021 commercial aircraft to 611 customers in 88. This slightly exceeded the self-imposed target of 600 machines. The manufacturer is the
Hamburg Airport: More than a century of eventful airport history
Exactly 241 passengers were counted at Hamburg Airport at the beginning of the records in 1920 - in 2019 there were already more than 17 million. And today the airport celebrates the
D-ABOB: Condor completed a safe landing after an engine failure
Actually, Condor wanted to fly with the Boeing 757-300 D-ABOB from Lanzarote to Hamburg on Friday. Shortly after take-off, the right engine failed. There were loud popping noises
Breakdown at the HAM: Smartwings could not fly 177 cruisers to Tenerife
Actually, 177 passengers from Cologne and Hamburg wanted to take a cruise on the Mein Schiff 3 operated by Tui from Tenerife over Christmas and New Years. But it came to that
Around 5,32 million passengers used Hamburg Airport
By the end of 2021, 5,32 million passengers had used Hamburg Airport, which is 69 percent less than in 2019. Even if the traffic balance shows a strong decrease compared to the pre-Corona year, it is
Air Cairo takes on Bremen-Hurghada
The holiday airline Air Cairo will also be flying to Bremen Airport from July 21, 2021. The airport announced that it will use medium-haul Airbus A320 jets. The Egyptair subsidiary will initially
BRE: Senate is probably providing financial support
Bremen Airport is on the verge of bankruptcy - an injection of money is urgently needed. It looks like the city's own society will get this too. That goes from an internal
Bremen: Ryanair reactivates Alicante and Porto
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has announced the resumption of two routes from Bremen. Alicante is to be served once a week from April 28th. An increase to two rotations is effective May 1st
The new US offensive at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport
In addition to New York and Los Angeles, Washington is to be included in the second attempt in 2023 from BER. Delta is also planning to return to Berlin. The desire to expand
Easyjet wants to fly stably between Switzerland and Germany
The low-cost airline Easyjet does not want to make any further cuts in traffic between Switzerland and Germany in the summer of 2022. One wants to carry out the already reduced flight plan in a stable manner, explained Germany boss Stephan Erler
Anadolujet and Turkish Airlines are thinning out in Germany and Austria
The airline Turkish Airlines temporarily suspends some connections from Germany or does not start them as originally announced. The connection planned under the Anadolujet brand is also off the table
Berlin: Norwegian leap of faith
Norse opens the US winter flight schedule 2022/23 from Berlin even before the first flight The Berlin capital's airport BER, which has often been hit by the media, has received a good leap of faith. Although from the airport the
BER: Around two million passengers used the airport in June
Almost two million passengers used Berlin Brandenburg Airport last month, just as many as in May 2022. A total of 1,94 million people took off and landed at BER.
Passengers left sitting: Lufthansa preferred to fly ferry from Frankfurt to Berlin
In the past few weeks, it has become increasingly common for Lufthansa planes to travel through Europe to German airports completely empty. The return flight that was actually planned – for example to Frankfurt – is often canceled
Cockpit union: At Aerologic, the signs are pointing to a strike
At the cargo airline Aerologic, the signs are on strike. The Cockpit Association announced that the pilots in a ballot "clearly spoke out in favor of industrial action to enforce collective agreements".
Dusseldorf: Eurowings is putting Leipzig and Nuremberg on the back burner
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will not reactivate two domestic German routes from Düsseldorf with Nuremberg and Leipzig for the time being. The background is obviously that demand has fallen short of expectations. But one speaks
Leipzig: Condor announces Athens flights
The German holiday airline Condor announces the start of a connection between Leipzig/Halle and Athens. This is to take place from April 18, 2022 on Monday and Thursday traffic days with Airbus A321
Holiday weekend: 53 departures in Dresden and Leipzig
The autumn holidays begin at the weekend in the German federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. There will be 27 departures from Leipzig / Halle and 26 departures from Dresden. The Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG points
Lufthansa is giving up six lounges
Not all of the Lufthansa Group's lounges have reopened yet. This will never happen again at five locations, because the carrier is closing five of these exclusive waiting areas in Germany and one more
Qantas A380 flies into the desert with a new cabin
Like the entire aviation industry, Qantas has to abandon previously established strategies and rethink it. The national airline of Australia is now sending freshly modernized Airbus A380 aircraft to the California desert. The
International comeback in Rostock
International air traffic also came to a complete standstill in Rostock-Laage due to the corona pandemic. On Tuesday, however, the comeback could be celebrated, because the holiday airline Corendon Europe took a non-stop connection
