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Summer 2022: Air Baltic is expanding its presence in Germany
The Latvian airline Air Baltic is increasing its presence on the German market in the 2022 summer flight schedule. From the new base in Tampere (Finland), the destinations Frankfurt will be served from May 2022
Germany: Verdi calls on security personnel to go on strike again
The Verdi union is again calling on security personnel at numerous German commercial airports for a 22-hour strike on Tuesday, March 2022, 24. Hamburg Airport assumes that most
Frankfurt: Eurowings Discover takes on Palma de Mallorca
In the 2022 summer flight schedule, Eurowings Discover will also fly to Palma de Mallorca twice a week from Frankfurt am Main. The first flight is announced for June 1, 2022. the
From March 27, 2022: Frankfurt opens the visitor terrace
After a two-year ban, the visitor terrace at Frankfurt Airport is reopening. A so-called family event will be held on March 27, 2022 to mark this occasion. the
Frankfurt: Sheraton has opened a new lounge
A new lounge is now available in the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport Hotel & Conference Center. This is primarily reserved for guests in Club Rooms and Suites and Platinum Elite members of the Marriott loyalty program.
Aerologic: Cockpit Association criticizes negotiations with Verdi
The Aerologic pilots represented by the Cockpit Association have been on strike again since Monday night. The workers' representatives are now criticizing management for wanting to start collective bargaining with other unions. At the same time claims
Munich sees itself as the "gateway to the world for the Baltic States"
The Latvian airline Air Baltic now offers the destinations Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius from Munich. The Bavarian airport now describes itself as the “gateway to the world for the Baltic States”.
Air Dolomiti flies from Milan Linate to Munich
From June 7th, the airline will connect the Milan airport with the German hub twice a day. The flights will be codeshared with the Embraer 195 from Monday to Sunday
MUC: Flock of sheep triggers harmless police operation
What happened: The police had to move up because a herd of almost 500 sheep, including donkeys and horses, were grazing too close to the airport. Because of an increased risk of bird strikes, the police
Refurbishment: Munich closes the southern runway
From May 1, 2021, Munich Airport will handle all air traffic via the northern runway. The reason for this is that the southern runway is being completely refurbished. This should be until 31.
Munich: Air Dolomiti postpones Forli again
For some time now, Air Dolomiti has wanted to establish a non-stop connection between Forli, Italy and Munich. So far, this has not happened because the one originally announced on December 1, 2020
Lufthansa is setting up its own vaccination centers
Lufthansa has set up its own vaccination centers in Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg so that employees can independently vaccinate the coronavirus. According to a spokesman, a capacity is believed to be around
Lübeck: “Climate protectors” wanted to prevent first flight
Accompanied by protests, the first scheduled flight after a long break from Lübeck-Blankensee airport took place on Monday morning. The in-house brand Lübeck Air, operated by Air Alsie, now offers connections to
Air France-KLM opens three lounges in Germany
The French-Dutch aviation group Air France-KLM reopened the lounges in Munich, Stuttgart and Berlin-Tegel. These were temporarily closed at the beginning of the corona pandemic in Europe. The exclusive waiting areas at the
Eurowings announces additional routes
Eurowings will operate a total of 26 routes from Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Cologne / Bonn and Berlin. These are mostly holiday destinations, but also some city destinations, as the carrier announced. "Also
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
Lauda increases the pressure on German employees
If no collective agreement for the staff in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart is signed with Verdi on Thursday and the employees refuse their consent by July 7, 2020, all should be terminated.
Austria does not ban flights from NRW
The Austrian Ministry of Health will continue to land machines that took off in North Rhine-Westphalia. Previously there were rumors that a ban could be pronounced. After the massive corona outbreak in the district
Eurowings is pausing Klagenfurt-Cologne even longer
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is extending the flight break on the Klagenfurt-Cologne / Bonn route until at least April 1, 2021. The carrier actually wanted to fly again in February 2021, but again because of the two sides
In jukeboxes: Cologne customs find 3.240 cartons of cigarettes
Customs found a total of 3.240 cartons of cigarettes in eight freight shipments sent from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom at Cologne / Bonn Airport. According to the main customs office, these were hidden in music boxes that were still there
Berlin: Sylt will be the only domestic Easyjet destination
The low-cost airline Easyjet will not reactivate the domestic German routes from Berlin to Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn, Munich and Stuttgart for the time being. This explained Germany boss Stephan Erler to the tourist newspaper FVW. A single domestic German
Berlin: Ryanair is planning 45 summer destinations
Due to the - at least officially - temporary closure of BER Terminal 5 ("Ex-Schönefeld"), the low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air also moved to the new building that opened in October 2020. Of the
BER boss calls for partial debt relief
The capital city airport has been in financial difficulties not only since the beginning of the CoV pandemic. Airport boss Engelbert Lütke-Daldrup is therefore campaigning for partial debt relief. FBB carries a burden of 4,5 billion
From Tuesday only corona vaccinations in BER Terminal 5
On February 22, 2021, BER Terminal 5 will be used for the last time for the handling of passengers. The former Schönefeld building will initially go offline for one year. After that she wants
BER: Suspected gang of thieves withdrawn from circulation
For three suspected notebook thieves, the journey ends before it has even started. The German federal police have arrested three men who appear to have 30 stolen laptops in their luggage
German government insists on “Protz-Terminal” at BER
The German federal government needs a “representative government terminal” at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. No matter what the cost, it just has to be there. They stick to the construction of this super VIP check-in facility, walk out of one
Next breakdown: BER is struggling with temperature problems
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport just can't get out of the headlines: Because it is too cold in the main hall of Terminal 2020, which opened at the end of October 1, passenger handling was moved to the
