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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
Lufthansa supervisory board extends contracts with Foerster and Niggemann
The Lufthansa Supervisory Board decided on Wednesday that the contracts with Executive Board members Christina Foerster and Michael Niggemann would be extended by five years until December 31, 2027. At the same time
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
Munich: Significantly more flights during Easter
Around Easter, the airlines have planned around 3.600 flights from Munich. The airport expects increased demand. This results among other things from the lifting of the German travel warning for the
Comeback: Flixbus will run again from March 25, 2021
The long-distance bus company Flixbus will reactivate its domestic service on March 25, 2021 on some international routes. For the time being, they want to serve around 40 destinations within the Federal Republic of Germany. Also the comeback
Bavaria: Söder sees trips from Pentecost "very optimistic"
The discussion about compulsory testing for those returning to Mallorca does not stop in Germany. Now the eloquent Markus Söder (CSU), Prime Minister of Bavaria, calls for such an approach and closes it
MUC: Argo Al becomes the first “LabCampus” customer
The next major milestone for the LabCampus innovation center being built at Munich Airport: Argo AI, a US technology company in the field of autonomous driving, becomes its first customer. The company founded in 2016 becomes a
MUC: Electric “elephant” de-icing planes
The fleet of de-icing vehicles at Munich Airport has now received particularly environmentally friendly support: the fully electric “Elephant e-BETA” from Danish manufacturer Vestergaard has been with EFM since the beginning of the week
Stuttgart: Lauda distributes “blue letters”
The first employees of the Lauda base in Stuttgart, according to their own statements, found their termination in the mailbox in the past few days. At the same time, an internal mail in the base takes care of professionalism
Lauda base Stuttgart will be closed
The management of the Austrian airline Lauda sent the employees of the Stuttgart base bad news on Friday. The base will be closed and all employees will receive the notice. Lead as a justification
Corona crisis also hit Stuttgart hard
The effects of the corona pandemic are also clearly noticeable in the number of passengers at Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport. The largest airport in the German state of Baden-Württemberg recorded a 2020 percent rate in the first half of 68,2
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
Air Malta with 22 destinations in summer
The state carrier is announcing its comeback in regular service, but only a few days ago 70 pilots who had been terminated were asked to return their uniforms. These were in garbage bags in front of the Air Malta headquarters in
Eurowings is forcing passengers to use the check-in counter
The Lufthansa subsidiary encourages “avoid unnecessary contact at the airport” by means of web check-in, but instead of a boarding pass it is requested to collect it personally at the counter. The company says that
Eurowings presents Corona travel assistant
After the umbrella association of airlines (IATA) presented the Covid-19 map, Eurowings is now also presenting an in-house travel assistant: the “Eurowings Flight Guide” is intended to help people with entry regulations, which often change at short notice
Lauda: Ryanair takes over in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart
Instead of OE flight numbers, the FR code will be used from Düsseldorf and Stuttgart in the future. The flights will, however, continue to be operated with the Lauda A320. It will be in Stuttgart and Düsseldorf
Germany: Lauda only flies wet leases
In future, Lauda will not operate any flights for its own account, but only ACMI services for Ryanair from Stuttgart and Düsseldorf. According to the management, this should not be done in Vienna and Palma de Mallorca
Tuifly is out of Basel, Paderborn and Cologne / Bonn
The holiday airline Tuifly wants to start the summer flight schedule for 17 with just 737 Boeing 800-2021s. The carrier will no longer be present from Basel, Paderborn and Cologne / Bonn. The long-haul plans are also in place
Wisag receives license extension in Cologne / Bonn
The ground handling service provider Wisag will continue to operate at Cologne / Bonn Airport. This prevailed in a tender and was granted a license extension for the next seven years. Wisag
Klagenfurt: Eurowings extends flight break
After Germany also classified Carinthia as a risk area, the airline Eurowings reacted to this decision. The “break”, which should actually end on November 16, 2020, will last until at least December 18
BER: Terminal 5 will be temporarily closed
The corona pandemic is forcing Berlin's capital city airport to make further cuts. As the airport company FBB announced, Terminal 5 of BER is to close from February 23 for an initial year. As a reason
Auction: Tegel inventory under the hammer
Berlin-Tegel Airport closed its doors at the end of October 2020. Now the inventory comes under the hammer. Anyone who has a bench, screen or even a snow plow in the apartment or in
Green Airlines stops selling Karlsruhe-Berlin
The startup Green Airlines has already postponed the start of charter flights between Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Berlin-Brandenburg several times. It was supposed to start next week, but sales have now ceased. A new date for
Germany is examining the factual cessation of air traffic
The German federal government is currently examining massive restrictions on air traffic to Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is even said in the German media that she would prefer to ban all travel in general.
BER: Operator expects improvement from 2025
The airport company FBB is once again meeting in crisis mode. The Supervisory Board does not anticipate a recovery in air traffic to the pre-crisis level until 2025. The originally scheduled two-day strategy conference was based on the current
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
