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Skytrax: Lufthansa is rid of the fifth star again
In the aviation industry, it was a mystery to many why Skytrax had awarded Lufthansa the five-star rating a few years ago. The announcement of a new business class, which has not yet been introduced,
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
Former Niki boss Christian Lesjak becomes Condor sales manager
The holiday airline Condor will have a new sales manager effective September 1, 2022. Paul Schwaiger will retire at the age of 68. Former Niki Managing Director Christian will take over his position
South African Airways with a new representative office in Germany
The airline South African Airways is represented in Germany again. However, they no longer maintain their own office, but have appointed "Discover The World" as General Sales Agent. Already before
Condor has underfloor heating installed in its A320 fleet
The holiday airline Condor has its Airbus A320 machines equipped with floor newspapers. It is the Heatnow system developed by Lufthansa Technik. A corresponding contract between the two companies
737-Max: Boeing and Tui reach an agreement
The Tui Group and Boeing have reached an agreement on the 737 Max, about which no further financial details have been published. The travel company Tui and US aircraft manufacturer Boeing have one
Tuifly is preparing “Corona Comback”
It will be compulsory to wear face and nose masks on board Tuifly. We are currently working intensively on the creation of a flight plan for the restart. After the forced Corona break, vacation airline Tuifly wants to return
Munich Airport: New store in Terminal 1
The shopping world at Munich Airport has now one more attraction. The traditional Munich company Hirmer opened a new shop in Terminal 1 (central area) today and is presenting a new shop here
MUC: German air traffic control rents in Lab Campus
The Lab Campus at Munich Airport has a new prominent tenant: Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) has rented space with a total area of around 2.700 m2 in so-called LAB 48. Around
New start for satellite building at Munich Airport: first departure to Miami
After 20 months of downtime caused by the pandemic, the Terminal 2 satellite at Munich Airport was used again today for the first time to handle flights between Munich and the USA. The airport
Westbahn has to postpone the start of the Munich trains
The Austrian railway company Westbahn actually wanted to extend the existing route between Vienna and Salzburg to Munich from December 12, 2021. This will - at least for the time being - nothing, because the
Lufthansa: A350-900 D-AAEU arrived in Munich
Lufthansa transferred the Airbus A350-900 with the registration D-AAEU from Luqa to Munich on Thursday. The long-haul aircraft is not yet painted in the livery of the new operator. It deals
Lights rides at Munich Airport cannot take place
Due to the new official orders in Bavaria to contain the corona pandemic, the light trips planned for the four Advent weekends at Munich Airport have to be canceled. In addition, the observation hill in the
Stuttgart: Airport boss Friday resigns early
The supervisory board of Stuttgart airport has to look around for a new managing director, because company boss Arina Freitag will leave the company at the end of the year at her own request. Your contract would be up
Eurowings flies Baden-Württemberg into the summer vacation
The summer holidays will begin shortly in Baden-Württemberg. Over the past few weeks and months, the Lufthansa subsidiary, together with Stuttgart Airport, has been working intensively on the start of the best time
European Air Charter increases in Germany
On behalf of some tour operators, European Air Charter is increasing the flight offer from Germany again. A total of 2021 additional circuits are to be carried out between July and September 38. The Tour Operator Alltours,
Autumn break: Nuremberg Airport expects 55.000 passengers
After Nuremberg Airport was able to record a strong increase in passengers during the summer holidays, the airport is also anticipating correspondingly high demand for the Bavarian autumn holidays. During the weeklong vacation
Transall C-160 came back to Nuremberg to say goodbye
One of the last Transall transport machines - with a one-off special paint job - made a stopover at Nuremberg Airport as part of its farewell flight. The tactical transport aircraft Transall C-160, because of the many auxiliary and
Nuremberg Airport presents winter flight schedule
In the current winter flight schedule, the most important European hubs can also be reached and the two major airline alliances SkyTeam and Star Alliance are represented. In addition to the Lufthansa hub in Frankfurt, the Hanseatic city will also become domestic
Eurowings has reactivated Dresden-Düsseldorf
Eurowings has been flying between Dresden and Düsseldorf again since Monday. For the time being, three circuits per week will be offered. The route paused repeatedly due to the corona pandemic. Most recently, the Lufthansa subsidiary set up the connection for
Düsseldorf: Eurowings announces Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg and Tbilisi
From Düsseldorf, Eurowings will start non-stop connections to Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg and Tbilisi in July 2021. According to their own information, they are heading to the two countries for the first time under EW flight numbers. Germanwings had in the
Eurowings relies on travel insurance
Eurowings is pushing the sale of travel insurance and is currently advertising that "Corona travel protection" should now be automatically included when purchasing packages from Hanse-Merkur-Assekuranz. When it comes to travel insurance, the small print is generally used
DUS: Ground crew on strike
On the first Sunday of Easter holidays, employees in passenger handling at Düsseldorf Airport temporarily stopped their work. More than half of the workforce at the airport service provider Aviation Handling Services (AHS) is responding to a call
SmartLynx starts charter flights from Germany
The Latvian charter airline SmarLynx will offer connections to the Canary Islands Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife from Hamburg, Hanover, Düsseldorf and Munich in autumn 2021, the company confirmed. The flights
Vueling flies non-stop to Mallorca
The airline, which is part of the IAG Group, is resuming non-stop connections between Germany and Mallorca. The airline is expanding its range of flights to Palma. A total of five German routes are from the cheap flights to the
Stickers: German Airways advertises Adler fashion stores
The Zeitfracht group of companies recently bought the Adler fashion stores out of bankruptcy and integrated them into the group. German Airways is now advertising the Embraer 190 with the registration D-ACJJ
Technical relief organization is expanding in Cologne / Bonn
The technical relief organization will expand the logistics capacities at Cologne / Bonn Airport. A corresponding contract was signed on Thursday between the airport and the federal agency. “The cooperation with Cologne / Bonn Airport
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
Easter: Wizz Air launches Dortmund-Palma
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air wants to benefit from the currently strong Mallorca demand around Easter from Dortmund, the only base on German soil. Therefore, the carrier announces the inclusion of a
Dortmund Airport starts free rapid tests
Free rapid antigen tests have been offered at Dortmund Airport in Germany since Sunday. These are carried out by the operator of the test station, Medicare, and are open to residents of North Rhine-Westphalia. The German federal state mentioned has in
Dortmund Airport doubled the loss
Dortmund Airport had to record a 55 percent decrease to 1,2 million travelers in the previous year. This is also noticeable in the financial figures, because according to the media statement, the "Corona damage" is around eleven
Paderborn only keeps 65 employees
The workforce at the insolvent Paderborn / Lippstadt regional airport is drastically reduced. Of the previous 170 employees, only about 65 will be able to keep their jobs. The move is called "inevitable". The
Paderborn: Green Airlines wants to offer Zurich and Sylt
The charter company Green Airlines intends to offer the destinations Sylt and Zurich from Paderborn with an ATR 26-2021 operated by Chalair from March 72, 500. The airport is currently in
NRW: Free corona test for travelers to Germany
In order to make the autumn holidays more pleasant for travelers to Germany, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia would like to offer free corona tests for this time. The Ministry of Health has already sent a corresponding decree to the municipalities in this regard,
Hamburg closes a terminal
Germany is in the middle of the second lockdown. Travel itself is not prohibited in principle, but in fact the number of passengers is falling significantly. Hamburg Airport feels that too and closes until
Emirates is celebrating its comeback in Hamburg and Düsseldorf
After a long break due to the corona pandemic, Emirates is back at the German airports in Hamburg and Düsseldorf. The two airports have been departing from Dubai again since Sunday
Wizzair announces Cluj from Hamburg, Cologne and Karlsruhe
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizzair has announced the destination Cluj-Napoca for the 2021 summer flight schedule from Hamburg, Cologne / Bonn and Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden. These are to be added gradually from June 1, 2021. The prelude
Eurowings is reactivating the Canary Islands routes
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has announced a special flight from Düsseldorf to Tenerife on the occasion of the lifting of the German travel warning. This is to be carried out on November 1, 2020. The regular Canary Islands program should also
SAS takes over first A321LR
The Scandinavian Star Alliance member SAS now has a long-haul Airbus A321LR. This is equipped with CFM Leap-1A engines. The delivery flight from Hamburg to Copenhagen was made with a ten percent admixture of synthetic kerosene
Greek Skyexpress orders four A320neo
The Greek regional airline Skyexpress has been looking for A320 pilots for a few weeks. Now the carrier has placed the first new order since July 2020 for the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Skyexpress ordered
Berlin CDU wants to find a new BER operator
The Berlin CDU has presented a proposal to end the chaos around BER Airport. The operation of the airport is to be put out to tender and handed over to an external operator.
Saarbrücken: DAT increases Hamburg and Berlin
At the beginning of the summer timetable period 2022, the airline Danish Air Transport intends to increase its domestic German flights from Saarbrücken to Berlin and Hamburg. You also want a stopover in the German capital
Gategroup seeks state aid in Germany
The catering company Gategroup is seeking state aid from the Economic Stabilization Fund in Germany. The European business of the Lufthansa subsidiary LSG was only taken over towards the end of the previous year. The news magazine “Der
Berlin wants to open Terminal 2 at Easter 2022
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport plans to open another terminal at Easter 2022. However, it is not the former Schönefeld building (T5), but Terminal 2, the
Oslo: Flyr takes on Berlin
The Norwegian airline startup Flyr will also fly between Oslo and Berlin-Brandenburg from the end of March 2022. The carrier intends to operate this route with medium-haul Boeing 737-800 jets. The first
A cigarette in the toilet caused chaos in Berlin-Brandenburg
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport caused a stir on Friday, because not only was the water contaminated with bacteria, there was now a false fire alarm. Cause was loud
Condor is moving forward to Leipzig routes on January 30, 2021
The holiday airline Condor has announced the start of some routes from Leipzig / Halle on January 30, 2021. The background is that the German state of Saxony will prefer the winter holidays. Brings twice a week
Konrad Best moves to Leipzig and Dresden
As of February 1, 2021, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG appoints Konrad Best, a new head of business development and strategy. The manager previously worked at Munich Airport
Freight volume at Leipzig / Halle Airport continues to grow
Leipzig / Halle Airport significantly increased its cargo throughput in the first ten months of the year. Compared to the same period last year, it grew by 8,4 percent to a good 1,11 million tons, such as
