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Tested: The new Condor Premium Economy in the A330neo from New York to Frankfurt
It's Monday, February 13, 2023 when in Terminal 7 of New York's JFK Airport - bar tables, Condor roll-ups and different-colored balloons fill the check-in area and the gate area,
January 2023: Frankfurt had 3,7 million passengers
Frankfurt am Main Airport had around 2023 million passengers in January 3,7, around 65,5 percent more than in the first month of the previous year. This one was strong from the coming
Italy: Lufthansa and FS want to work together
The Italian state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA and Lufthansa have signed a letter of intent to work together. The aim of the planned cooperation is in particular to attract passengers with FS rail connections to and from
Lufthansa Group launches new app
A new Lufthansa app is intended to make traveling with the Kranich Group easier in the future. According to the company, this is designed to act as a "digital travel companion" and should be used from booking to arrival
Comment: Paid catering does not work with high ticket prices
There is hardly a topic that aviation enthusiasts discuss as frequently, emotionally and intensively as catering and drinks on economy class flights within Europe. Long gone are the days when – for example – at
Condor's A330neo fleet has grown to three aircraft
The holiday airline Condor took delivery of the third Airbus A330neo on Friday evening. This bears the registration D-ANRI and is painted in a striped look in the color "Island". The newcomer is expected to be mid
MUC: Tours will resume at the weekend
After an interruption of several months due to the pandemic, the visitor tours at Munich Airport will start again next weekend. Tour operations begin on Saturday, February 26th. From Wednesday to Sunday from
SkyUp postpones flights to Vienna and Munich indefinitely
The Ukrainian low-cost airline SkyUp will not start the non-stop connection between Lviv and Vienna-Schwechat announced in December 2021. The Borispil-Munich route is also affected. Originally, the carrier announced that
Munich: Eurowings Discover announces Maldives flights
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings Discover will start a long-haul connection from Munich to Malé in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. According to the current planning status, the Maldives should be served twice a week from the Bavarian airport.
Lufthansa and Swiss collect climate donations on board
The "indulgence trade" with so-called carbon compensation payments is not going well for most airlines. Extremely few passengers donate during the booking process or afterwards via an independent platform. Lufthansa
Oman Air is increasing in Frankfurt and Munich
Gulf carrier Oman Air is increasing its presence at the German airports in Frankfurt am Main and Munich at the start of the 2022 summer flight schedule period. The carrier puts on a further round. The change
Dubrovnik: Freebird takes numerous charters to Germany and Austria
Tour operator W-Touristic launches a number of charter flights to Dubrovnik. These are to be gradually included from February 21, 2022 and carried out by the Maltese Freebird Europe
Eurowings: three new routes each from Stuttgart and Düsseldorf
The airline Eurowings will launch three new routes each from Stuttgart and Düsseldorf in the winter flight schedule 2021/22. Bergamo will kick off, starting on October 31, 2021 four times a week from the state capital
Eurowings is introducing evening check-in for baggage
No more stress in front of baggage check-in, Eurowings promises its customers at least a more comfortable departure day. Because: From the end of June, passengers can check in their luggage the evening before. For Eurowings passengers who have a flight from
STR introduces luca app
At Stuttgart Airport, passengers and visitors can now shop safely and conveniently with the help of the luca app or use the offers from retailers and restaurateurs. For example, visitors to the
Nuremberg: Airport donates gummy bears to the hospital
Nuremberg Airport provides the local hospital with a total of 9.000 bags of gummy bears in airplane form so that they can be distributed to the employees. In addition, 4.000 packs of glucose were donated. Usually
Corona: Dekra awards Nuremberg a security certificate
The Bavarian Airport Nuremberg was the first German airport to receive a certificate from the testing organization Dekra, which confirms the preventive measures against the spread of Covid-19. The concept includes, among other things, the
Nuremberg: Ural Airlines flies in 14 tons of rapid tests
The Russian airline Ural Airlines brought around 320 tons of rapid corona tests from China to Nuremberg with an Airbus A14neo. The VP-BOP, which is actually a passenger jet, was used because of the
Eurowings: Big trouble because of advertising
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings withdrew the latest edition of the on-board magazine from circulation. The reason for this is that an advertiser advertises a piece of jewelry in an advertisement. The photo on the
Eurowings announces additional routes
Eurowings will operate a total of 26 routes from Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Cologne / Bonn and Berlin. These are mostly holiday destinations, but also some city destinations, as the carrier announced. "Also
Lauda: The Düsseldorf base remains open
In contrast to the Lauda base in Stuttgart, the one in Düsseldorf will continue to be operated. The managing directors Andreas Gruber and David O'Brien informed the Lauda crews in North Rhine-Westphalia that the collective agreement was approved by a large majority
Germany: Verdi does not sign Lauda key issues paper
The deadline for approval of the new collective agreement expired on Thursday evening. Verdi now stated that it will not be signed due to a majority rejection by the German Lauda workforce. In the struggle for
Etihad puts Vienna on hold
The golf carrier will return to Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Munich and Zurich in mid-July 2020, but the new destination Vienna will have to wait longer. Etihad Airways had actually wanted it since May 22nd
WDL flies for Air France again
In the middle of the Corona crisis, the German airline, WDL Aviation, managed to find a client for wet lease flights. The carrier has been flying for Air up to twice a day since July 3, 2020
CGN: 440.000 passengers expected in the autumn break
The two-week autumn vacation begins in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday, October 9th. During this period, the airport expects around 440.000 passengers, which corresponds to almost two thirds of the comparable period of the pre-crisis year 2019.
Ghana: GH Wings Airlines copied the logo from German Airways
In Ghana, GH Wings Airlines is a new provider that wants to launch. According to a statement from the company, the first meeting with the civil aviation authority is that of obtaining
Eurowings: Warning strikes in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund
At the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings, the cabin crew will be on strike on Friday between 4 a.m. and 30 a.m. at the stations in Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn and Dortmund. The Verdi union had been unsuccessful
Berlin: Transaiva France has taken up Paris-Orly
The airline Transavia France has been connecting the German capital Berlin with Paris since Friday. Orly Airport, which is close to the city, is used in France. As a rule, Boeing 737-800 machines come to the
EU court rejects LOT lawsuit against Air Berlin break-up
The bankruptcy of the Air Berlin Group was a few years ago. The Polish airline LOT had at that time against the permits of the EU Commission, the acquisition of assets as well as the
Lufthansa names first Dreamliner “Berlin”
Lufthansa has not yet been able to formally take over any of a total of five Boeing 787-9s, but the group announced that the first unit will bear the registration D-ABPA. The long-haul jet is supposed to be on the
Delta increases flight offer from Germany in December
Starting in November, the United States will open its borders to vaccinated travelers from Europe. In the course of this, Delta Air Lines is expanding the range of flights from Germany. From December 14, 2021
Pegas Fly reactivates Berlin-Kaliningrad
Berlin and Kaliningrad are not that far apart, but traveling between the two cities has been quite awkward since Air Berlin went bankrupt. The former Königsberg and
Sundair in a new livery in the air
The German holiday airline Sundair is giving its aircraft a new livery. The first aircraft to wear the new color scheme is the Airbus A41 operated by FlyAir320 with the registration 9A-IRM. So far
