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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
Eurowings Discover is adding two more short-haul routes to the summer flight schedule
With Montpellier in southern France and Monastir in Tunisia, the holiday airline is expanding its recently published 2023 summer flight schedule from Frankfurt to include two more attractive holiday destinations. Between June 23rd and September 8th
Frankfurt: Air Dolomiti takes over five more routes
Within the Lufthansa Group, the operation of five routes from Frankfurt am Main is to be reorganized in the first quarter of 2023. In the future, these will be operated by Air Dolomiti with Embraer
Condor announces long-haul flights from Munich and Düsseldorf
The German holiday airline Condor wants to offer long-haul flights from Düsseldorf and Munich again in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. For the time being, the planned routes from the two German cities are to be served with Boeing 767s.
Lufthansa Airbus A350 “Munich” – first aircraft with improved business class
An Airbus A350-900 with the registration D-AIVC was christened in the name of the city of Munich by the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder today at Munich Airport. The plane takes off immediately
Munich Airport flies a big loss
Traffic development at Munich Airport in the 2021 financial year was still heavily influenced by the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic. The bottom line is a big minus. The group-wide sales generated by the
MUC: United Airlines flies to Denver for the first time
United Airlines is expanding its route offering to destinations in the USA from Munich. Two more connections to the United States are now on the schedule. For the first time
Eurowings Discover with up to 21 aircraft in summer 2022
The holiday airline Eurowings Discover plans to increase its fleet to 21 aircraft by the end of this year. This will involve ten Airbus A320 and eleven A330 in own operation, confirmed
Winter 2022: Corendon Europe is launching additional holiday routes from Germany
Corendon Airlines Europe's 2022/2023 winter flight schedule continues to take shape. New connections to Egypt and Agadir are being established from Düsseldorf and Hanover. You can also take the train from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Eurowings is adding four new destinations to the winter flight schedule
Eurowings has four new winter destinations in Sweden, Finland and Norway on its flight schedule: from the beginning of December, the airline will be flying to four new destinations in Northern Europe from Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. Starts from Düsseldorf
STR: Play is flying to Reykjavik next summer
The Icelandic airline Play plans to fly from Stuttgart to Reykjavik from the beginning of June 2022. The state capital will then head to the island twice a week. The tight
Summer 2022: Play announces four new routes
The Icelandic low-cost airline Play has announced further destinations with Prague, Bologna, Lisbon and Stuttgart that will be served from Keflavik. The inclusion of this is for the months of May and June
2021: Nuremberg had 1,1 million passengers
The Bavarian Nuremberg Airport counted around 2021 million passengers in 1,1. This was around 16 percent above the volume in 2020, but around a quarter below
NUE: More than 60 summer destinations can already be booked now
In the summer flight schedule, more than 60 destinations can be reached non-stop from Nuremberg Airport again from the end of March and most of them can already be booked. There are 14 new ones for city travelers alone
Nuremberg: busy before the doldrums
The Bavarian Nuremberg Airport expects around 600 take-offs and landings during the Christmas holidays. Between December 23, 2021 and January 9, 2022 there will be around 100.000 seats in scheduled and charter services
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
Easter: Eurowings launches another 50 Palma flights
According to various booking portals, the current high demand for flights between Germany and Palma de Mallorca has resulted in prices rising significantly. The airlines reject allegations that one “as possible
Easter: Sundair expands its Palma program considerably
The German holiday airline Sundair is expanding its flight program to Palma de Mallorca around the Easter holidays. The demand has risen sharply in the last few days, since the Federal Republic
Now online too: Eurowings turns vacant center seats into cash
For some time now, Eurowings has been offering the reservation of a vacant middle seat against payment. Previously this was only possible by phone, but now passengers who want more space can do so
Düsseldorf: First Lauda employees lose lawsuits
In Germany, numerous former Laudamotion employees at the Stuttgart and Düsseldorf bases, which were closed in the previous year, are suing against their dismissals. Now there are first judgments of the first instance in North Rhine-Westphalia: The lawsuits were dated
Eurowings wins three consumer awards
The low-cost airline Eurowings was able to win a total of three prizes as part of the “German Customer Awards 2020/21”. According to a press release, the carrier scored in the categories of customer satisfaction, customer service and value for money. The airline is from
From Cologne and Berlin: Easyjet is launching two new routes
The low-cost airline Easyjet has launched two new routes from Germany for the 2022 summer flight schedule. These are offered from Cologne/Bonn or Berlin and are limited to the season for the time being. First you want from
Cologne: Ryanair changes flight plan to Malaga and Valencia
Low-cost airline Ryanair will fly to two Spanish destinations more frequently from Cologne/Bonn in the 2022 summer flight schedule. The increase on the routes to Valencia and Malaga should be completed at the beginning of May 2022. Currently
Swissport takes over passenger services for Eurowings in Cologne/Bonn
Eurowings has commissioned Swissport to take over the check-in and gate services for passengers at Cologne/Bonn Airport and to coordinate the fleet's aircraft handling. The Swiss service provider has one in Germany
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
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
Lufthansa Group tested all passengers for the first time
The Lufthansa Group carried out the first flights on Thursday, on which all passengers had to pass a rapid antigen test. These led from Vienna to Hamburg and back as well as from Munich
Lufthansa Technik is downsizing the board
Lufthansa Technik AG will in future be managed by a three-person Executive Board. Constanze Hufenbecher and Antonio Schulthess will leave the company at the end of the year. In the course of this, a position on the executive committee
Lufthansa starts quick tests on Munich-Hamburg
After Austrian Airlines, the parent company Lufthansa is also starting its first test run with rapid antigen tests. From November 12, 2020, passengers will be tested free of charge on selected routes between Munich and Hamburg. who
From November 12, 2020: Mandatory rapid tests at Austrian Airlines
Without any legal basis, Austrian Airlines will be introducing from November 12th that a quick antigen test must be completed before departure. For the time being, this is limited to courses OS171 / 172 (Vienna-Hamburg-Vienna). A negative one
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
El Al is ramping up the Germany offer again
The airline El Al is planning to fly more frequently to Germany again in the 2022 summer flight schedule. 21 weekly rotations from Tel Aviv to German airports are currently planned. El Al intended
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
Germany: Ryanair announces eight more routes
The low-cost airline Ryanair announces the inclusion of eight additional routes from Germany. These are offered from Nuremberg, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Memmingen and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. According to their own statements, the summer flight schedule is in place
BER opens Terminal 2: Ryanair becomes the main user
A year and a half after the opening of the new capital city airport BER, the second newly built terminal is also going online. Low-cost carrier Ryanair will be the first airline to take off on March 24 with passengers,
BER counts almost one million passengers in February
After the slow start to 2022 due to the pandemic, the first signs of a recovery in passenger numbers at BER can be seen in February. In total, took off and landed in the past month
Berlin wants to provide first aid to Ukraine refugees in the former Tegel Airport
The city of Berlin wants to use the former Berlin-Tegel Airport as an initial reception center for refugees from the war zone Ukraine. Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) explained, among other things, that the previous arrival center in Reinickendorf
No AUA tickets on Leipzig-Nuremberg: why actually?
Austrian Airlines will be active in domestic German air traffic until the end of October 2020. At least at first glance, because point-to-point tickets are not sold between Leipzig and Nuremberg. Why actually? Is that about
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
