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Condor orders three more Airbus A330-900s
The German holiday airline Condor will expand its long-haul fleet to 21 Airbus A330-900 aircraft. The carrier has announced that it has ordered three more copies. The additional machines should
City Airlines: UFO fears end for Lufthansa Cityline
The flight attendant union UFO fears that the latest Lufthansa offshoot “City Airlines” could contribute to the rapid dissolution of the existing Lufthansa CItyline. There is no concrete evidence for the claim,
Summer 2024: Air Canada increases Montreal-Frankfurt service
Star Alliance member Air Canada will fly more frequently between Montreal and Frankfurt am Main in summer 2024. In the future, up to 13 rounds per week will be served. From available flight plan data
Winter flight schedule: Frankfurt Airport with numerous expansions
Frankfurt Airport can expect a successful winter of 2023/24. The airport will serve 242 destinations, making the airport the most important international air traffic hub. Frankfurt Airport can have a successful winter time
Lufthansa will launch City Airlines in summer 2024
The Lufthansa Group's newest flight operation, City Airlines, is scheduled to begin operations in summer 2024. The aircraft will be stationed in Frankfurt am Main and Munich and will work alongside Lufthansa Cityline
Frankfurt is also affected: Bamboo Airways is suspending long-haul flights
The Vietnamese airline Bamboo Airlines is withdrawing from the long-haul business. As a result, operations of the Boeing 787-9 fleet will be terminated. You want to focus on it in the future
VC criticizes the termination of the Tuifly negotiations
The Cockpit Association is not happy about the unilateral termination of the crisis talks by the Tuifly management. The union stressed in a broadcast that one was prepared beforehand for a “far-reaching and painful
Tuifly and VC break off negotiations
The German holiday airline Tuifly and the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit broke off negotiations on possible job cuts without any result. The management around company boss Oliver Lackmann is said to have left the table.
Financial support for HAJ and Deutsche Messe AG
Hannover Airport and Deutsche Messe AG are threatened with bankruptcy: an injection of money should now prevent that. Hardly any company can save itself from the coronavirus crisis on its own. So should
Air China flies to Munich again
The Chinese airline plans to resume service between Beijing Airport and Munich. The flights are scheduled to be added to Air China's flight schedule from August 2023. Air China is planning the
Munich Airport: Successful first quarter
Munich Airport is on the road to success: from January to March, the airport was able to transport seven million passengers. This represents an increase of 70 percent in relation to the last
Munich: Lufthansa is converting other routes to Air Dolomiti flight numbers
With Cluj and Jersey, the Lufthansa Group is converting two more routes from Munich to Air Dolomiti flight numbers. On both routes, mostly Embraer 195s of the Italians came before
From Hamburg and Munich: Marabu takes on Tallinn flights
The Estonian holiday airline Marabu will also offer non-stop flights from Munich and Hamburg to Tallinn. These are served with medium-haul Airbus A320neo jets. From the Bavarian airport one offers the
From Düsseldorf and Munich: Condor flies for Air Prishtina
On behalf of the tour operator Air Prishtina, Condor has been operating charter flights from Düsseldorf and Munich to Pristina since the end of March 2023. Courses are taken from the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia three times a week
Cityjet has stationed the first Bombardier CRJ-1000 in Munich
The Irish airline Cityjet has flown the first of five Bombardier CRJ-1000s. This bears the registration EI-HIC and was transferred to Munich a few days ago. From this airport
STR: Volotea now flies to Bordeaux and Nantes
From the end of May 2023, the Spanish airline Volotea will connect Stuttgart Airport with Bordeaux. From Friday, May 26, Volotea will be sailing to the French port city twice a week on Mondays and Fridays,
Eurowings with new destinations from Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will add another new route each from Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Hamburg in the 2023 summer flight schedule. The new admissions are to be served gradually from May 2023. From May 29th
Verdi strike: Stuttgart also has to be off the grid
After Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich, Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport also announced that flight operations would be suspended on Friday, February 17, 2023 due to the strike announced by the Verdi union
Green Airlines activates bookings
On November 1st, the German airline Green Airlines will start its first scheduled flight from Karlsruhe-Baden Baden to the new Berlin airport BER. A total of 16 weekly departures are planned. The flights from the airport
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.
Airports: Germany before wearing a mask
Masks have to be worn at one German airport, but not at the other. That should change now. In Germany, a general mask requirement could soon be introduced at airports. So far
19 workers from Turkey support Nuremberg Airport
After the application process, visa issuance, security checks and training, 19 young men and women from Turkey can now help with luggage loading and aircraft cleaning at Nuremberg Airport. The colleagues up
Nuremberg rents out winter parking spaces for vintage cars, mobile homes and the like
Traditionally, fewer passengers leave commercial airports in Europe during the winter months. As a result, there can be a yawning emptiness in the multi-storey car parks or on the parking spaces.
Only Nuremberg and Munich want to use Turkish temporary workers
Only 150 temporary workers from Turkey are to be used temporarily at a few German commercial airports. Originally there was talk of around 2.000 temporary workers who would clean up the chaos at various airports
Eurowings assigns the seats in the basic fare again
Eurowings will soon reintroduce the fixed seat allocation in the Basic fare that has been suspended since autumn 2020. If you are not satisfied with the "randomly" assigned place, you have to pay at least five euros
Düsseldorf: Leav Aviation helps out at Tuifly
The German holiday airline Tuifly currently has an operational problem. The carrier stands out negatively with some extremely long delays and cancellations. Some aircraft do not stand due to technical defects
Tus Airways is significantly reducing its presence in Germany
The Cypriot Tus Airways actually wanted to fly to Paphos from Nuremberg, Hamburg and Düsseldorf in the current 2022 summer timetable period. Actually, because the current state of things one has
Summer 2023: Condor is planning some new holiday routes from Germany
The holiday airline Condor has already started planning for the 2023 summer flight schedule. From Germany, the carrier intends to launch some new routes on short and medium-haul routes and on existing ones
Düsseldorf: Eurowings carried out the first A320neo flight
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings officially put the first Airbus A320neo into scheduled service on Thursday with the D-AENA. The first flight was carried out as EW9584 on the Düsseldorf-Palma de Mallorca route.
Tuifly has released the 2023 summer flight schedule
The German leisure airline Tuifly has partially released the sale of tickets for the 2023 summer flight schedule. Around 500 flights are currently planned to 23 destinations in Turkey, North Africa and Europe.
In Stuttgart, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe: Verdi calls for another strike
The Verdi trade union is again calling for strikes at German commercial airports for Friday, March 17, 2023. This time Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Stuttgart, Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf are affected. With significant restrictions in air traffic
Summer 2023: Eurowings gives up some routes from Germany
The airline Eurowings has revised the 2023 summer flight schedule from Germany. While the carrier usually announces new additions in large letters, settings are removed from the reservation system rather uncomplainingly. The current status
Verdi strike: only five flights from Cologne/Bonn
There should have been 136 passenger flights on Monday, February 27, 2023 in Cologne/Bonn. However, the strike organized by the Verdi trade union meant that only five connections were actually carried out
Dortmund: Foundation stone laid for new police building
A new police building is being built on the Dortmund Airport site. The foundation stone was laid on Wednesday by Airport boss Ludger van Bebber, Lord Mayor Thomas Westphal and North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul, among others
2021: NRW airports count around 7,5 million passengers
After the Corona lull, North Rhine-Westphalia's airports are on the up again, but still a long way from the level of business before the pandemic. Last year, around 7,5 million passengers were from the six
Dortmund starts paid Siko Fastlane
A few days ago, Dortmund Airport put a new fast lane into operation in the security check area. Use is chargeable and offered by ParkVia Ltd. The tickets for
Green Airlines chartered two German Airways E190s
The Zeitfracht subsidiary German Airways (formerly: WDL) is to fly with two Embraer 190s for the Green Airlines startup. One machine each is to be stationed in Paderborn and Groningen. The client
IHK demands money for Weeze, Dortmund and Paderborn
The NRW airports in Weeze, Dortmund and Paderborn do not receive any money from the “Aviation Billion” because they are not classified as international airports. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry has sharply criticized this fact. It is required that
PAD: Two shareholders get out
Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport and the Gütersloh and Lippe districts will go their separate ways with immediate effect. The exit from the airport is now a done deal. The conditions for this have also already been negotiated.
After just a few flights: bankruptcy proceedings against Tel Aviv Air opened
The district court of Hamburg opened insolvency proceedings against the virtual airline Tel Aviv Air GmbH under reference number 67h IN 96/22. According to the compulsory announcement by the court, the procedure was
Hamburg: Eurowings is increasing Alicante flights
The airline Eurowings, which has recently tried to position itself as a so-called value carrier, is increasing the connection to Alicante in Spain from Hamburg. This should also be served on Tuesdays
Air Baltic connects Hamburg with Vilnius
Air Baltic is now flying directly from Hamburg to Vilnius three times a week with the Airbus A220-300. The Hamburg-Vilnius route is operated by the Latvian airline every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
HAM: Eurowings plans up to 350 departures per week
Many North Germans are booking their first flight in more than two years, and in response to the high demand, the airlines are further expanding their services from Hamburg. Above all Eurowings:
HAM: Eurowings is adding three more holiday destinations to its flight program
At the weekend, Eurowings will start scheduled services to three holiday destinations from Hamburg. From Saturday, April 30, the German airline will fly to the Greek port city of Chania once a week.
Contactless travel at Hamburg Airport
"Camera on" is the motto at Hamburg Airport with immediate effect. After a successful introductory phase, the Star Alliance's biometric visual field recognition is now officially starting there. With the new service, participating passengers come from
Bremen: Electra Airways flew for Voyage Air
The Bulgarian charter airline Electra Airways carried out the maiden flight between Varna and Bremen on Monday on behalf of Voyage Air. The LZ-EAA, an almost 27-year-old Airbus A320, was used.
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
Sundair will take off again on July 1st, 2020
With the restart, flights from Kassel-Calden, Bremen, Dresden and Berlin will be offered. The German holiday airline Sundair wants to return to Crete, Kos, Rhodes, Corfu, Verna, Burgas, Palma at the beginning of July 2020
Egypt Air is again a guest at BER with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ITB in Berlin ensures higher demand. The world's largest industry meeting, the ITB in Berlin, which started today, Tuesday, ensures that the machines are full, so the use is increasing these days
Eurowings is focusing on growth in Berlin
The airline Eurowings will offer a significantly expanded service from Berlin-Brandenburg in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In a way, they are also reacting to the reductions made by their competitor Easyjet. "Our growth in
Qatar Airways is increasing Vienna and Berlin
Golf carrier Qatar Airways will fly more frequently between Doha and Vienna-Schwechat effective July 2, 2023. The carrier is adding four weekly rotations to the route. In the future you will be 14
Berlin Airport is expanding “Siko mit Termin” further
Since March 1, 2023, Berlin-Brandenburg Airport has been offering a further 2.000 daily slots for security checks. These are available to passengers using the free reservation service. Total offers
Nouvelair continues to expand its presence in Germany
The airline Nouvelair will offer three more Germany destinations from Tunis in the 2023 summer flight schedule. These are Berlin and Düsseldorf, which are to be served from April 2023, and
Berlin: The next ILA will take place in June 2024
In June 2024, the ILA aviation trade fair is scheduled to take place again on the grounds of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. This will take place from June 5th to 9th, 2024 and under
Verdi and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG reach collective bargaining agreement
The Verdi trade union and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG were able to reach a collective agreement on Friday evening after three rounds of negotiations. This includes, among other things, that employees will receive a corona bonus in March 2022
Cockpit union: At Aerologic, the signs are pointing to a strike
At the cargo airline Aerologic, the signs are on strike. The Cockpit Association announced that the pilots in a ballot "clearly spoke out in favor of industrial action to enforce collective agreements".
Dusseldorf: Eurowings is putting Leipzig and Nuremberg on the back burner
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will not reactivate two domestic German routes from Düsseldorf with Nuremberg and Leipzig for the time being. The background is obviously that demand has fallen short of expectations. But one speaks
