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Vistara has increased Frankfurt flights
With a delay of around a week, the Indian airline Vistara has increased the frequencies between Frankfurt am Main and Delhi. This step was actually planned for the end of October 2022. Due to capacity issues
Frankfurt: Police arrest suitcase thief
Plainclothes police officers arrested a luggage thief at Frankfurt Airport. The 30-year-old man is suspected of repeatedly entering the terminal 1 issuing hall in recent weeks
Condor and Fisherman's Friend launch 'strip collaboration'
Leisure airline Condor and Lofthouse of Fleetwood, makers of Fisherman's Friend, have announced a "stripe" collaboration. Fisherman's Friend packs with the Condor aircraft printed on them are now being sold on board the airline.
Lufthansa Group introduces a uniform Travel ID
The Lufthansa Group wants to replace the previously different logins on the individual websites of the Group's own airlines and the Miles & More frequent flyer program with a so-called Travel ID. Currently, people
Eurowings Discover: Airbus A330 collects climate data
A Eurowings Discover Airbus A330 was equipped with measuring instruments designed to collect data for global climate research. Three Lufthansa Group aircraft now have such equipment. That
LAT uses Airbus Virtual Procedure Trainer
Lufthansa Aviation Training will be the world's first customer to put the Airbus Virtual Procedure Trainer into operation. It is a new way for pilots to carry out procedures with an intelligent
Summer: Austrian Airlines focuses on vacation flights
It is still completely unclear where you can actually fly to in summer 2021, but the airlines are slowly but surely having to finalize their plans. So does Austrian Airlines, which operate around 20 routes
Hanover: Use of corona detection dogs is being considered
Dogs are used as experts in many areas, because after appropriate training they are able to find just about anything. Whether explosives, drugs or buried people - all
Vereinigung Cockpit and Tuifly start mediation
The management of the holiday airline Tuifly and the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit have now been able to agree on mediation. This is now being prepared and should be carried out in February 2021. Between
Shortage of staff: Aer Lingus also had to cancel flights to Germany
The Irish IAG group member had to cancel numerous flights in the last two days. The background is that the company is currently suffering from an acute shortage of staff. So far, the carrier had to on Wednesday and Thursday
Carsten Spohr: Lufthansa is reactivating five more A340s and Swiss is taking back A330s
In the summer of 2023, Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr wants to get up to five Airbus A380s in the air. These are expected to be used from Munich. It has not yet been finally decided whether
MUC: Lufthansa reduces flights to Belgrade and Zagreb
Lufthansa will reduce operations on a number of routes in July due to staff shortages and capacity issues. Flight routes from Munich to Belgrade and Zagreb have to believe it: the connections from
Frankfurt and Munich: Lufthansa takes 2200 flights from the program
In the middle of the summer vacation period, Lufthansa is canceling more than 2200 more flights at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich due to a lack of staff. The AUA mother announced a good two weeks ago that 900
From Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich: Corendon Europe takes on Ras Al Khaimah
The Maltese airline Corendon Europe will station a medium-haul Boeing 2022-23 jet in Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) in the 737/800 winter flight schedule. From there, among other things, three
Hilton Munich Airport awarded as the best airport hotel
According to passengers, Munich Airport is still one of the best airports in the world, even after two years of the pandemic. At the annual World Airport Awards
Easter holidays: Stuttgart expects 1.900 flights
The Easter holidays start on April 14, 2022 in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart Airport is therefore expecting significantly more passengers. According to the preliminary stand for the entire week after Easter
Finances: Stuttgart wrote a loss of 24,7 million euros last year
Baden-Württemberg's largest airport, Stuttgart, had 3.582.096 passengers last year. Compared to the first year of the pandemic, it was possible to increase by 11,5 percent, but it was significantly below the pre-crisis level. Analog cut the
Eurowings drives back inner-German “race routes”.
Domestic flight demand in Germany seems to be below expectations. Eurowings is also reducing the frequencies of domestic German flights to/from Berlin-Brandenburg for May 2022. Actually, the carrier planned
Green Airlines blows off the start again
The startup Green Airlines is postponing its first charter flight for the second time at extremely short notice. Now they don't want to start until February 1st, 2021. Previously, it was postponed from November 1, 2020
Green Airlines cancels the first flight
Not surprisingly, Green Airlines canceled the first flight announced for November 1, 2020 on Thursday. The company cites the German government's new corona measures as a reason. There is a new appointment
Wizzair announces Cluj from Hamburg, Cologne and Karlsruhe
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizzair has announced the destination Cluj-Napoca for the 2021 summer flight schedule from Hamburg, Cologne / Bonn and Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden. These are to be added gradually from June 1, 2021. The prelude
Lauda Europe in the air from mid-September 2020
The Maltese Ryanair subsidiary Lauda Europe Ltd. will start flight operations in mid-September 2020. It is flown with medium-haul jets of the type Airbus A320. These are those aircraft that are currently
Memmingen: Ryanair takes on Lappeenranta
Memmingen Airport is getting a new travel destination - in the far north. The Finnish city of Lappeenranta is on the flight schedule from the end of October. Ryanair gets them twice a week
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.
Because of the Ukraine war: Adjustments to the Nuremberg flight plan
The military attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine also has an impact on the 2022 summer flight schedule from Nuremberg. The Ukraine routes are currently paused or announced new additions have been postponed indefinitely
Germany: Ryanair announces eight more routes
The low-cost airline Ryanair announces the inclusion of eight additional routes from Germany. These are offered from Nuremberg, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Memmingen and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. According to their own statements, the summer flight schedule is in place
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
Germany: Airport association ADV strongly criticizes Verdi strike
The working group of German commercial airports has severely criticized the recent warning strike called by the Verdi union. This takes place in Frankfurt, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn
Germany: Verdi calls on security personnel to go on strike again
The Verdi union is again calling on security personnel at numerous German commercial airports for a 22-hour strike on Tuesday, March 2022, 24. Hamburg Airport assumes that most
Verdi is calling for a warning strike at six German airports
Security personnel at the airports in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Bremen, Hanover and Leipzig/Halle have been called to go on strike from 4:00 a.m. to midnight on Monday. This was shared by the union
Role model Jetblue: Eurowings wants to get away from the cheap image
The airline Eurowings wants to discard the image as a low-cost airline. With additional services, they want to be clearly different from low-cost carriers such as Ryanair and Wizz Air. In the future you want to be like that
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
Even more wet leases for Eurowings: Avion Express flies eleven A320s
True to the motto "it can be a bit more", the number of Airbus A320s that Avion Express will fly on behalf of Eurowings will increase to eleven.
CGN: Easyjet flies daily to London Gatwick
At the start of the summer flight schedule, Easyjet is expanding its offering at Cologne/Bonn Airport. From April 15, the British airline will connect Cologne/Bonn Airport with London Gatwick Airport on a daily basis. It
CGN gets new numbers for check-in counters
To simplify orientation in the terminals, the check-in counters at Cologne Bonn Airport have been renumbered. A three-digit code replaces the previous letter-number combinations. The check-in counters in Terminal 1
CGN expects almost 450.000 passengers in the Easter holidays
That is seven times more than in the 2021 Easter holidays and 75 percent of the comparable period before the pandemic. The peak day is expected to be Good Friday, April 15, with almost 29.000 travelers expected
Dortmund: Wizz Air reactivates Larnaka
The low-cost airline Wizz Air wants to reactivate the destination Larnaka from Dortmund from October 9, 2021. Initially, the route should be operated once a week. Target group are people who have an autumn vacation
Dortmund wants to attract more switchers via OTA Kiwi
The online travel agent Kiwi and Dortmund Airport have been working together on connecting flights since September 1, 2021. The airport in the Ruhr area is mainly used by low-cost travelers who do not offer transfers,
Germany: Dortmund recovered particularly quickly
The German airport Dortmund surprised with high traffic figures, which were achieved during the summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia. Company boss Ludger van Bebber has now declared that the airport in Germany is the one
PAD: A lot of traffic thanks to holidays
A total of around 15.000 passengers started or landed on sunny holidays from Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport in the first half of the summer holidays. More than 2.000 passengers took off on the first weekend of the holiday
PAD: Six freight machines bring Corona relief supplies to Namibia
Six wide-bodied Airbus A340s will fly to Namibia in July. You will have more than 200 tons of medical protective equipment on board, facing the rising incidence levels
Green Airlines: Exclusive partnership with SC Paderborn 07 ended after only 67 days
In mid-March 2021, the charter marketer Green Airlines was presented as the new sponsor of SC Paderborn 07, which plays in the second Bundesliga. Back then it was a sustainable, long-term and exclusive partnership
Skyalps opens Bozen flights from Hamburg
The house brand of Bolzano Airport, Skyalps, is now also present in Hamburg. Two weekly flights are offered to the capital of South Tyrol. The operational implementation is carried out by the Maltese Luxwing
A6-EVS: Emirates has taken over last Airbus A380
Golf carrier Emirates took over the last Airbus A6 on Thursday with the A380-EVS. Since the production of the superjumbos has been discontinued, it is very likely the last unit ever built
Condor is only making a short guest appearance from Hamburg-Beirut
The vacation airline Condor is only making a short guest appearance over Christmas and New Years for the ambitiously announced non-stop connection between Hamburg and Beirut. Actually, the route should have been at least until the end of the
Contract: FraSec takes over Siko in Hamburg
At Hamburg Airport there will be a change in the security company commissioned with the implementation on February 1, 2022. The Fraport subsidiary FraSec will then take over the passenger and baggage checks. Client
IG Metall threatens Airbus with further strikes
Things are simmering again between Airbus Germany and the IG Metall trade union. The collective bargaining was interrupted on Friday without result. The employee representatives are threatening renewed warning strikes. This time the unionists have the table
HAM: Airport is planting another 50 hectares of new forest on its own land
At almost 111 years of age, Hamburg Airport is not only the oldest international airport at the original location - due to its long history, Hamburg Airport also includes agricultural areas and high-quality nature reserves
Corendon announces Izmir and Ankara from Bremen
The holiday airline Corendon is expanding its presence at Bremen Airport in the 2021 summer flight schedule. The destinations Ankara and Izmir are offered seasonally from the Hanseatic city. Here comes the Turkish part
Sundair: Canaries from four German airports
The German holiday airline Sundair will fly to the Canary Islands from various German airports in the 2020/21 winter flight schedule. From the point of view of the Robert Koch Institute, all of Spain is currently a risk area. Austria devotedly takes the
VC: "Lufthansa sacrifices high training standards under cost pressure"
The German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit is furious about the closure of the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen and the associated call by the group to cancel the training. The crane group would become its social
Berlin: One-time payments and wage increases at Easyjet
The Verdi union and the management of Easyjet in Germany have agreed on wage increases and one-off payments for flight attendants and pilots. These will take effect from autumn 2022, according to a statement by the employee representatives
BER will have a new schedule of fees as of September 1, 2022
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport has received the green light for the new schedule of charges, which is scheduled to come into force on September 1, 2022. In future, aircraft that are too loud from the perspective of the airport
After a four-year break, the ILA is returning to Berlin in a "light" version
Why the aviation show despite fewer planes, air shows and spectators - is a positive signal. It is 09:14 local time in Berlin when the newest and only a few months "old" Airbus
Berlin: Easyjet had to cancel again on Sunday
Also on Sunday, the low-cost airline Easyjet had to cancel some flights from Berlin-Brandenburg. In direct comparison with the previous days, the string concert was a little smaller this time. Had to on Sunday
With former Westbahn trains: DB takes on Chemnitz Airport Berlin-Brandenburg
From June 12, 2022, Berlin-Brandenburg Airport will be connected to Chemnitz without a transfer. Deutsche Bahn is extending an existing intercity connection from Warnemünde to Dresden to Chemnitz. For now are two
Berlin: Easyjet continues string concert
Even without a warning strike, the low-cost airline Easyjet again had to cancel a few flights from Berlin-Brandenburg Airport on Saturday. Since the affected flights were very well booked in both directions,
Autumn holidays: Central German airports inform passengers
On the first holiday weekend in Saxony, 50 aircraft take off from the central German airports in Dresden and Leipzig / Halle to holiday destinations around the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Red Sea. For one
LEJ: Volga-Dnepr flies vaccines to Turkmenistan
An Ilyushin IL 76TD-90VD cargo aircraft of the Volga-Dnepr took off yesterday from Leipzig / Halle with destination Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. On board were 35 tons of vaccine, which were transported on behalf of a UN organization
Deutsche Post-DHL continues to rely on Atlas Air
The US cargo airline Atlas Air and the logistics group Deutsche Post-DHL are extending their existing cooperation. This means that the carrier will continue to operate 20 cargo aircraft for the logistics company. The two companies
