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Air Uniqon will launch a new scheduled service between Friedrichshafen Airport on Lake Constance and Sylt Airport in Westerland on July 2, 2026, using aircraft from Avanti Air. This will re-establish a direct connection between Germany's southernmost and northernmost commercial airports for the first time in a long while. The flights will operate twice daily.
The supervisory board of Friedrichshafen Airport has made a crucial personnel decision for the future of the regional airport. Effective May 15, 2026, Jochen Krumm will take over as managing director of the Lake Constance airport. The 56-year-old from Ravensburg succeeds the current management duo of Claus-Dieter Wehr and Detlef Schäfer-Carroll, who are leaving the company at the end of May.
The 32nd edition of the Aero trade fair in Friedrichshafen concluded with a record 860 exhibitors from 50 nations. This solidified the event's position as the leading European platform for general aviation. Organizers reported a significant increase in visitor numbers to approximately 37.000, representing a rise of about [missing information].
The ZIM Aircraft Seating Group, based in Immenstaad on Lake Constance, has successfully completed the sale of its Aircraft Reconfiguration Technologies (ART) division. The buyer is the US-based aviation services provider AAR CORP, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction was finalized as planned following the signing of the contracts.
Regional airline Air Uniqon and technology provider Vini have signed a far-reaching sales partnership aimed at sustainably strengthening air traffic on Lake Constance. At the heart of the collaboration is the integration of Air Uniqon's flight offerings into Vini's booking platform, giving passengers direct access to connections from Friedrichshafen to Berlin.
On the afternoon of April 1, 2026, the Irish airline Ryanair returned to Friedrichshafen Airport on Lake Constance after a hiatus of several years. A Boeing 737-800 took off punctually at 17:30 p.m. with nearly 189 passengers on board, bound for Alicante. This inaugural flight marks the start of the 2026 summer flight schedule, in which the
ZIM Aircraft Seating Group, an internationally operating specialist for passenger seating solutions, has announced a significant expansion of its management team. Stefan Kroll has assumed the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and President of ZIM Germany, effective immediately. The 62-year-old graduate engineer has over 36 years of experience in the aviation industry.
Hungarian airline Wizz Air is significantly expanding its market leadership at its Skopje hub next summer. From July 13, 2026, the low-cost carrier will increase frequencies on numerous routes to German destinations to meet rising demand for leisure and business travel. Dortmund Airport will particularly benefit.
The managing director of Friedrichshafen Airport, Detlef Schäfer-Carroll, has unexpectedly submitted his resignation and will leave the company in June. This move is for personal reasons and comes at a sensitive time for the regional airport during a restructuring phase. Schäfer-Carroll only joined the management team in May 2025 and was originally slated to be...
Friedrichshafen Airport concluded the 2025 calendar year with a positive balance sheet and recorded significant growth in passenger numbers. Despite the discontinuation of a key feeder route to an international hub, management succeeded in increasing passenger numbers by ten percent to over 250.000 travelers. This upswing is largely due to
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