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After a hard landing: Airbus A330 from Eurowings Discover stranded in Namibia
The Airbus A330-200, registration D-AXGB, operated by Eurowings Discover, completed an extremely hard landing at Windhoek Airport on 18 February 2023. The incident is being investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority
Lufthansa is investing 2,5 billion euros in a new long-haul cabin
Under the project name "Allegris", Lufthansa is modernizing the cabins on long-haul routes. In the future, so-called double suites will be offered in both first and business class. Generally he wants
Security check: Frankfurt is also introducing appointment reservations
Earlier this week, Frankfurt am Main Airport introduced the reservation of appointments for security checks. The new service is free of charge and is intended to avoid longer waiting times. For now it acts
Prime Seats: First row in the Condor A330neo costs at least 199,99 euros extra
The holiday airline Condor offers four so-called prime seats in the front rows of its Airbus A330neo. These are assigned to business class and should be compared to the other seats in this travel class
Summer 2023: Lufthansa is reducing its range by 34.000 flights
The Lufthansa Group obviously has doubts that its own airlines, but also European airports that are served, have sufficient staff for the summer of 2023. Already
Barig: "Warning strikes cause great damage"
In the collective bargaining dispute between the Verdi trade union and public sector employers, seven German commercial airports are on strike today, which means that air traffic at these locations will almost come to a standstill.
Munich Airport: Sprüngli opens the first store in Germany
After the previous success of the pop-up store at Munich Airport, the SchweizerHaut Chocolatiers Sprüngli has now decided on a permanent location in the departure area of Terminal 2. As of now, passengers have
Easter: Munich Airport expects almost 10.000 more flights than last year
The Bavarian Easter holidays are all about a further recovery in air traffic: while only 2021 destinations could be reached from Munich in April 100, the airlines want to travel worldwide this year during the holiday season
New pier at Terminal 1: MUC has to postpone completion
Three years after the start of construction work on the new pier at Terminal 1 of Munich Airport, the shell work is largely complete. Nevertheless - and as so often in this time
Paderborn: Lufthansa reactivates Munich connection again
Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport has been connected to the Lufthansa hub in Munich again since Sunday. This route has been repeatedly discontinued and resumed in the course of the corona pandemic. Most recently, the domestic German route celebrated in
Eurowings Discover flies from Munich to Las Vegas
With the start of the summer timetable period, the airline Eurowings Discover opened its new non-stop connection from Munich to the US gambling metropolis Las Vegas. Yesterday, a long-haul aircraft took off for the first time
Summer 2022: Air Baltic is expanding its presence in Germany
The Latvian airline Air Baltic is increasing its presence on the German market in the 2022 summer flight schedule. From the new base in Tampere (Finland), the destinations Frankfurt will be served from May 2022
Stuttgart Airport launches discount app
There are as many loyalty cards as a dime a dozen with which you can collect points or receive discounts. Now Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport is also introducing one. That
STR aerial photo poster: State airport from a bird's eye view
The new air poster 2021 from Stuttgart Airport is now available. The large-format picture is taken every year and shows the 400 hectare site with the runway, the
Eurowings is reactivating further domestic German routes
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has reactivated the non-stop connection between Dresden and Stuttgart. The carrier has been flying to Düsseldorf, the largest Eurowings location, again from Leipzig / Halle on Wednesday. For the time being, there will be services between Dresden and Stuttgart
Nuremberg: Smartlynx starts TUI summer program
On behalf of the tour operator Tui Deutschland, Smartlynx carried out the first charter flight from Nuremberg to Rhodes on Saturday morning. According to the airport, the machine should have been fully booked and now that
Photo gallery: DFB team started with Klasjet in Nuremberg
The German national soccer team started on Monday in Nuremberg in the direction of London with a Boeing 737-500 from Klasjet. The team will face England on Tuesday at Wembley Stadium. For the
From June 25, 2021: Air France Hop is returning to Nuremberg
The French airline Hop is returning to Nuremberg on June 25, 2021 on behalf of Air France. The carrier will connect the Bavarian airport with Embraer regional jets with Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
External companies make it cheaper: Eurowings terminates Lufthansa Technik
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will no longer have line maintenance in Düsseldorf and Hamburg carried out by its sister company Lufthansa-Technik. Third-party providers could provide these services more cheaply, reports the Airliners.de portal. Already for
Düsseldorf: Employees demonstrate against layoffs
A demonstration against the planned job cuts took place at Düsseldorf Airport on Monday morning. According to the current state of information, around 600 jobs are at risk. The Verdi union therefore called for a protest rally. Dusseldorf
NRW is taking Düsseldorf under its wings with 250 million euros
Düsseldorf Airport is to receive a financial injection of 250 million euros due to the consequences of the corona pandemic. This is a loan that comes with a guarantee
Eurowings and Hanse-Merkur launch "Corona insurance"
Now the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is also offering special corona insurance in cooperation with an insurance company. This already applies to bookings made by September 27, 2020 at no extra charge
Risk areas: Germany controls weakly or not at all
Germany declared Vienna a corona risk region, which means that either a negative PCR test, not older than 48 hours, must be presented upon entry or a quarantine is in effect. So far
Professional association criticizes Lauda for closing Düsseldorf
With the closure of the last Lauda base in Germany, the Ryanair subsidiary is not really making friends. One of the reasons given was the airport's refusal to lower prices. Now hailing
Banks granted Cologne / Bonn Airport further loans
Cologne / Bonn Airport has secured an additional credit line for working capital in the amount of 63,5 million euros. This is granted by DZ Bank, Sparkasse Köln / Bonn, Hessische Landesbank, Nord LB and Postbank.
Cologne vaccinates the Airbus A300 Zero G
Vaccination campaigns are carried out in the Airbus A300 Zero G at Cologne / Bonn Airport. This aircraft is normally used for training astronauts. A mobile vaccination team from the city of Cologne is here for the first time,
Cargo: MNG Airlines flies from Cologne to New York
The Turkish cargo airline MNG Airlines is now flying three times a week from Cologne / Bonn to New York-JFK. As a rule, machines of the type Airbus A330-300P2F are used. It is a matter of
BER: Airport company sells 63 hectare property
The airport company Berlin Brandenburg has sold its last space in the Business Park Berlin. The purchase agreement for a 63 hectare site with the British real estate company SEGRO was signed yesterday, Thursday
Christmas holidays: BER expects more than 600.000 passengers
For many people, Christmas time is also travel time: The airport company is expecting a slight increase in passenger numbers in the upcoming holidays in Berlin and Brandenburg compared to the previous weeks. Overall will be in time
BER: Thomas Hoff Andersson is the new COO
FBB management complete: The supervisory board today appointed the Scandinavian Thomas Hoff Andersson as managing director for airport operations (“Chief Operating Officer”, COO). Andersson owns both the Danish and the
November 2021: BER reports 1,22 million passengers
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport handled around 2021 million passengers in November 1,22. This was around 50.000 travelers below the figure for October 2021. In November of the previous year 2020
2022: BER expects 17 million passengers
The last meeting of the Supervisory Board this year was dominated by the current operational and financial issues of the airport company. The management reported to the supervisory board that this was a major reason for the long waiting times
BER: Both runways will be back in operation from December
After eight months of rolling use of the two runways at BER, both runways will be used simultaneously again from December 1st. The decisive factor for this decision was, even in winter
