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Frankfurt is also affected: Bamboo Airways is suspending long-haul flights
The Vietnamese airline Bamboo Airlines is withdrawing from the long-haul business. As a result, operations of the Boeing 787-9 fleet will be terminated. You want to focus on it in the future
Ita takeover: Lufthansa faces bureaucratic headwind from the EU Commission
The EU Commission appears to be examining Lufthansa's entry into Ita Airways particularly closely, as the authority is demanding a "notification document" of around 600 pages, some of which contains quite unusual information
Israel and Lebanon: Lufthansa Group flights remain suspended
For security reasons, the Lufthansa Group airlines will not serve destinations in Israel and Lebanon as scheduled until at least October 31, 2023. This extends the flight break, which is due to the
Coffee spilled on your leg: Lufthansa offers $500 in compensation
In July 2023, a mishap occurred on board a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest: a 19-year-old ordered a coffee that was accidentally served by the flight attendant
Fraport is converting apron vehicles to electric drives
The airport operator Fraport is gradually converting its vehicle fleet to electric drives. At the same time, the charging infrastructure at Germany's largest air traffic hub is being expanded and further developed. Today it still works conventionally, using electricity
Condor is temporarily suspending Tbilisi and Yerevan
The German holiday airline Condor will not fly between Frankfurt am Main and Tbilisi in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. Said route will be temporarily suspended over the winter of 2023/24. For summer 2024 is
Widerøe postpones Hamburg and Munich flights
The Norwegian airline Widerøe is postponing the resumption of its routes from Bergen to Hamburg and Munich to the beginning of June 2023
Smartlynx connects Munich with Ras Al Khaimah
The Latvian airline Smartlynx will connect Munich with Ras Al Khaimah from autumn 2023. The air traffic from Munich to Ras Al Khaimah was organized and initiated by the tour operator FTI
Chisinau: Flyone announces more European routes
The low-cost airline Flyone is planning to add further routes to Western Europe to its route network in addition to the already known new additions. These are to be served from the end of June 2023. It deals
Winter 2023/24: Condor reactivates Agadir flights
The German airline Condor intends to reactivate flights to Agadir from four German airports in the 2023 winter flight schedule. For the time being, these are seasonal routes. Condor already had Agadir in
Bavarian Airlines: Burst dream of an “airline boss”
Bavarian Airlines has recently caused a sensation because the startup was planning to compete against Lufthansa in the future. This is now a thing of the past. Falsehoods will not be given to the Founder
From Frankfurt and Munich: Lufthansa is increasing flights to China
After initial hesitation, Lufthansa is gradually increasing services from the Frankfurt am Main and Munich hubs in the direction of Shanghai and Beijing. The increases will take effect in the 2023 summer timetable. Shanghai should
SAS takes on Oslo-Stuttgart
The airline SAS will operate a non-stop connection between Oslo and Stuttgart in the 2023 summer flight schedule. The Scandinavian airline flies up to twice a week on Thursdays during the height of summer in July and August
Eurowings flies between Stockholm and Stuttgart
At the start of the 2023 summer timetable period, Eurowings will be offering non-stop flights between Stuttgart and Stockholm-Arlanda. The group maintains bases at both airports. The first flight is scheduled for March 26, 2023. for now
Germany's first electric de-icer in use at Stuttgart Airport
Season start for polar bears at the STR: At low temperatures, aircraft often need to be de-iced before take-off – the latest additions to the electric fleet are arriving at the state airport this winter
Tus Airways is significantly reducing its presence in Germany
The Cypriot Tus Airways actually wanted to fly to Paphos from Nuremberg, Hamburg and Düsseldorf in the current 2022 summer timetable period. Actually, because the current state of things one has
Nuremberg: Global Airways flies for Corendon Europe
The newly founded airline Global Airways, based in Vilnius, started commercial flight operations on May 21, 2022. So far, only one Airbus A320-200 is on the new provider's AOC
1. FC Nürnberg got its own “Club Gate”.
Nuremberg Airport has designed a gate and passenger boarding bridge in the design of Bundesliga soccer club 1. FC Nürnberg. This was officially opened on Wednesday by the airport managers and representatives of the sports club. Already
Azores Airlines starts direct flights from Dusseldorf to New York JFK
The Portuguese airline Azores Airlines will be offering direct flights once a week between Düsseldorf and New York JFK from the beginning of June 2022. These are real direct flights and not non-stop flights, because
Summer 2022: Eurowings is flying to more destinations than ever before
For the first time, the airline has more than 140 routes on its list - and thus more destinations than ever before. With around 2.500 flights a week, the Eurowings offer is almost reached again
Eurowings is further expanding Friends & Relatives routes
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is continuing to expand so-called ethnic air traffic in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. Various routes that are also aimed at people with friends and relatives at the destinations,
Eurowings is giving away free center seats
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is temporarily offering the middle seat in the Airbus fleet to be kept vacant free of charge. This is also made possible with a high degree of probability because the demand on those routes
Chişinău: FlyOne announces new EU targets
The low-cost airline FlyOne plans to add further routes to the European Union in the summer flight schedule of 2022. From Chişinău, the capital of the Republic of Moldova, there are now also flights to Düsseldorf. The carrier
Eurowings has sold 100.000 vacant center seats
Since summer 2020, Eurowings has been offering the middle seat in the Airbus fleet to remain free for a surcharge. The carrier announced that this week the option to
Cologne/Bonn: Nile Air starts Cairo flights
The Egyptian airline Nile Air will operate a non-stop connection between Cairo and Cologne/Bonn from June 18, 2023. Medium-haul jets of the Airbus A320 type are to be used as aircraft. The provider is
Summer 2023: Air Arabia Maroc flies Cologne/Bonn-Tanger
In the 2023 summer timetable, Air Arabia Maroc will also be offering non-stop flights from Cologne/Bonn to Tanger-Boukhalef. The route is to be served until the beginning of September 2023 for the time being. A continuation in winter 2023 is
Nouvelair with additional routes from Cologne and Munster
The low-cost airline Nouvelair Tunisie will offer three more seasonal routes to/from Germany in the 2023 summer timetable. The new additions relate to Cologne/Bonn and Münster/Osnabrück airports. From the last-named airport, the
Dortmund closure: some Wizz routes are no longer available
In a press release, Dortmund Airport regrets the closure of the local Wizz Air base, but emphasizes that the Hungarian carrier will continue to be active from this airport. Accordingly, Wizz Air wants
Dortmund: Wizz Air closes only base in Germany
It was only in June of the previous year that the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air opened its first base in Germany at Dortmund Airport. It will be closed on October 24, 2021. In an aviation
Dortmund Airport draws half-yearly results
In the first half of 2021, a total of 423.244 passengers used Dortmund Airport for their trip. That is 22 percent less than in 2020 and 67 percent less than in the pre-crisis year 2019. From
Contract: FraSec takes over Siko in Hamburg
At Hamburg Airport there will be a change in the security company commissioned with the implementation on February 1, 2022. The Fraport subsidiary FraSec will then take over the passenger and baggage checks. Client
IG Metall threatens Airbus with further strikes
Things are simmering again between Airbus Germany and the IG Metall trade union. The collective bargaining was interrupted on Friday without result. The employee representatives are threatening renewed warning strikes. This time the unionists have the table
HAM: Airport is planting another 50 hectares of new forest on its own land
At almost 111 years of age, Hamburg Airport is not only the oldest international airport at the original location - due to its long history, Hamburg Airport also includes agricultural areas and high-quality nature reserves
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
Hamburg: Turkish Airlines increases Turkey offer
The Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines is expanding its presence at Hamburg Airport. From the end of November 2021, the number of weekly flights to Istanbul Sabiha-Gökçen Airport will be doubled. Additionally will
October 2021: Hamburg reports 953.000 passengers
Hamburg Airport handled around 2021 passengers in October 953.000. This value corresponds roughly to 58 percent of the performance that could be achieved in 2019. Compared to October
BER Airport with 19,85 million passengers in 2022
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport was used by 2022 million passengers in 19,85. In a direct comparison with 2021, there was a significant increase, because back then there were 9,95 million travelers. However lies
Summer 2023: El Al with 25 weekly Israel connections from Germany
The airline El Al will offer 2023 rotations per week between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany in the 25 summer timetable. With up to eleven weekly rotations, you control the capital Berlin
German Airways flies 1. FC Union Berlin to the training camp
The footballers of 1. FC Union Berlin are on a special flight from German Airways to their training camp. The athletes and their support staff are there under flight number ZQ966 from Berlin
Easyjet cancels some routes from Germany and Switzerland
Contrary to original plans, the low-cost airline Easyjet will not be offering some routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In German-speaking countries, the airports in Basel, Geneva, Berlin, Cologne and Innsbruck are primarily affected.
Air Serbia flies more frequently to Vienna and Berlin
Only recently, Wizz Air announced that it would add five new routes from Belgrade and, for example, also fly to Berlin in the future. In the meantime, top dog Air Serbia has reacted and flies on some routes as well
Berlin: Air Malta Airbus A320 suffered bird strike
The airline Air Malta suffered a bird strike on December 31, 2022 involving the Airbus A320 with registration 9H-AEP. This happened shortly after take-off at the airport
Cargo: Leipzig again on record course
Over the year as a whole, Leipzig / Halle Airport was able to increase cargo throughput by 18,4 percent to 1.025.187 tons. This broke the 1 million ton mark for the first time in the company's history in August.
European Air Charter starts for FTI from Leipzig and Düsseldorf
On September 3, at 08:25 am, the first FTI full charter flight with the new partner European Air Charter took off from Leipzig / Halle Airport. An Airbus A320 from European Air Charter is still flying for FTI
Leipzig: large contingent of police because of climate demonstrators
Because of around 100 cycling demonstrators, the police arrived on Saturday with a large contingent at Leipzig / Halle Airport. They even had a squadron on site to keep the activists in check
