Frankfurt Airport is reorganizing identity checks
The Frankfurt airport operator Fraport wants to significantly speed up passenger and hand luggage checks. A more efficient use of private security forces and innovative baggage scanners should help. Passengers will be checked by new scanners
Summer 2023: Air China is significantly increasing Frankfurt flights
The airline Air China is significantly increasing its presence in Frankfurt am Main at the beginning of the 2023 summer flight schedule period. Both from Beijing as well as from Shanghai one becomes the German
Ita Airways: Lufthansa is the only bidder
The Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that only Lufthansa should be interested in joining Ita Airways. By the end of the deadline, which was 18:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
Ita Airways: Lufthansa has submitted official takeover bid
On Wednesday, January 18, 2022, Lufthansa announced that it had submitted an official bid to take over the airline Ita Airways. First, one wants to acquire a minority stake and about
Lufthansa switches Frankfurt-Detroit to Boeing 787-9
From February 13, 2023, the German airline Lufthansa plans to use the Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the Frankfurt-Detroit route. So far, this route has been served with Airbus A340-300. It is currently envisaged that
Long-haul: Condor does not cooperate with Smartlynx
The German holiday airline will end the wet lease cooperation with the Smartlynx Group in the long-haul segment. The capacities are to be rented from Air Belgium and Wamos Air in the future, but they want to
Lufthansa is stationing four leasing A350s in Munich
Lufthansa will station four more long-haul Airbus A350 aircraft at Munich Airport. Naturally, this decision was positively received by the management of Bavaria's largest airport. It is about
Munich Airport: New store in Terminal 1
The shopping world at Munich Airport has now one more attraction. The traditional Munich company Hirmer opened a new shop in Terminal 1 (central area) today and is presenting a new shop here
MUC: German air traffic control rents in Lab Campus
The Lab Campus at Munich Airport has a new prominent tenant: Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) has rented space with a total area of around 2.700 m2 in so-called LAB 48. Around
New start for satellite building at Munich Airport: first departure to Miami
After 20 months of downtime caused by the pandemic, the Terminal 2 satellite at Munich Airport was used again today for the first time to handle flights between Munich and the USA. The airport
Westbahn has to postpone the start of the Munich trains
The Austrian railway company Westbahn actually wanted to extend the existing route between Vienna and Salzburg to Munich from December 12, 2021. This will - at least for the time being - nothing, because the
Lufthansa: A350-900 D-AAEU arrived in Munich
Lufthansa transferred the Airbus A350-900 with the registration D-AAEU from Luqa to Munich on Thursday. The long-haul aircraft is not yet painted in the livery of the new operator. It deals
Stuttgart Airport paralyzed with flour, sugar and baking powder
Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport was closed for several hours on Thursday evening for security reasons. The cause was not exactly common, because a "baking mix", which is packaged in the form of sugar, flour and baking powder
De-icing in winter makes flying safe
In winter, passengers often experience that the aircraft is driven onto a platform before take-off and is then sprayed. This process, known as “de-icing”, is used for safety, because ice formation
Smartline serves Graz-Stuttgart with the business jet
The Vorarlberg airline company has been serving the route from Graz to Stuttgart that has been suspended by Austrian Airlines for a few days on behalf of a German broker. Two circuits are carried out per week. For use
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
Germany: Ryanair takes over Lauda wages
A collective agreement is now also to be concluded in Germany. There could be up to 20 percent less wages for the higher earners. The reduction of jobs is from the point of view of the management
Germany: Lauda has money for wages
The German Lauda employees in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart will definitely look in vain for their May salary on their checking accounts, because the company announced on Thursday that they were no longer in the
German Lauda employees fear for wages
In Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, according to a circular from the HR manager, the May salaries cannot be paid out due to a lack of funds. The company is suing the authority's decision and asking the Verdi union to do so
Dish: Eurowings suffers "snack failure"
In the previous year, Eurowings canceled snacks and drinks in the short-haul smart tariff. This annoyed numerous passengers. The consumer center Hamburg even went to court in connection with an inventory booking and won. The times in
Tuifly is preparing “Corona Comback”
It will be compulsory to wear face and nose masks on board Tuifly. We are currently working intensively on the creation of a flight plan for the restart. After the forced Corona break, vacation airline Tuifly wants to return
NRW summer vacation: Cologne / Bonn had 1,1 million passengers
During the recently completed summer vacation in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne / Bonn Airport counted around 1,1 million passengers. The forecast was around 850.000, which is why the airport increased its expectations by 20
Green Airlines is now offering tickets with a fictitious IATA 2L code
The German ticket seller Green Airlines has extensively revised its homepage and no longer calls itself an “airline” or “airline”. In the self-description you now call yourself a “virtual airline”. the
Ryanair announces eleven new routes to Germany
The low-cost airline Ryanair has announced the addition of a total of eleven new routes from German airports. These are to be served in the winter flight schedule 2021/22. The company also announced that they were leaving
Finally! Nonstop flights from Berlin to Dubai
What Emirates has been trying for a long time, a small airline will now succeed. Flights between the German capital and the largest city in the United Arab Emirates. For a long time
Smartlynx adopts Berlin-Dubai
From October 4, 2021, Smartlynx Airlines will fly between Berlin and Dubai. It is a full charter on behalf of the tour operator FTI. For the time being, two weekly rounds will be offered. away
Air Berlin: Flöther wants to sell Etihad claims
Some time ago, Air Berlin insolvency administrator Lucas Flöther filed a claim for damages against Etihad Airways. The process has to be conducted in London and is apparently only progressing slowly. Now the lawyer wants
Berlin: Schönefeld's Nazi past is being dealt with
The Berlin airports Schönefeld and Tempelhof have a very dark chapter in their respective stories. While this is largely known and partly obvious at the former inner-city airport, remember
Animal rights activists: Glass facade of BER Terminal 1 deadly for birds
According to the Naturschutzbund Deutschland, Terminal 1 at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport is said to be particularly problematic for birds. Many animals are said to bang against the glass facade every day and find themselves difficult
Air Berlin: No end of the insolvency proceedings in sight
On the evening of October 27, 2017, the last Air Berlin plane landed at what was then the capital's airport at Berlin-Tegel. Air Berlin had already applied for the opening of insolvency proceedings two months before that