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Lufthansa Aviation Training gets first 787-9 flight simulator
Lufthansa Aviation Training's first Boeing 787 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) is ready for training at the Frankfurt site. This was made by the British manufacturer L3Harris in Crawley. That
Shortage of staff: Frankfurt has to limit freight handling
At Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, cargo handling is temporarily severely restricted on weekends. The airport informed cargo customers that some cargo flights will no longer be accepted at weekends
Passengers left sitting: Lufthansa preferred to fly ferry from Frankfurt to Berlin
In the past few weeks, it has become increasingly common for Lufthansa planes to travel through Europe to German airports completely empty. The return flight that was actually planned – for example to Frankfurt – is often canceled
From August 1, 2022: Deutsche Bahn is cooperating with Star Alliance
Effective August 1, 2022, Deutsche Bahn AG will become the first so-called “intermodular partner” to join the Star Alliance. The cooperation is based on the previous cooperation
Comment: Take care of hotels and replacement flights yourself with Lufthansa in a five-star manner
Screens currently being recorded on social media at Frankfurt Airport informing Lufthansa passengers whose flights have been canceled that they have to take care of alternative transport or hotels themselves.
Further cancellations follow: Lufthansa restricts ticket sales
The Lufthansa Supervisory Board has an unscheduled special meeting. The background is that the group will cancel further flights in July and August 2022 and, according to the Handelsblatt, the employee representatives are of the opinion that
No Christmas or vacation pay for Cityline flight attendants
The flight attendant union Ufo and the management of Lufthansa CityLine were able to agree on the "Corona crisis and restart" tariff package. Before that, however, the company management briefly acted on the previous conclusion
Traveling with facial recognition: Lufthansa is the first provider
Star Alliance has completed the development of a cross-system biometric identity and identification platform. Lufthansa and Swiss will make the start and use Star Alliance Biometrics for selected flights in November. At
Munich: Customs intercepted bulk doping deliveries
Taking a closer look can always be worthwhile, especially for customs officers. This is what happened in Munich, because the officials of the German customs authorities managed to intercept large amounts of dumping material. These were in ever
Rip off: 79 euros for corona rapid test in Hamburg and Munich
While it is still free of charge for Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines passengers in the pilot phase, it will be heavily used for private use and possibly also after the end of the test phase of the two airlines
Lufthansa Group tested all passengers for the first time
The Lufthansa Group carried out the first flights on Thursday, on which all passengers had to pass a rapid antigen test. These led from Vienna to Hamburg and back as well as from Munich
DFS completes drone detection tests at airports
DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, together with the project partners Fraport AG and Flughafen München GmbH, has carried out a large-scale test to test drone detection systems at the two busiest airports
Green Airlines: Neither registration nor flight plan submitted to the FKB
The champagne corks should actually pop at Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden airport, because in the middle of the corona pandemic, a newcomer wants to take up the domestic route to Berlin with Green Airlines. Hamburg and Sylt are also up
BER is now an airport with all permits
The Berlin-Brandenburg-Airport is now also an airport from a legal point of view, because the Joint Upper Aviation Authority Berlin-Brandenburg granted permission to start operations on Thursday and handed over the airport operating certificate. The two documents
Air France: 60 euros discount on the last Tegel tickets
Air France will operate the last scheduled flight from Berlin-Tegel on November 8, 2020. On the occasion of the historic event for aviation, the carrier is offering a discount code with which a discount
Farewell: Berlin-Tegel opens the visitor terrace
On November 8, 2020, Berlin-Tegel Airport is to be closed forever after the departure of an Air France plane to Paris-Charles de Gaulle. It is currently planned that the jet will be around 15pm
Mannheim: Rhein-Neckar Air pauses again
The Rhein-Neckar-Air flights from Mannheim to Berlin-Tegel and Hamburg operated by MHS Aviation were only resumed on September 14, 2020, but demand does not seem to be present at the moment. The
BER Terminal 2 is ready for operation
Terminal 2 at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, which has a capacity of six million passengers per year, is finished and ready for use, according to the operating company. But it should be opened
