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FRA: Condor flies to Iceland for the first time
The German holiday airline is bringing travelers to Iceland for the first time: Next year, Condor wants to fly to two destinations in Iceland from Frankfurt Airport. From May 2023, Condor will offer a weekly night flight
June 2022: Fraport had its strongest month since the pandemic began
Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, counted around five million passengers in June 2022. This was the strongest single month since the beginning of the corona pandemic. In direct comparison with May
EU Commission: Lufthansa and Eurowings are said to have paid out 500.000 “compulsory vouchers”.
Shortly after the start of the corona pandemic in Europe, many airlines speculated that the EU Commission would wave voucher solutions through. Therefore, automatic reimbursement options were deactivated and customers were sent to real ones
Eurowings Discover starts mileage upgrades
The holiday airline Eurowings Discover is now enabling participants in the Miles & More frequent flyer program to carry out so-called mileage upgrades. This applies to most routes, with flights in connection with tour operators
Ghost flights: Air Dolomiti often flies empty to Innsbruck
Recently, Lufthansa and its German subsidiaries have been carrying out empty flights particularly frequently. Officially, the company explains that the machines would be positioned at other locations to avoid delays,
Lufthansa continues the "string concert".
The largest airline in Germany is deep in chaos. In many areas, especially in flight operations, there is an acute shortage of staff. Lufthansa now has to cancel many flights again. Alone in the week of 8.
Rip off: 79 euros for corona rapid test in Hamburg and Munich
While it is still free of charge for Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines passengers in the pilot phase, it will be heavily used for private use and possibly also after the end of the test phase of the two airlines
Lufthansa Group tested all passengers for the first time
The Lufthansa Group carried out the first flights on Thursday, on which all passengers had to pass a rapid antigen test. These led from Vienna to Hamburg and back as well as from Munich
DFS completes drone detection tests at airports
DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, together with the project partners Fraport AG and Flughafen München GmbH, has carried out a large-scale test to test drone detection systems at the two busiest airports
Lufthansa starts quick tests on Munich-Hamburg
After Austrian Airlines, the parent company Lufthansa is also starting its first test run with rapid antigen tests. From November 12, 2020, passengers will be tested free of charge on selected routes between Munich and Hamburg. who
Munich again recognized as a 5-star airport
Skytrax renewed Munich Airport as a five-star airport. This status has been held since May 2015 as the only airport in Europe. The award was extended in 2017.
App: Munich sends Corona information to your smartphone
At Munich Airport, travelers can now use the “Passngr” app to have information about the currently valid Corona regulations sent directly to their smartphones. For this purpose, a “Safe Journey” was created
Vienna: Ryanair takes on three additional routes
Cologne / Bonn, Paphos and Danzig now from Vienna-Schwechat. The competition on the Vienna-Cologne route will intensify from August 1, 2020, because Ryanair will also be serving this route. Wizzair, Austrian
Eurowings reports high demand
The lifting of the international travel warning is said to have spurred the Germans' desire to travel. The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is increasing the flight schedule due to the “skyrocketing demand”. Around 80
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
