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Smartlynx flies two A330s for Condor
The Smartlynx Group now flies two Airbus A330s on behalf of the German holiday airline Condor. They have also been working together on long-haul routes since June 2022. The widebodies will
Frankfurt: Lufthansa sets course for Belfast City
From April 23, 2023, Lufthansa will be offering non-stop flights between Frankfurt am Main and Belfast City. According to the current state of affairs, it will be the only connection between Germany and Northern Ireland so far,
High ticket prices: Lufthansa expects increased profits
Due to high demand and significantly higher average yields in the passenger business, Lufthansa expects to achieve a higher profit than originally assumed. The subsidiaries Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa Technik
Eurowings Discover presents the 2023 summer flight schedule
The airline Eurowings Discover will continue to concentrate long-haul operations on Frankfurt am Main in the 2023 summer flight schedule. Tourist destinations are offered on short and medium-haul routes from Munich. From the
Air Astana satisfied with summer capacity utilization from Germany
The Kazakh airline Air Astana is satisfied with the transport performance that was achieved in the 2022 summer flight schedule from/to Germany. The company announced that flights between Frankfurt am
China flights: Condor plans Frankfurt-Hefei
The holiday airline Condor plans to start a new flight connection between Frankfurt am Main and the Chinese city of Hefei in December 2022. This route will initially be served once a week. Subject to
Nouvelair is expanding towards Germany
The airline Nouvelair wants to fly to the German destinations Frankfurt am Main, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn and Berlin-Brandenburg this summer. In Switzerland, Geneva is on the flight plan. The one from Tunisia
Hanover: Turkish takes on numerous new destinations
Turkish Airlines is currently serving the destination Istanbul from Hanover. In the future, the carrier plans to offer numerous other Turkish destinations from the trade fair city. From June 25, 2021 Gaziantep, Kayseri, Samsun,
S7 Airlines announces Hanover and Cologne
The Russian Oneworld member S7 Airlines has announced the addition of two routes to Germany for May 2021. From May 3, 2021, the carrier plans to fly once a week between Moscow-Domodedovo and Hanover. Three
Ryanair closes German bases
The German regional airports Frankfurt-Hahn and Weeze could face hard times, because the main customer Ryanair is holding out the prospect of closing the bases. Berlin-Tegel is also shaking, as can be seen from an internal circular.
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
Wizzair: New base in Tirana
Wizzair is bringing 15 new routes and three Airbus A320s to the Albanian capital Tirana. There are also new destinations in Germany and Switzerland. The Hungarian low-cost airline opened in the
Jet2 had to stop: the pensioner rioted and urinated on the seats
Misconduct by an elderly lady resulted in Jet24 flight LS2022 having to stop in Munich on August 2, 819 en route from Manchester to Rhodes. The over 70-year-old woman is said to
MUC again recognized as a “Blossoming Business”.
Flughafen München GmbH has once again been recognized by the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment as a “thriving business”. The airport already had a corresponding award valid for three years as part of the "Bavarian Flowering Pact".
Munich: Terminal 1 temporarily closed due to suspected explosives
At Munich Airport, a section of Terminal 1 had to be cleared and temporarily closed on Saturday morning. According to the federal police, the reason for this was that the explosives alarm went off at the security check in area A
Munich: Blue Air prefers Iasi start
The Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air plans to start the non-stop connection between Iasi and Munich earlier than originally announced. The carrier plans to fly between the two cities as early as October 30, 2022.
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
Only Nuremberg and Munich want to use Turkish temporary workers
Only 150 temporary workers from Turkey are to be used temporarily at a few German commercial airports. Originally there was talk of around 2.000 temporary workers who would clean up the chaos at various airports
Stuttgart counts 2,8 million passengers in the first half of the year
According to preliminary figures, 2022 passengers took off and landed at Stuttgart Airport from January to June 2.800.789. That is 338,5 percent more than in the previous year (638.667). The number of flight movements
South Tyrol: Skyalps wants to start Stuttgart flights
The house brand of the South Tyrolean airport Bozen, Skyalps, wants to grow strongly in the next few years. The fleet is to be increased by further de Havilland Dash 8-400 and also the operation of
Basel: Prishtinajet sells tickets for flights that the operating carriers don't know about
The German company Prishtinajet UG (limited liability) uses photos of Air Malta and Malta MedAir aircraft and flight numbers from Heston Airline to catch customers on the Internet. Is given to the homepage
Alk Air to Green Airlines: “Nothing going on without moss!”
The charter marketer Green Airlines caused quite a stir in the last few days, because after only a few legs the Bulgarian Alk Air said goodbye. The Romanian Just Us Air came first
Lawsuit against Etihad: BGH denies German jurisdiction
Air Berlin insolvency administrator Lucas Flöther suffered a bitter legal defeat before the German Federal Court of Justice. The highest court denied the jurisdiction of the Germans in connection with the claim for damages that was brought against Etihad Airways
Green Airlines sits at a letterbox rental company
In the last few days the charter marketer Green Airlines caused quite a stir, because in just one week they lost two “airline partners”. After just a few legs, the Bulgarian Alk drew
Sun Air announces comeback in Friedrichshafen and Düsseldorf
Friedrichshafen Airport is currently in a kind of involuntary Sleeping Beauty slumber, at least as far as domestic German air traffic is concerned. The British Airways franchisee Sun Air of Scandinavia is planning the Düsseldorf route from January 18, 2021
Friedrichshafen needs almost 30 million euros
Friedrichshafen Airport underscores its importance for the Lake Constance region with an expert opinion drawn up by the Roland Berger law firm. This has been entrusted with a
Lufthansa stops Friedrichshafen flights
Friedrichshafen Airport suffers another setback in the corona crisis, because Lufthansa will once again suspend the connection to the Frankfurt am Main hub. From October 1st, 2020 this route will be
Memmingen: Ryanair announces two new routes
The Bavarian regional airport Memmingen hopes that demand will stabilize in the next few months. In a broadcast, the airport points out that the summer flight schedule will not start until the end of October 2020
Memmingen expects 40 destinations
The summer flight schedule for 2021 will begin in a few days. It is still unclear how the patchwork of entry and quarantine regulations will develop. Memmingen Airport expects that in the next few weeks
Easter: Ryanair continues to increase the offer
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is increasing its offer around Easter. The carrier flies back to Porto from Berlin, Cologne / Bonn, Memmingen and Frankfurt am Main. From Germany's largest airport
Nuremberg: Tus Airways takes on Paphos
From June 4, 2022, Tus Airways will connect Nuremberg Airport in Franconia with Paphos in Cyprus. The carrier will fly for organizers on Saturdays. Tickets can be purchased at Tour
Nuremberg celebrates the opening of the Ryanair base
The low-cost airline Ryanair officially opened the Nuremberg base operated by its subsidiary Malta Air on Tuesday. In the 2022 summer timetable, the carrier will offer 29 routes from the Franconian airport.
Corendon Europe is planning new winter routes from Germany and Switzerland
The Maltese airline Corendon Europe is currently in the middle of planning for the 2021/22 winter flight schedule from Germany. There are some minor innovations, primarily from smaller airports. Currently planning
Eurowings is expanding in Prague and launching Nador and Tunis from Düsseldorf
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is launching four new routes from Prague in the 2022 winter flight schedule. These are Oslo, Marsa Alam, Funchal and Hurghada. Also from Dusseldorf is an additional
Mavi Gök Airlines launches Antalya charters from Germany and Austria
The Turkish airline Mavi Gök Airlines will be offering some charter flights from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Nuremberg and Vienna to Antalya from July 11, 2022. These are across all Anex brands
Düsseldorf wants to prevent summer collapse with new measures
In the past few weeks, Berlin-Brandenburg and Düsseldorf airports in particular have attracted negative attention, with sometimes enormous queues at the counters and at the security checkpoint. NRW Airport wants
Eurowings assigns the seats in the basic fare again
Eurowings will soon reintroduce the fixed seat allocation in the Basic fare that has been suspended since autumn 2020. If you are not satisfied with the "randomly" assigned place, you have to pay at least five euros
Düsseldorf: Leav Aviation helps out at Tuifly
The German holiday airline Tuifly currently has an operational problem. The carrier stands out negatively with some extremely long delays and cancellations. Some aircraft do not stand due to technical defects
Tus Airways is significantly reducing its presence in Germany
The Cypriot Tus Airways actually wanted to fly to Paphos from Nuremberg, Hamburg and Düsseldorf in the current 2022 summer timetable period. Actually, because the current state of things one has
Cockpit Association criticizes the dismissal of 281 Germanwings pilots
The Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings gave notice to 281 pilots on Thursday. The approach has been sharply criticized by the Vereinigung Cockpit trade union, because the company is separating from the company's own pilots and is sitting
For Transavia: Leav Aviation performed first commercial flight
The young Cologne-based airline Leav Aviation took on its first ACMI order in the company's history on Sunday. With the Airbus A320, which bears the registration D-ANDI, you flew under a wet lease for
Cologne: Leav Aviation is now an airline
The German startup Leav Aviation is now officially an airline. The Federal Aviation Authority has granted AOC and operating license to the company that leased the Airbus A320 with the succinct registration D-ANDI.
Dortmund starts paid Siko Fastlane
A few days ago, Dortmund Airport put a new fast lane into operation in the security check area. Use is chargeable and offered by ParkVia Ltd. The tickets for
DTM: Despite the pandemic, around 40 percent more passengers than in 2020
A total of 1.692.960 passengers used Dortmund Airport last year. That was 39 percent more than in 2020. Due to the pandemic, the airport has not yet been able to match the number of passengers
DTM: The traffic development to date is impressive
At the last meeting of the Flughafen Dortmund GmbH supervisory board in 2021, airport boss Ludger van Bebber presented the preliminary traffic figures for 2021. From January to 31.
PAD: We're going back to Munich
As an interesting hub, Munich Airport is of great importance for the PAD. That is why the resumption of the Munich route by Lufthansa this Monday marks a milestone for the restart
Paderborn Airport celebrates 50s
Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport will celebrate its 10th anniversary on September 2021, 50. The airport, the establishment of which is closely associated with the computer pioneer Heinz Nixdorf, opens on September 10, 1971. An
PAD: Airport Run takes place
Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport is reviving a very popular event: the 31th Airport Run will start at the home port on Sunday, October 7st. The start of this fun run scheduled for 12.30 p.m.
Weeze: Exxareo is stationing second Premier 1A
In the area of business aviation, there is news at Niederrhein Airport: The airline company Exxaero based there is launching a second Beechcraft Hawker Premier 1A aircraft. In Weeze has
New from Weeze: Oradea
The German regional airport Weeze recently had to tremble about the presence of its largest customer, but now Ryanair is announcing a new route. From December 2020, the lowcoster will run twice a week
Ryanair hiring manager hands out against Lufthansa
Ryanair personnel manager Darrell Hughes throws criticism of the billions in government aid for Lufthansa in an interview. He even assumes that the competitor from the "government aid like an addict
OFD takes on Uetersen-Helgoland
The German island airline OFD is launching a non-stop connection between the Uetersen airfield near Hamburg and Helgoland. This will be served six times a week from April 1, 2022. To the
All departures canceled: Verdi strike paralyzes Hamburg
The security staff warning strike organized by Verdi hit Hamburg Airport particularly hard. The security checks for departing passengers can no longer be carried out. The result: all 87 planned departures
From August 2022: Flyr will include Oslo-Hamburg
The Norwegian low-cost airline Flyr intends to fly between Oslo and Hamburg from August 15, 2022. Thus one prefers the establishment of the connection, because originally one strived for the first flight for
25 years ago: James Bond provided Hollywood flair at Hamburg Airport
Film location Hamburg Airport: For almost 40 years, the Hanseatic city's airport has been a coveted film and photo backdrop. Almost 100 film and photo productions are made here every year. The airport of the Hanseatic city
Tus Airways picks up Paphos from Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Nuremberg
In the 2022 summer timetable, Tus Airways is offering non-stop flights to Paphos in Cyprus from Düsseldorf, Tel Aviv, Hamburg, Nuremberg and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. These are to be carried out seasonally for the time being. New
Hamburg: Enter Air took off for Tel Aviv Air for the first time
On behalf of Tel Aviv Air, the Polish airline Enter Air operated the first flight from Hamburg to Tel Aviv on Sunday. In the future, two weekly circulations are to be carried out and
Air Cairo takes on Bremen-Hurghada
The holiday airline Air Cairo will also be flying to Bremen Airport from July 21, 2021. The airport announced that it will use medium-haul Airbus A320 jets. The Egyptair subsidiary will initially
BRE: Senate is probably providing financial support
Bremen Airport is on the verge of bankruptcy - an injection of money is urgently needed. It looks like the city's own society will get this too. That goes from an internal
Bremen: Ryanair reactivates Alicante and Porto
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has announced the resumption of two routes from Bremen. Alicante is to be served once a week from April 28th. An increase to two rotations is effective May 1st
BER expands gastronomic offer in Terminal 1
The gastronomic offer at Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport is being expanded. From May 2023, the SSP Group, a leading international concession gastronomy, and the young Berlin company beets&roots will open three restaurants and
Berlin wants to make appointments for the security check
When traveling by air, you can now pre-order or reserve many things. In future, it will also be possible to secure a slot for going through the security check at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. For the time being this should be free of charge
Business travel: Eurowings is expanding its offering by 30 percent
According to the airline Eurowings, there is an increasing demand for business trips. For this reason, from September 2022, the offer will be expanded to routes that are typically used by business travelers,
BER: Two first flights in one week - Norse Atlantic is now also starting on the US west coast
Three weekly flights to LAX with the 787-9 Dreamliner from Berlin/Brandenburg. After a five-year break, there is a connection from Berlin to Los Angeles again today. The only few
Norse Atlantic Airways is now also active from Berlin
The airline Norse Atlantic Airways started the first of initially three long-haul connections from Berlin to the United States of America on Wednesday. The premiere flight was to New York-JFK. Already
Berlin: Norse Atlantic Airways announces Fort Lauderdale
The airline Norse Atlantic Airways will carry out the first flight from Berlin-Brandenburg on Wednesday. At the same time, the carrier is announcing another destination, Fort Lauderdale, which will be included from the airport in the German capital
Noise protection: Leipzig modernizes engine test run hall
Leipzig/Halle Airport wants to continue investing in noise protection and announces that the engine test hangar is to be modernized. This should lead to the residents being protected even in unfavorable wind conditions
Verdi and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG reach collective bargaining agreement
The Verdi trade union and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG were able to reach a collective agreement on Friday evening after three rounds of negotiations. This includes, among other things, that employees will receive a corona bonus in March 2022
Cockpit union: At Aerologic, the signs are pointing to a strike
At the cargo airline Aerologic, the signs are on strike. The Cockpit Association announced that the pilots in a ballot "clearly spoke out in favor of industrial action to enforce collective agreements".
Qantas A380 flies into the desert with a new cabin
Like the entire aviation industry, Qantas has to abandon previously established strategies and rethink it. The national airline of Australia is now sending freshly modernized Airbus A380 aircraft to the California desert. The
Condor is now selling Sundair tickets
The German airlines Condor and Sundair have been working together in sales since Wednesday. The Sundair offer can now also be booked on the Condor website. Be there
Sundair is back in Dresden
Just in time for the airport anniversary: Sundair takes off again from Dresden. After almost four months of corona-related forced break, the airline has resumed flight operations in Dresden. The airline touched down on Saturday morning
