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“Wrong” vaccine: Air Montenegro suspends Frankfurt
The young airline Air Montenegro suffers the first setback, because the Podgorica-Frankfurt route has to be temporarily suspended. The background to this is the fact that Germany has put the Balkan state on the high-risk list.
Relaunch: Condor flies from Frankfurt to Toronto again
Just in time for the opening of the Canadian border: Yesterday a Condor flight took off for the first time from Frankfurt in the direction of Toronto in Canada. Connections to Halifax, Nova Scotia will also be back this week
AUA hands over the last decentralized routes to Air Dolomiti and Eurowings
The last decentralized Austrian Airlines routes will soon be history, because the Innsbruck-Frankfurt route will be taken over by the sister company Air Dolomiti from the end of October 2021. That would leave only Graz-Düsseldorf,
Lufthansa is again issuing digital boarding passes
On many routes, passengers of the Lufthansa Group did not receive a boarding pass after checking in online, but instead received a request to pick them up at the check-in counter. Document control, so the reason. That changes now for
Lufthansa: Spohr expects a long, cold winter
At the moment, Lufthansa no longer has any hope that the availability of vaccines against Covid-19 will lead to a rapid and permanent recovery in aviation. CEO Carsten Spohr reckons
Eurowings Discover puts Las Vegas on the back burner
Eurowings Discover actually wanted to fly between Frankfurt am Main and the casino metropolis Las Vegas from October 2021. Due to the long-term entry restrictions in the United States of America
Munich: Tuifly takes off again
After a “Corona break” lasting several months, Tuifly resumed flight operations in Munich. The offer is to be gradually increased to 27 weekly rotations. The German holiday airline Tuifly celebrated its comeback on Thursday
Wirecard bankruptcy affects aviation
Some popular “frequent flyer cards” can no longer be used with immediate effect. UK withdrew its license from WDCS. The bankruptcy of the German Wirecard AG now also affects prepaid and debit cards,
Munich partially puts T1 into operation
Terminal 1 of the Franz Josef Strauss Airport was closed at the beginning of the Corona crisis. Now it is partially reactivated. Terminal 1 of Munich Airport, which was temporarily closed to passenger operations as a result of the corona crisis
DHL builds a new cargo center in Munich
In 2022, the Express subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG will commission a new building that will be built on two parking lots. DHL Express is erecting the space at Munich Airport
Eurowings relies on Varna and Burgas
Eurowings is further expanding its route portfolio towards Southeast Europe and will be flying to the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria for the first time this summer - the holiday destinations Varna and Burgas will be added. The whole program
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
BER: start of construction for second hotel
Investor Dietz is building a 3-star intercity hotel on Willy-Brandt-Platz directly in front of Terminal 1. Dietz AG is building a 1-star intercity hotel directly in front of Terminal 3 of the new Berlin Brandenburg airport. The six-story accommodation
Easyjet: Verdi calls for protest
Easyjet has announced that it will cut its Berlin base in half due to the corona problems. That would mean the end for almost 50 percent of the workforce. Now the Verdi union is calling for a protest. This
PNR data transfer: Germany threatens trouble from Brussels
Why do you currently have to fill out forms when entering many countries? Air travelers ask themselves this question quite often, because due to the passenger data regulation, the authorities have access to anyway
Volocopter and Deutsche Bahn are working on freight drones
The air taxi pioneer Volocopter and the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Schenker are now working together on the development of a freight drone. In the coming year, the commercial proof of the necessity is to be provided. At DB
Berlin: First sightseeing flights with e-air taxis
At a price of 300 euros, Volocopter offers sightseeing flights with so-called electric air taxis. According to its own information, these are the world's first commercial flights. These will be during
Rhein-Neckar Air flies to Berlin-Tegel and Hamburg again
It was quiet around the German travel company Rhein-Neckar Air. Until now: After a six-month Corona break, the regional airline flies back to Berlin-Tegel and Hamburg. When the popular destination Sylt will be back in
