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Lufthansa and United are expanding DB cooperation
Deutsche Bahn AG, Lufthansa and United Airlines want to connect even more German train stations to the international flight networks of the two Star Alliance carriers in the future. The collaboration begins on November 22, 2023.
Condor and Emirates agree on interlining
The airlines Condor and Emirates announced last week that they had agreed on a bilateral interline agreement. Around 79 routes are affected, on which cooperation will take place in the future. this makes possible
Ita Airways takeover: Unions are putting pressure on the EU Commission
In the last few weeks there have been increasing signs that the EU Commission will most likely not go ahead with Lufthansa's planned entry into Ita Airways, which is expected to result in a takeover in the long term
Condor is now selling “zero per mile” beer
For a few days now, Condor has also been offering non-alcoholic Pilsner beer from Brew Dog for sale under the name “Zero per Mile”. “We are really looking forward to offering our guests an alcohol-free option
October 2023: Frankfurt with 5,7 million travelers
In October 2023, around 5,7 million passengers traveled through Frankfurt Airport (FRA), which corresponds to an increase of 14,9 percent compared to the same month last year. However, passenger numbers were in October
Condor gives flight attendants striped socks
At Condor, not only will the flight socks look like striped socks in the future, but also the socks of the flight attendants. Initially these should be issued in small numbers, but gradually all of them
Summer: Austrian Airlines focuses on vacation flights
It is still completely unclear where you can actually fly to in summer 2021, but the airlines are slowly but surely having to finalize their plans. So does Austrian Airlines, which operate around 20 routes
Hanover: Use of corona detection dogs is being considered
Dogs are used as experts in many areas, because after appropriate training they are able to find just about anything. Whether explosives, drugs or buried people - all
Vereinigung Cockpit and Tuifly start mediation
The management of the holiday airline Tuifly and the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit have now been able to agree on mediation. This is now being prepared and should be carried out in February 2021. Between
Air Cairo starts flights to Berlin and Munich
The Egyptian airline Air Cairo is planning to start flights to Germany from Sharm el Sheikh. The airline is specifically planning a weekly flight to include the German routes.
Munich Airport is testing freight robots
At Munich Airport, the Fraunhofer Institute is subjecting a newly developed robot called "Evobot" to a test run. This is subjected to an initial practical test in the cargo terminal and on the apron at Munich Airport. The
United Airlines: Munich-Washington celebrates 25th
United Airlines has been connecting Munich Airport with Washington Dulles International Airport for over 11 years since June 1998, 25. More followed over the years
Hamburg-Munich was the busiest domestic German route in 2022
Trade fairs, events or personal meetings with business partners: Although video conferences are very popular, business trips are indispensable for many companies. Most of the business trips are primarily within Germany
Winter 2023/24: Air Cairo is planning 260 Sharm El Sheikh flights from Germany
The Egyptian airline Air Cairo is planning around 2023 rotations between German airports and Sharm El Sheikh in the 24/260 winter flight schedule. They cooperate with tour operators such as Alltours, Tui,
Travelcoup VIP flights can now also be booked via GDS
The tour operator Travelcoup now offers the booking of VIP flights, which are to be operated with Embraer ERJ-145 in VIP equipment, also via GDS systems. Prices for flights to Palma de Mallorca
Delta Air Lines is celebrating a comeback in Stuttgart
After a break of almost three years, Delta Air Lines is once again flying between Stuttgart and its hub in Atlanta. Four weekly flights are planned for the current summer period of 2023. in the USA there are connections
Stuttgart: Eurowings announces Agadir flights
In the 2023 summer flight schedule, Eurowings is launching a non-stop connection from Stuttgart to Agadir. This is to be served once a week with medium-haul Airbus A320 jets. The resort town located in Morocco
Condor uses Heston-A320 from Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Stuttgart
The holiday airline Condor uses Airbus A2023s operated by Heston Airlines from Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Stuttgart in the 320 summer flight schedule. The ACMI aircraft flies on numerous routes on behalf of the German airline.
FKB: Almost a million fewer passengers in the Covid year
After the record year 2019 (1.346.750 passengers), Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport was not spared from a massive decline in passenger numbers in the Corona year: around 401.000 passengers used the FKB in 2020 for
Green Airlines blows off the start again
The startup Green Airlines is postponing its first charter flight for the second time at extremely short notice. Now they don't want to start until February 1st, 2021. Previously, it was postponed from November 1, 2020
Green Airlines cancels the first flight
Not surprisingly, Green Airlines canceled the first flight announced for November 1, 2020 on Thursday. The company cites the German government's new corona measures as a reason. There is a new appointment
Friedrichshafen is back on the grid
Friedrichshafen Airport is back on the network after the "Corona break". On Friday, the low-cost airline Wizzair started in the direction of Tuzla. Operations have been inactive since March 22, 2020 due to the pandemic.
Memmingen has to accept a significant slump in traffic
Nobody expected that a year ago: After record values in 2019, a number of airports will have seen a significant decline in passengers in 2020 due to the corona pandemic. This is also the case in Memmingen. A plus
SkyUp also announces Kiev-Memmingen
The Ukrainian low-cost airline SkyUp has announced another route to Germany: From March 30, 2021, the carrier plans to fly from Kiev-Borispil to Memmingen on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Tickets are
Memmingen: Ryanair suspends many routes
Setback for Memmingen Airport: Ryanair will not start the routes to Gymri (Armenia) and Lappeenranta (Finland) announced for the upcoming 2020/21 winter flight schedule. New date: summer flight schedule 2021. Also otherwise
Nuremberg Airport donates apron buses to the Ukraine
Nuremberg Airport in Bavaria has donated three decommissioned buses from the apron fleet for the Ukraine. The vehicles will be handed over to the “Bamberg:UA” association founded by Ukrainian students. This
Corendon again shortens the 2023 summer flight schedule from the DA-CH region
The airline Corendon will be shorter in the 2023 summer flight schedule and less aggressively active in German-speaking countries. Numerous routes have already been discontinued this year, sometimes at very short notice
Christmas holidays: Nuremberg expects 117.000 passengers
Nuremberg Airport in Bavaria expects around 117.000 passengers during the local Christmas holidays. This is expected to be below the value it had in 2019. At that time there were around 130.000
Düsseldorf: Eurowings sets course for Kittilä
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will offer a new destination in northern Lapland with Kittilä from December 24, 2022. This is offered from Düsseldorf. Other destinations in the far north in the program
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
Dusseldorf: Eurowings reduces Erbil route
In the 2022/23 winter flight schedule, the airline Eurowings is cutting traffic between Germany and Iraq. The destination Erbil offered from Düsseldorf will only be served once a week from November 12, 2022.
Winter 2022/23: Eurowings reduces wet leases to two A220-300 and B737 each
In the 2022/23 winter timetable, only four aircraft will still fly for Eurowings under wet lease. The company confirmed that the jets rented, including crews, will be stationed in Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf. In the summer timetable
Eurowings: Crews are wearing sneakers with their uniforms for the first time
Crews of the German airline are wearing white sports shoes with the Eurowings logo with their uniforms for the first time this Friday. The airline from the Lufthansa Group wanted to meet the wishes of the workforce for one
Düsseldorf: Schauinsland Reisen launches Luxor charter
The tour operator Schauinsland-Reisen is offering charter flights to Luxor in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. These are offered from Düsseldorf and carried out by the German holiday airline Tuifly Deutschland. The background is also that from 3
Spanish Supreme Court awards more money to survivors of Germanwings crash
The Spanish Supreme Court has increased the compensation paid to fourteen relatives of seven victims of the Germanwings crash that happened a few years ago. These had been against the reduction previously made
German Airways flies five Embraer 190s for KLM Cityhopper
For some time now, the German airline German Airways has been working for the Dutch KLM Cityhopper as part of a wet lease contract. The cooperation, which is already in its second year, has been extended and includes
Cologne/Bonn: Leav Aviation starts scheduled flights
The German airline Leav Aviation, which previously specialized in the provision of ACMI and charter services, is entering the scheduled business. From Cologne/Bonn, the carrier operates some holiday routes at its own expense
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
DTM: Also in winter by direct flight to Antalya
The German-Turkish airline SunExpress recently included Antalya in its flight schedule from Dortmund. Now the carrier is expanding its offer from Dortmund to Turkey. Fast were out
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
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
Green Airlines sits at a letterbox rental company
In the last few days the charter marketer Green Airlines caused quite a stir, because in just one week they lost two “airline partners”. After just a few legs, the Bulgarian Alk drew
Airport Hamburg boss Eggenschwiler will retire at the end of 2023
There will be a change in management at Hamburg Airport on January 1, 2024. The reason for this is that the long-standing company boss Michael Eggenschwiler will retire at the end of 2023. Of the
Change in the chairmanship of the supervisory board of Flughafen Hamburg GmbH
After seven years, August Wilhelm Henningsen has resigned as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Flughafen Hamburg GmbH. His successor is Andreas Rieckhof, State Councilor of the Hamburg Authority for Economics and Innovation.
HAM: 50 years ago the first flight of Turkish Airline started
50 years ago, Turkish Airlines flew the Hamburg – Istanbul route for the first time. In the meantime, the Turkish airline has developed into the largest provider of Turkey flights from Hamburg. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary
Hamburg: Eurowings postpones Gothenburg flights to summer 2023
The airline Eurowings is again postponing the start of the planned non-stop flights between Hamburg and Gothenburg. It was recently announced that from October 30, 2022 there should be flights six times a week. From present
Lufthansa Technik takes over component service for Smartwings
Czech airline Smartwings and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive five-year Total Component Support contract covering the repair and overhaul of components for the airline's 30 Boeing 737NG aircraft. Of the
Summer 2023: Eurowings is adding additional routes to Turkey
The airline Eurowings is planning to offer additional connections between Germany and Turkey for the 2023 summer flight schedule. Operational implementation is to be carried out with the Airbus A319 operated by Eurowings Europe (Malta). away
Bremen: Voyage Air announces Burgas, Sofia and Varna
The Bulgarian airline Voyage Air has announced that it will be offering the destinations Varna, Sofia and Burgas from Bremen in the 2021 summer flight schedule. These are to be served from June 2021 until September 2021 for the time being.
Corendon announces Izmir and Ankara from Bremen
The holiday airline Corendon is expanding its presence at Bremen Airport in the 2021 summer flight schedule. The destinations Ankara and Izmir are offered seasonally from the Hanseatic city. Here comes the Turkish part
Sundair: Canaries from four German airports
The German holiday airline Sundair will fly to the Canary Islands from various German airports in the 2020/21 winter flight schedule. From the point of view of the Robert Koch Institute, all of Spain is currently a risk area. Austria devotedly takes the
BER Airport: More self-service machines
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is planning a further increase in the number of self-service machines, which will give passengers the opportunity to check in themselves. Self-service kiosks allow passengers to skip the check-in process and do it independently
Confusion about Russian Il-96-300 at BER
The landing of an Ilyushin Il-96-300 at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport on Saturday, April 22, 2023 caused quite a stir. The machine started in Moscow and stopped at the German capital's airport
BER Airport: No flights on April 24, 2023
Berlin Brandenburg Airport will not operate its own flights on April 24 due to the warning strike announced at the air security checkpoints. However, incoming flights may also be affected. Berlin Airport
Save the Date: job fair at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport
On May 6, 2023, a job fair will take place at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport for the first time. The airport and local companies will present their employment opportunities at stands in front of Terminal 1.
Norse Atlantic cancels Berlin-Fort Lauderdale
The low-cost airline Norse Atlantic Airways has deleted the Berlin-Fort Lauderlade route from the 2023/24 winter timetable. This will no longer be offered in the future. In the previous period, this route was used for a short time
BER Airport with a successful March
Berlin Brandenburg Airport was able to achieve the increase in passenger volume in March: last month almost 1,7 million passengers used Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which is around 300.000 more than
Condor is resuming Leipzig/Halle-Athens
Condor is apparently experiencing too little demand on the new route between Leipzig/Halle and Athens. The carrier is suspending the route and will only operate on three individual ones in May 2022
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
Sundair will take off again on July 1st, 2020
With the restart, flights from Kassel-Calden, Bremen, Dresden and Berlin will be offered. The German holiday airline Sundair wants to return to Crete, Kos, Rhodes, Corfu, Verna, Burgas, Palma at the beginning of July 2020
