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FRA: Condor flies to Phoenix and Anchorage again
Condor resumes connections from Frankfurt to Phoenix and Anchorage. Twice a week, on Saturdays and Thursdays, it's now going to the capital of Arizona. Three times a week, Saturdays, Sundays and
Carsten Spohr: Lufthansa with strong demand in summer 2022
In the direction of North America, Lufthansa would be "fully booked anyway" in the summer of 2022, says CEO Carsten Spohr, pointing out that even in First Class, which costs around 22.650 euros, so
Condor state aid: EU court rejects Ryanair lawsuit
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed a lawsuit by low-cost airline Ryanair against the rescue package granted by the German government to holiday airline Condor following the bankruptcy of the Thomas Cook Group.
Europa League: Frankfurt Airport expects long waiting times on match days
Anyone who has booked a flight at Frankfurt Airport for May 18 must expect delays in operations due to the high number of passengers. The reason for this are numerous special flights, which fans of
Condor sends A330 on long-haul routes and gets new CFO
The German holiday airline Condor carried out a long-haul flight with the Airbus A330-200 for the first time on Sunday with the D-AIYC. At around 15:00 p.m. the plane took off at Frankfurt Airport
FRA: Condor resumes flights to Portland
Off to Portland: With flight DE2090, which took off from Frankfurt Airport on May 13 to Oregon on the west coast of the USA, Condor heralded the resumption of weekly connections
Air Dolomiti celebrates its 30th birthday: a regular at MUC since the beginning
Shortly after the opening of Munich Airport in Erdinger Moos, the Italian airline Air Dolomiti also started its regular service between Munich and Italy. The first flight took place in June 1992
Caffè-Bar Wahrano opens at Munich Airport
The Caffè Wahrano in the central area of Terminal 1 at Munich Airport is now opening its doors to passengers and employees. The typical Italian coffee bar that was in the premises of the previous one
MUC: Airlines reactivate further flight connections
The flights at Munich Airport, which have been thinned out as a result of the corona crisis, are being gradually rebuilt by the airlines. In the meantime, the number of destinations that are regularly served by Munich has increased
Green Airlines wants to sell domestic German tickets from Weeze
The ticket seller Green Airlines plans to offer charter flights from Weeze and Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden from February 14, 2022. These can currently be booked under fictitious flight numbers without specifying the operating carrier. That in the
Westbahn takes on Vienna-Munich
The new Kiss-3 sets of the private railway company Westbahn were presented to the public on Monday. The trains manufactured by Stadler are the first in Austria to be approved by the European Railway Agency
Air Dolomiti boss Eberhart rises at Lufthansa
Air Dolomiti boss Jörg Eberhart will take over the function of “Head of Strategy & Organizational Development” of the Lufthansa Group effective October 1, 2021. He succeeds William Wilms, who has been
Pandemic year brings Stuttgart Airport historic minus
A total of 3.213.695 passengers were counted at Stuttgart Airport in the last financial year - a decrease of 74,8 percent compared to the previous year. The number of flight movements fell by 58,7 percent
Baden-Württemberg exempts vaccinated people from quarantine
The German state of Baden-Württemberg is rushing ahead and in future will exempt people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from the obligation to test and quarantine. According to a statement by Health Minister Manne Lucha (Greens)
Stuttgart is setting up a test center in Terminal 3
In Terminal 3 of Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport, chargeable corona tests will be offered from Friday. The new station is located on the gallery level and is operated by Ecolog. Both rapid tests and PCR
Zurich can be reached again from Nuremberg
Since the beginning of this week, Nuremberg Airport has been connected to the international hub in Zurich again. From now on, Swiss will start several times a week in the north of Switzerland. From September it will be
Nuremberg: New airport parking garage P4
The airport was able to complete the construction of the new parking garage. With an investment volume of around 36 million euros, the multi-storey car park built by the general contractor Goldbeck is the largest single project in the history of the airport
Nuremberg expects 300.000 passengers
The numbers are still far from pre-Corona times, but the desire to travel seems to be back: Around 300.000 passengers are expected at Nuremberg Airport during the Bavarian summer holidays. In comparison to the previous year
WDL officially renamed German Airways
The traditional name WDL is now disappearing from the sky. The owner Zeitfracht gave the airline a new name: German Airways. The callsign and the ICAO code also change: German Eagle and GER.
Eurowings dedicates Special Livery to its own employees
From February 2021, Eurowings will be in the air with a special livery dedicated to employees. According to the announcement, the aim is to emphasize the commitment of the pilots, flight attendants and ground workers. The
Nordwind takes on Berlin and Düsseldorf
Nordwind Airlines will add two destinations in Germany in December 2020. These are served by Boeing 737-800 from Moscow-Sheremetyevo. These are Düsseldorf and Berlin-Brandenburg. The German
Air Cairo returns to Frankfurt
The holiday airline Air Cairo will again connect Frankfurt am Main and Düsseldorf airports with Hurghada from December 19, 2020. Initially, two weekly rounds are planned, which will run until
DUS: A businessman simply leaves an expensive painting behind
This businessman's head was probably somewhere else: on the way to Tel Aviv, the inattentive passenger lost his hand luggage at Düsseldorf Airport. Actually nothing unusual. Here it was
Eurowings expects 50 machines by Easter 2021
The upcoming approval of the first corona vaccines in the European Union makes the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings more optimistic. The entry and quarantine regulations are still extremely complicated, but company boss Jens Bischof sees light at the end
Airport agency "[email protected]“Goes to the start
The Federal Employment Agency has the branch today together with the job centers of the region at Cologne-Bonn Airport [email protected] opened. The airport agency is mainly a job placement service for employers at the airport, however
Vienna: Wizz Air wants to reactivate Dortmund and Cologne
In contrast to its competitors, the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is pausing its Germany flights from Vienna-Schwechat. Dortmund is to be served three times a week again from September 4, 2021. The route to Cologne / Bonn
German Airways ultimatum to Green Airlines: 800.000 euros on the table or 11,3 million euros lawsuit
By the end of this week, the ticket seller Green Airlines has to put 800.000 euros on the table at German Airways or the Zeitfracht subsidiary will file a lawsuit for 11,3 million euros.
Easyjet celebrates its comeback in Dortmund
After the British airline canceled all flights from Dortmund Airport due to the corona pandemic, it will resume the connection to London-Luton for the summer flight schedule 2021. Passengers can use the connection
Dortmund: 55 percent fewer passengers in 2020
Dortmund Airport had to record a 2020 percent drop in passengers in 55. The airport handled a total of 1.220.624 passengers. The number of flight movements fell by 48 percent. Most travelers
DTM: First flight to Porto started
Yesterday, the Hungarian airline Wizzair took off from Dortmund for Porto for the first time. The low-coster will initially only operate the route over the Christmas holidays until January 10, 2021. From
Germany: Airbus is cutting around 3.000 jobs
Airbus recently announced that it intends to gradually cut nearly 5.100 jobs. Now there should also be more details on individual branches: Accordingly, there is talk of a total of 3.175 redundancies
Eurowings relies on Varna and Burgas
Eurowings is further expanding its route portfolio towards Southeast Europe and will be flying to the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria for the first time this summer - the holiday destinations Varna and Burgas will be added. The whole program
Friday: Verdi calls for rallies
Obtaining state aid and dismissing employees at the same time? In Verdi's eyes, that doesn't work at all. For this reason, demonstrations will take place across Germany on Friday. The Verdi union called on Friday
Airbus threatens UK government with downsizing
Either longer short-time work or numerous jobs will be cut. This is the announcement from Airbus boss Guillaume Faury to the British government. In the United Kingdom, short-time working at Airbus will start shortly
Eurowings reports high demand
The lifting of the international travel warning is said to have spurred the Germans' desire to travel. The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is increasing the flight schedule due to the “skyrocketing demand”. Around 80
Airbus puts pressure on customers
Anyone who does not come into contact with the aircraft manufacturer could soon receive mail from the court. Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is putting defaulting airlines in default for the first time in this crisis. Many would even
Another non-stop connection from BER to Dubai
With immediate effect, the Latvian airline Smartlynx, in cooperation with the package tour operator FTI, is connecting Berlin Airport with Dubai by non-stop flight. The route initially goes to the with two weekly connections
Von Massenbach is the new ADV Vice President
Aletta von Massenbach, Managing Director of Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, was elected Vice President of the Airport Association ADV. She succeeds her Munich colleague Andrea Gebbeken. “For over seven decades, the
BER maintains single-terminal operation
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport was able to handle more than one million passengers in July and August 2021. Most recently there were around 1,43 million travelers. The busiest day so far was on
United Airlines returns to Berlin
United Airlines plans to fly between New York-Newark and Berlin again from mid-December. Machines of the type Boeing 767-300 are to be used as aircraft. The Star Alliance member intends to take this route
Easyjet maintenance hangar: construction work started at BER
Construction work on a new maintenance hangar for the airline Easyjet has begun at the capital city airport BER. In the coming year, on the building plot in the new maintenance area of BER, south-west of Terminal 1,
General terms and conditions clause: Wizz Air suffers defeat at the Berlin Regional Court
The low-cost airline Wizz Air was defeated by the Berlin Regional Court in the first instance with regard to the controversial “assignment processing fee”. The lowcoster uses these when passengers apply for the enforcement of claims
Leipzig-Frankfurt only by rail
Lufthansa will no longer fly between Leipzig / Halle and Frankfurt am Main in the future. Instead, they rely on a cooperation with Deutsche Bahn. There should be special areas in the trains
DHL expands the freighter fleet
Four converted Boeing 767-300s will be used by DHL Express in the future. In this way, the group wants to meet the high requirements and continue to modernize the intercontinental fleet in order to be able to do so in the future
Condor is back in Leipzig
As of today, Condor will take off again from Leipzig / Halle Airport. The holiday airline has two Airbus A321s and is offering up to 24 departures per week in the current summer season. Approached
