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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
Lufthansa wants to outsource short and medium-haul routes to a new subsidiary
The most recent negotiations between Lufthansa and the Cockpit Association have not resulted in a compromise. Now the Kranich Group wants a new subsidiary that will handle short and medium-haul routes from Frankfurt and Munich
Air Dolomiti trains in Innsbruck
The Italian airline Air Dolomiti has registered for Tuesday and Wednesday at Innsbruck Airport. The carrier's pilots train with Embraer 195s at this airport. That has its good side
Lufthansa no longer flies over Russia
Lufthansa decided on Saturday that Russian airspace would no longer be used with immediate effect. As a result, connections LH718 (Munich-Seoul) and LH716 (Frankfurt-Haneda)
Frankfurt: Condor takes on Johannesburg
The German holiday airline Condor is planning to offer a total of 2022 long-haul destinations in the 23/21 winter flight schedule. With Johannesburg, a new destination is offered from Frankfurt am Main, which is served on Mondays and Fridays
Also in the DA-CH region: Air Canada announces a big comeback
Canadian Star Alliance member Air Canada announces that the flight connection between Toronto and Vienna will be reactivated effective March 26, 2022. Gradually from March 1, 2022
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
Delta is back in Munich
From Bavaria back across the pond: Delta Air Lines has resumed flight operations from Munich to the USA. The carrier has been connecting the Bavarian capital since August 2nd
TAP celebrates its Munich comeback
TAP Air Portugal is resuming its flights from Munich: The Portuguese Arline brings passengers from Munich Airport to Lisbon twice a day. An Airbus aircraft of the type A330-900neo will be flown, like
CityLine returned last A340-300
Lufthansa CityLine has ended the operation of long-haul Airbus A340-300 aircraft. The six machines were moved back to the AOC of the parent company, a company spokesman confirmed to CH-Aviation.com. In the years
Munich-Graz will be included in October 2020
Lufthansa announces the resumption of five further European destinations from the Munich hub. From September 7, 2020, Sibiu / Hermannstadt, Kiev, Gothenburg and Marseille will be served again. October 5th
Munich improves rail connections
While other construction projects cannot (yet) be implemented due to the corona crisis, the “Erdinger Ringschluss” project has reached a further milestone: The Bavarian Transport Minister Kerstin Schreyer and the Group representative of the Germans
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
July: Significantly more passengers in Berlin
Passenger numbers continue to rise at Tegel and Schönefeld airports. Last Sunday, both airports counted more than 31.000 passengers for the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic. While in Tegel around
Refunds: Easyjet supposedly fast
Many people felt left alone when thousands of flights were suddenly canceled and the tickets, often already paid for, became worthless as a result. Because although passengers have in such situations
Berlin: Wisag files for bankruptcy
The corona crisis has hit the ground service provider at Tegel Airport hard. Now they are finally pulling the rip cord: As the Verdi union reports, bankruptcy has been filed for the company. The
Precautionary deletion: Airline has to pay
Occasionally, airlines inform their passengers about the decision to cancel the connection the day before when there are severe weather forecasts. Bad weather is usually considered an exceptional circumstance and
Ryanair closes German bases
The German regional airports Frankfurt-Hahn and Weeze could face hard times, because the main customer Ryanair is holding out the prospect of closing the bases. Berlin-Tegel is also shaking, as can be seen from an internal circular.
