
Michael Kühne is the second largest Lufthansa shareholder
Deutsche Lufthansa AG has gained a new major shareholder in logistics entrepreneur Michael Kühne. This has increased its stake by 4,04 percent, reports the Handelsblatt, citing the latest

Condor can continue to use Lufthansa feeders for the time being
In the ongoing dispute over the Lufthansa feeder flights, there is now a temporary interim solution for Condor, because the holiday airline can use it until October 30, 2022. A final decision by the German Federal Cartel Office

Spohr: New foundation will be “a kind of second city line”
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr wants to set up a kind of "Cityline clone" for short and medium-haul flights from Frankfurt am Main and Munich. During the press conference about the annual figures, he gave more details

Frankfurt: Condor has reactivated Las Vegas
The German leisure airline Condor has reactivated non-stop flights from Frankfurt to Las Vegas under flight number DE2062. The route will now be served on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday traffic days. "We

Lufthansa remains deep in the red
The Lufthansa Group closed the 2021 financial year with an adjusted EBIT of EUR -2,2 billion. This was significantly better than in the first Corona year, because in 2020

Air Dolomiti takes delivery of two Embraer 195s from Cityline
The Italian Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti is adding two Embraer 195 regional jets to its fleet. These will carry the registrations I-JENB and I-ADJZ and should be available in the next few weeks

United is ramping up Germany routes again
United Airlines is gradually increasing its presence in the Federal Republic of Germany. The carrier announced that the destination San Francisco will be offered again from Munich in June 2021.

MUC: Airlines are planning more flights over the Whitsun holidays
Munich Airport expects significant increases in flights, travel destinations and passengers during the Bavarian Whitsun holidays. For the period from May 21 to June 6, 2021 inclusive, according to the previous

Romanian startup Flylili squinted at Munich
A new airline was founded in Bucharest under the name Flylili. The AOC and operating license have not yet been granted, but the search for pilots and flight attendants is already in progress

With Condor: Schauinsland-Reisen launches long-haul full charter
The tour operator Schauinsland will be offering charter flights to Punta Cana from Düsseldorf and Munich from October 2021. According to the press release, the operating airline is Condor. From NRW there should be two flights a week

MUC: Turkish Airlines Cargo opens new freight connection to Istanbul
A new liner service is now available for fast freight transport from Munich to Istanbul - and onward flights to many Asian destinations. Turkish Airlines Cargo has now for the first time

Munich starts selling Sustainable Aviation Fuels
From June 1, 2021, airlines can also refuel with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at Munich Airport. After a detailed technical examination, the tank farm at the airport for climate-friendly fuels is now the future

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

Curious: Lauda Europe is courting fired Lauda employees
The flying personnel at the Lauda base in Stuttgart were terminated a few weeks ago and are due to leave the company on October 31, 2020. There are alternative uses for the flight attendants and pilots

Flight attendants warn: Corona protection is inadequate
A few weeks ago, the Spanish trade union complained about protective masks that were not made available to Lauda staff at the Palma de Mallorca base, which did not comply with local legislation. Well was

Germany: Verdi does not sign Lauda key issues paper
The deadline for approval of the new collective agreement expired on Thursday evening. Verdi now stated that it will not be signed due to a majority rejection by the German Lauda workforce. In the struggle for

Etihad puts Vienna on hold
The golf carrier will return to Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Munich and Zurich in mid-July 2020, but the new destination Vienna will have to wait longer. Etihad Airways had actually wanted it since May 22nd

WDL flies for Air France again
In the middle of the Corona crisis, the German airline, WDL Aviation, managed to find a client for wet lease flights. The carrier has been flying for Air up to twice a day since July 3, 2020

Heringsdorf with only one line connection
Usedom is an extremely popular holiday destination in Germany and Poland. However, the flight offer is extremely meager this season. Heringsdorf Airport still has to wait for additional scheduled flights, because apart from that

Eurowings introduces new sales manager
Oliver Schmitt rose to the management of the low-cost airline. Now Lufthansa manager Michael Efert is taking over his previous agendas. With Michael Efert, the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has appointed a new head of sales, who is also at the same time

David O'Brien: “We can't give job guarantees”
The Lauda managing directors David O'Brien and Andreas Gruber gave themselves informative, but determined, to the German employees in virtual company meetings on Thursday. The pressure is great and a closure of the bases

Tuifly continues wet lease contract for Eurowings
Actually, the Lufthansa Group declared at the beginning of the corona pandemic that it had ended all wet lease agreements. Actually, because Helvetic Airways continues to fly for Swiss and Tuifly will be back soon

S7 Airlines announces Hanover and Cologne
The Russian Oneworld member S7 Airlines has announced the addition of two routes to Germany for May 2021. From May 3, 2021, the carrier plans to fly once a week between Moscow-Domodedovo and Hanover. Three

Fly Erbil announces Cologne / Bonn
The “virtual” airline Fly Erbil plans to fly once a week between Erbil and Cologne / Bonn from April 28, 2021. The operational implementation is to be carried out by UR Airlines with Boeing 737-400. Primary

Fire alarm technology: BER is getting additional cameras
Additional cameras are to be installed at the new BER airport in the capital to avoid false alarms from the fire alarm system. Corresponding tests with additional reporting technology begin this month, according to a company spokesman for the German Press Agency

Mallorca effect: BER records slight growth
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport recorded a slight upward trend in March 2021. In direct comparison with February 2021, I had around 73.000 passengers. 220.250 travelers were counted. The decisive factor should be

BER changes to the southern slope
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport currently only uses the northern runway. That will change from April 1, 2021, because in future the two slopes will be used alternately. Hence the planes are starting

Tui is getting closer and closer to the pre-crisis level
Bookings for summer trips are gradually picking up at the German travel group Tui. The booking numbers were unchanged at an "encouraging" level of 2,8 million guests, Tui announced today before the Annual General Meeting.

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: Ryanair continues to increase the offer
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is increasing its offer around Easter. The carrier flies back to Porto from Berlin, Cologne / Bonn, Memmingen and Frankfurt am Main. From Germany's largest airport