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The history of tourism is rife with failed comeback attempts, but the conduct surrounding the founding of Fischer Air reaches a new level of opacity. While defrauded customers have been waiting months for refunds on their flight tickets and transparency remains a foreign concept to the company, owner Vaclav Fischer is hiding behind a veil of secrecy.
The debate surrounding the economic future of Kassel-Calden regional airport is intensifying. In light of persistent deficits, the Green Party parliamentary group in the Hessian state parliament is demanding an independent economic study of the site. According to parliamentary group leader Mathias Wagner and transport policy spokesperson Katy Walther, the actual costs place a far greater burden on taxpayers than the official financial statements suggest.
The planned operations of the new airline Fischer Air at Kassel-Calden Airport are causing increasing concern and sharp criticism from consumer protection groups. Although the airline had already scheduled regular flights to the Canary Islands and the Red Sea starting at the end of 2025, not a single plane has taken off yet. Affected passengers,
Kassel-Calden regional airport is still struggling financially in 2026. According to the Hessian Ministry of Finance, the annual deficit remains constant at just under five million euros, an amount also budgeted for the current fiscal year. Scheduled air traffic is a particular concern: after the airline Sundair withdrew its
The supervisory board of Flughafen Kassel GmbH has unanimously elected Till Kaesbach, State Secretary of Finance for the state of Hesse, as its new chairman. He succeeds Uwe Becker, who held the position for one year. With Kaesbach's election, a representative of the Hessian Ministry of Finance takes the helm.
The Göttingen base of the DRF Air Rescue is celebrating its 45th anniversary today. Since its official start of service on July 3, 1980, the red and white rescue helicopter "Christoph 44" has become an indispensable pillar of emergency medical care in southern Lower Saxony, northern Hesse, and parts of Thuringia. Stationed at the University Hospital Göttingen, the team, consisting of a pilot, emergency physician,
The full-charter flight brand "Momento – Travel for Me" is significantly expanding its offering for autumn 2025. For the first time, flights will depart from eight regional airports to a total of 14 destinations in Europe. In addition to the already well-known destinations such as Rome, Barcelona, Sicily, and Chalkidiki, new destinations such as Zakynthos, Calabria,
From May 3, 2025, there will again be seasonal direct flights from Kassel-Calden Airport to the popular holiday destinations of Sylt and Usedom. The flights will be operated every Saturday and can be booked as part of package tours or as flight-only tickets through the tour operator UKS Touristik. The flights will be operated by MHS Aviation with a
Kassel-Calden Airport is expanding its service for the 2025 summer season with regular flights to Mallorca. From May 8 to October 26, 2025, the Spanish airline Alba Star will serve the route twice a week – Thursdays and Sundays – with a Boeing 737-800. In addition, destinations such as Gran Canaria and
Kassel Airport is once again facing challenges: The Turkish airline Corendon Airlines has announced that it will not continue its flights from Kassel to Antalya in the 2025 summer flight schedule. This step is a bitter blow for the already loss-making regional airport, which has been struggling with financial problems since it opened over a decade ago.
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