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Lufthansa will take delivery of the first Dreamliner shortly
After a long forced break, Boeing has been allowed to deliver long-haul aircraft of the type B787 again for a few days. This also has an impact on Lufthansa, because it is expected that the future D-ABPA “Berlin” will still
Lufthansa cuts the 2022/23 winter flight schedule
Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, is already removing numerous connections from the 2022/23 winter timetable. The cuts primarily affect domestic German and European traffic, but they are also being reduced
Lufthansa had 598 empty flights in six weeks
In the last few weeks, Lufthansa has been carrying out more positioning flights. These are colloquially called "ghost flights" due to the fact that there are no passengers on board. Only in the period from 1.
Fleet renewal: Condor leases 17 A321neo and two A320neo from ALC
The holiday airline Condor announced at the end of July 2022 that 13 Airbus A320neo and 28 A321neo will be flown into the fleet. Now the US Air Lease Corporation announced that a significant part of
Unions increase pressure on Eurowings Discover
The unions UFO and Vereinigung Cockpit, among others, are increasing the pressure on the management of the airline Eurowings Discover. Since, from the point of view of the employee representatives, the management should brace itself against collective bargaining,
Frankfurt: Fraport does not need temporary workers from Turkey
Leasing personnel from Turkey, who are said to be highly qualified, should save the vacations of Germans. So far not a single temporary worker has started in Germany and now the largest operator, Fraport, is doing without
Munich: Air Baltic announces Tallinn
The Latvian airline Air Baltic has announced the start of a non-stop connection between Tallinn and Munich. From May 1, 2021, this will initially be served three times a week with the Airbus A220-300.
Munich: Drunk man throws himself up in front of the federal police
A 49-year-old man from Berlin caused a stir in Terminal 2 at Munich Airport on Monday. According to the federal police, he should sit in front of the security check if he was heavily drunk
SmartLynx starts charter flights from Germany
The Latvian charter airline SmarLynx will offer connections to the Canary Islands Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife from Hamburg, Hanover, Düsseldorf and Munich in autumn 2021, the company confirmed. The flights
Vueling flies non-stop to Mallorca
The airline, which is part of the IAG Group, is resuming non-stop connections between Germany and Mallorca. The airline is expanding its range of flights to Palma. A total of five German routes are from the cheap flights to the
Munich: Significantly more flights during Easter
Around Easter, the airlines have planned around 3.600 flights from Munich. The airport expects increased demand. This results among other things from the lifting of the German travel warning for the
Comeback: Flixbus will run again from March 25, 2021
The long-distance bus company Flixbus will reactivate its domestic service on March 25, 2021 on some international routes. For the time being, they want to serve around 40 destinations within the Federal Republic of Germany. Also the comeback
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
Stuttgart: slope renovation finished in time for summer
The “Corona break” was used in Stuttgart to renovate the only runway. The construction work is now complete. After the long-planned construction work was brought forward by a few days at short notice due to the pandemic,
Lauda: Ryanair takes over in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart
Instead of OE flight numbers, the FR code will be used from Düsseldorf and Stuttgart in the future. The flights will, however, continue to be operated with the Lauda A320. It will be in Stuttgart and Düsseldorf
Short-time work: The employment office is subject to Malta Air in court
The German employees of the Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air continue to receive short-time work benefits. The State Social Court of North Rhine-Westphalia decided that the Federal Employment Agency provisionally applied the original decision, with which the fulfilled performance requirements were recognized
NRW: Free corona test for travelers to Germany
In order to make the autumn holidays more pleasant for travelers to Germany, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia would like to offer free corona tests for this time. The Ministry of Health has already sent a corresponding decree to the municipalities in this regard,
Eurowings is expanding in Salzburg and Klagenfurt
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will resume the non-stop connection between Salzburg and Cologne / Bonn on November 1, 2020. Initially, five weekly rotations, which are to be served by Airbus A319 and A320, are planned.
Air Berlin's ghost shares are soaring
An airline that doesn't fly and is broke at that seems to be of interest to punters at the moment. We are talking about Air Berlin, because the paper, which is still listed on the stock exchange, laid down
Berlin wants to temporarily close Terminal 5
Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH will shortly take Terminal 5 (“Ex-Schönefeld”) offline. However, not in the short term, but probably in March 2021 and then for at least a year. The number of passengers
Financial situation: Daldrup threatened to close the BER
It sounds like a coup d'état: Berlin-Brandenburg Airport has not even been in operation for three weeks and the operating company is already threatening to close the airport. Knows how that works
Eurowings: Beirut from Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart
The low-cost airline Eurowings will start non-stop flights from Berlin-Brandenburg, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart to Beirut from December 19, 2020. From the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Erbil is also offered. During the flights from Berlin
Court: Airlines have to show conversion fees
Many airlines offer conversion and payment in euros when booking flight tickets that have to be paid for in a foreign currency. With some providers, the exchange rate is not only terribly bad,
BER: AeroGround becomes the largest ground handler
With the opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport, AeroGround Berlin took over the ground handling services at the new capital city airport. This means that the subsidiary of AeroGround Flughafen München GmbH will move to the
