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Summer 2023: Pegasus launches additional Germany-Turkey routes
The Turkish airline Pegasus is further expanding its presence in Germany in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In April 2023, the last non-stop connection between Berlin and Ankara operated in 2011 will be served
Summer 2023: El Al with 25 weekly Israel connections from Germany
The airline El Al will offer 2023 rotations per week between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany in the 25 summer timetable. With up to eleven weekly rotations, you control the capital Berlin
Lufthansa reactivates five more Airbus A340-600s
Numerous airlines have already phased out their four-engine jets or at least announced that they will only operate jets with two engines on long-haul routes in the future. Lufthansa is taking a very unusual path,
Frankfurt-Hahn: Insolvency administrator is looking for a “Plan B”
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport seems to magically attract problems relating to buyers, because Swift Conjoy GmbH has still not paid the purchase price. The deadline has been repeatedly extended.
Lufthansa extends domestic German Dreamliner service
Lufthansa has also been using Boeing 787-9 long-haul aircraft between Frankfurt and Munich for some time. Flight plan data shows that this practice will continue in February 2023.
FRA: Condor and Airlink are offering more flights to South Africa
Holiday airline Condor is offering six additional connections from Frankfurt via South Africa to Namibia and Zimbabwe with the South African airline Airlink for this winter season. The Condor frequencies to Cape Town and Johannesburg are
String concert: Ryanair returns to eleven German airports
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is using the red pencil at eleven German airports and in Basel-Mulhouse. Numerous routes will be discontinued or will no longer be included in the 2021 summer flight schedule. That hits the hardest
Vereinigung Cockpit: “Tuifly refuses arbitration”
The Cockpit Association sharply criticizes the management of Tui AG, because they should reject a dispute resolution over a package of measures for crisis management in the cockpits of its German airline subsidiary Tuifly. Now
SkyUp Airlines is expanding strongly into Germany
The Ukrainian low-cost airline SkyUp Airlines announces a large-scale expansion towards Western Europe. Most of the new routes will lead from Kiev-Borispil to Germany. But also from Odessa and Lviv wants
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
Lufthansa wants flight operations to have “largely stabilized”.
Lufthansa board member Christina Foerster believes that the group has bottomed out and flight operations have “largely stabilized”. With new hires, you want long waiting times on the hotlines at the moment
More than 33.000 employees work at Munich Airport
Munich Airport remains one of the largest workplaces in Bavaria: As can be seen from the recently published new employee survey by Flughafen München GmbH, at the end of 2021 the
MUC: Handling in Terminal 1 not affected by the strike
The strike by Lufthansa ground staff announced by the Verdi union is also having a massive impact at Munich Airport. According to Lufthansa, 330 flights of the airline will be canceled tomorrow, Wednesday. Already today
Lufthansa canceled 45 flights on Tuesday
The strike by Lufthansa ground staff has not even begun, but according to the carrier, around 7.500 passengers did not fly on Tuesday. One looks for the blame for this
Graz-Stuttgart: Eurowings wants to take a “short break” until the end of October 2022
In contrast to the flight connection between Graz and Stuttgart, according to Eurowings, those from Graz and Linz to Düsseldorf should be dry. In a statement, the company points out that
LH Group examines resumption: Eurowings stops Graz-Stuttgart
Just a few weeks ago, Eurowings reactivated the non-stop connection between Graz and Stuttgart. The last flight on this route will be operated on May 20, 2022. To the reasons
DLR and NASA are retiring the Boeing 747SP “Sofia”.
The Boeing 747SP, registration N747NA, also known as "Sofia", will be retired in September 2022. Nasa and DLR have been operating this machine together as a research laboratory since 2014.
Green Airlines wants to start with “Chailair” Beech 1900D
The German startup Green Airlines announced on Thursday that “Chailair Aviation” (sic!) Will take over the announced flights between Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Berlin-Brandenburg. It is noteworthy that the name of the French
Green Airlines now wants to fly with Chalair
Instead of the Danish Air Alsie, the French Chalair is now to fly for the startup Green Airlines between Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Berlin-Brandenburg. The company announced this via the social media platform Facebook. in the
Wizzair takes on Karlsruhe-Pristina
From December 14, 2020, Wizzair will offer a non-stop connection between Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Pristina. For the time being, this will be served twice a week. From Germany, the low-cost airline already offers this destination from Dortmund
Lauda Europe in the air from mid-September 2020
The Maltese Ryanair subsidiary Lauda Europe Ltd. will start flight operations in mid-September 2020. It is flown with medium-haul jets of the type Airbus A320. These are those aircraft that are currently
Memmingen: Ryanair takes on Lappeenranta
Memmingen Airport is getting a new travel destination - in the far north. The Finnish city of Lappeenranta is on the flight schedule from the end of October. Ryanair gets them twice a week
Ryanair closes German bases
The German regional airports Frankfurt-Hahn and Weeze could face hard times, because the main customer Ryanair is holding out the prospect of closing the bases. Berlin-Tegel is also shaking, as can be seen from an internal circular.
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
Nuremberg with more Balkan destinations than ever before
According to its own statements, Nuremberg Airport has more Balkan destinations than ever before. With Eurowings Europe and GP Aviation, two carriers offer the destination Pristina, whereby the
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
Düsseldorf: Alltours increases Condor charter flights
The German tour operator Alltours will launch 2022 additional full charter flights to Palma de Mallorca from Düsseldorf Airport in March 16. These are to be carried out by the holiday airline Condor. Further stops
Verdi announces strike at Dusseldorf airport
The German trade union Verdi is calling on security workers at Düsseldorf Airport to walk out on Friday. Air passenger control, personnel and goods controls as well as the wheelchair service are affected by the warning strike. According to the declaration of the employee representatives
German Airways is expanding the fleet
The German airline German Airways will increase its fleet to eight Embraer 190s later this year. One is currently in the incorporation process, so that in summer 2022 one can
Avanti Air: First de Havilland Dash 8-400 landed at Siegerland Airport
With a little delay, the first de Havilland Dash 8-400 of the German airline Avanti Air shows up in its new livery. This is simply designed and shows the company log
Cologne: Dnata takes over Wisskirchen Handling Services
The Emirates subsidiary Dnata intends to take over the German freight service provider Wisskirchen Handling Services. The official approval of the transaction is still pending. With this acquisition, one enters the field of cargo services in the
Dortmund: Wizz Air reactivates Larnaka
The low-cost airline Wizz Air wants to reactivate the destination Larnaka from Dortmund from October 9, 2021. Initially, the route should be operated once a week. Target group are people who have an autumn vacation
Dortmund wants to attract more switchers via OTA Kiwi
The online travel agent Kiwi and Dortmund Airport have been working together on connecting flights since September 1, 2021. The airport in the Ruhr area is mainly used by low-cost travelers who do not offer transfers,
Germany: Dortmund recovered particularly quickly
The German airport Dortmund surprised with high traffic figures, which were achieved during the summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia. Company boss Ludger van Bebber has now declared that the airport in Germany is the one
Just a legal trick? Green Airlines claims AOC application
The ticket marketer Green Airlines has now suffered the next setback, because, according to a report by Airliners.de, German Airways will no longer fly for them - apart from Cologne-Paderborn-Westerland. That prevented
Corendon: Paderborn with a new airline for flights to Greece
This year, the Greece program from Paderborn is not under a good star, because with Green Airlines the airport has found a not exactly reliable charter marketer. That should change in the coming year,
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
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
VC: "Lufthansa sacrifices high training standards under cost pressure"
The German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit is furious about the closure of the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen and the associated call by the group to cancel the training. The crane group would become its social
Lufthansa ends pilot training in Bremen
There was no good news on Monday evening for the around 700 prospective pilots at the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen. The crane group is terminating the training at this location and only a few can
Lufthansa before the Bremen flight school closes
Apparently, in view of the precarious corona situation, the AUA parent company is considering closing the flight school in Bremen - that would destroy the dream of around 700 budding young pilots. The executive board around Lufthansa boss
BER: Two first flights in one week - Norse Atlantic is now also starting on the US west coast
Three weekly flights to LAX with the 787-9 Dreamliner from Berlin/Brandenburg. After a five-year break, there is a connection from Berlin to Los Angeles again today. The only few
Norse Atlantic Airways is now also active from Berlin
The airline Norse Atlantic Airways started the first of initially three long-haul connections from Berlin to the United States of America on Wednesday. The premiere flight was to New York-JFK. Already
Berlin: Norse Atlantic Airways announces Fort Lauderdale
The airline Norse Atlantic Airways will carry out the first flight from Berlin-Brandenburg on Wednesday. At the same time, the carrier is announcing another destination, Fort Lauderdale, which will be included from the airport in the German capital
Comeback: Hainan Airlines is back in Berlin
Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines carried out the comeback flight between Beijing and Berlin on Friday. From now on there will be a flight connection between the two cities once a week. While
Berlin: State labor court collects numerous Easyjet layoffs
The low-cost airline Easyjet laid off many employees in two waves at the Berlin-Brandenburg location even before the announcement that the base was to be significantly reduced. The competent state labor court has now overturned those
BER Express is canceled for 14 days
In Berlin, the so-called Airport Express (FEX) is canceled for two weeks. This affects the last two weeks of summer vacation in Berlin and Brandenburg. Because of construction work on the tracks in Berlin-Grünau, they are driving
Autumn holidays: Central German airports inform passengers
On the first holiday weekend in Saxony, 50 aircraft take off from the central German airports in Dresden and Leipzig / Halle to holiday destinations around the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Red Sea. For one
LEJ: Volga-Dnepr flies vaccines to Turkmenistan
An Ilyushin IL 76TD-90VD cargo aircraft of the Volga-Dnepr took off yesterday from Leipzig / Halle with destination Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. On board were 35 tons of vaccine, which were transported on behalf of a UN organization
Deutsche Post-DHL continues to rely on Atlas Air
The US cargo airline Atlas Air and the logistics group Deutsche Post-DHL are extending their existing cooperation. This means that the carrier will continue to operate 20 cargo aircraft for the logistics company. The two companies
