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Ashwin Bhat becomes the new head of Lufthansa Cargo
The cargo airline Lufthansa Cargo is getting a new CEO in Ashwin Bhat. Lufthansa Cargo will continue to be managed by a three-person Executive Board team. The appointment of the third board member combined with a
Easter holidays: Frankfurt expects longer waiting times
Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, assumes that there could be longer waiting times at security checks and the issue of luggage during the upcoming Easter holidays in 2023. passengers
With Nesma Airlines: ETI launches Hurghada full charter
In the summer of 2023, the tour operator ETI, which specializes in Egypt package tours, will have full charter flights operated by Nesma Airlines to Hurghada from Leipzig, Cologne/Bonn, Frankfurt, Zurich and Munich. From the end of March 2023
Eurowings Discover relies on Justclaims.eu
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings Discover relies on a software solution from legal tech CHS Claims Handling Solutions GmbH for processing compensation claims. This is how you want to speed up the processes. “We support airlines
Frankfurt: Eurowings Discover is increasing Halifax
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings Discover is expanding traffic between Frankfurt am Main and Halifax in the 2023 summer flight schedule. Effective June 2, 2023, it offers up to four weekly
Eurowings Discover takes on Frankfurt-Barcelona
In the 2023 summer timetable, the holiday airline Eurowings Discover is also offering non-stop flights between Frankfurt am Main and Barcelona. These are to be served once a week for the time being. Flights 4Y2060/4Y2061 should be carried out
Test obligation: Lower Saxony wants to spoil Mallorca holidays
The German state governments as well as the federal government apparently do not seem to fit the point that the lifting of the travel warning for the Balearic Islands leads to a real booking boom for the
Easter: Sundair expands its Palma program considerably
The German holiday airline Sundair is expanding its flight program to Palma de Mallorca around the Easter holidays. The demand has risen sharply in the last few days, since the Federal Republic
VC and Tuifly agree on a crisis agreement
After lengthy negotiations, the German holiday airline Tuifly and the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit were able to agree on a collective agreement to cushion the restructuring. Nevertheless, according to VC, around 130 pilots will continue to be
Munich and Frankfurt: Etihad adjusts the aircraft
In the 2023 summer timetable, Etihad Airways is making changes to the aircraft on the routes from Abu Dhabi to Frankfurt and Munich. The Bavarian airport will be closed with effect from the 26th of April.
Jazeera Airways flies to Munich and Tirana
The low-cost airline Jazeera Airways will fly to two more European destinations from Kuwait City in the 2023 summer flight schedule: Munich and Tirana. From June 13, 2023, the Bavarian state capital will be closed on the traffic days Tuesday,
Defective weather radar: Cityline-A319 completed return landing in Munich
On Sunday, January 15, 2023, Lufthansa flight LH2284 had to make a return landing shortly after take-off in Munich. The background is that the weather radar of the Airbus A319 operated by Cityline with
ANA resumes Brussels and Munich
The Japanese All Nippon Airways plans to reactivate two European routes in March 2023. These are the destinations Brussels and Munich, which are each served from the capital Tokyo
ANA returns to Munich
The Japanese airline is returning to Munich Airport after a break due to the pandemic. With the start of the summer flight schedule on March 26, 2023, ANA resumes the direct connection to Tokyo's Haneda Airport
Bavarian Airlines: Startup wants to take off with its own cryptocurrency
At the end of this year, Bavarian Airlines, a new airline, wants to start up. From Munich, the start-up wants to use up to 12 Embraer E195-E2 destinations in Germany and
Ita Airways connects Stuttgart with Milan Linate
Stuttgart Airport is now connected to Milan Linate Airport in Italy up to twice a day. The airline Ita Airways serves this route in the morning and in the evening.
Summer 2023: Eurowings is adding additional routes to Turkey
The airline Eurowings is planning to offer additional connections between Germany and Turkey for the 2023 summer flight schedule. Operational implementation is to be carried out with the Airbus A319 operated by Eurowings Europe (Malta). away
Stuttgart Airport welcomes 18 new apprentices
Young people also had their first day of work at Stuttgart Airport on Thursday. The airport has taken on 18 new apprentices. These are taught in the fields of electrical engineering, IT, automotive mechatronics,
Green Airlines stops selling Karlsruhe-Berlin
The startup Green Airlines has already postponed the start of charter flights between Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Berlin-Brandenburg several times. It was supposed to start next week, but sales have now ceased. A new date for
String concert: Ryanair returns to eleven German airports
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is using the red pencil at eleven German airports and in Basel-Mulhouse. Numerous routes will be discontinued or will no longer be included in the 2021 summer flight schedule. That hits the hardest
FKB: Almost a million fewer passengers in the Covid year
After the record year 2019 (1.346.750 passengers), Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport was not spared from a massive decline in passenger numbers in the Corona year: around 401.000 passengers used the FKB in 2020 for
SkyUp also announces Kiev-Memmingen
The Ukrainian low-cost airline SkyUp has announced another route to Germany: From March 30, 2021, the carrier plans to fly from Kiev-Borispil to Memmingen on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Tickets are
Memmingen: Ryanair suspends many routes
Setback for Memmingen Airport: Ryanair will not start the routes to Gymri (Armenia) and Lappeenranta (Finland) announced for the upcoming 2020/21 winter flight schedule. New date: summer flight schedule 2021. Also otherwise
Lübeck Air announces Lübeck-Memmingen
With Memmingen, Lübeck Air intends to serve the in-house brand of Lübeck-Blankensee Airport, a third domestic German destination. The cities of Munich and Stuttgart are currently served by Air Alsie aircraft.
NEW: Alicante, Málaga, Valencia and Seville added to the winter timetable
Ryanair is already announcing a highlight for the coming autumn: From October 30, there will be a flight from Nuremberg to Seville in Spain for the first time. This makes it the capital of Andalusia
NUE: Managing Director Michael Hupe extended for another five years
In its meeting on July 29, 2022, the Supervisory Board of Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH decided to extend the contract of Managing Director Michael Hupe by a further five years until October 2028.
NUE expects over 680.000 passengers during the holiday season
Around 680.000 passengers are expected at Albrecht Dürer Airport Nuremberg during the Bavarian summer holidays, more than 42.000 passengers on the first weekend alone (including Friday) - that's almost as many as
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
Cologne: Corendon Europe launches special football World Cup flights
The Maltese airline Corendon Europe is launching special flights from Cologne/Bonn on the occasion of the soccer World Cup, which is being held in Qatar this year. These are carried out on behalf of a tour operator. It is a matter of
Luxair wet leases second Embraer 190 from German Airways
The wet lease cooperation between German Airways and Luxair will be continued and expanded in the 2023 summer flight schedule. D-ACJJ will continue to fly in the colors of the Luxembourg carrier and in summer 2023
Marcus Schuhte is the new German Airways Managing Director
There is a change in management at the ACMI and charter provider German Airways. The company is now managed by Marcus Schuhte and Maren Wolters. Zeitfracht board member Wolfram Simon-Schröter takes over others
DTM: Almost 1,7 million passengers used the airport last year
Despite mobility restrictions caused by the pandemic in the first half of 2021, a total of 2021 passengers used Dortmund Airport from January to December 1.692.960. In the previous year there were still 1.220.624. In the current outlook
Dortmund: Foundation stone laid for new police building
A new police building is being built on the Dortmund Airport site. The foundation stone was laid on Wednesday by Airport boss Ludger van Bebber, Lord Mayor Thomas Westphal and North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul, among others
2021: NRW airports count around 7,5 million passengers
After the Corona lull, North Rhine-Westphalia's airports are on the up again, but still a long way from the level of business before the pandemic. Last year, around 7,5 million passengers were from the six
Green Airlines now employs the public prosecutor
After the ticket seller Green Airlines had received the proverbial “blue letter” from German Airways, a turboprop aircraft of the type ATR72 was chartered from the French Chalair, at least for the past weekend.
German Airways announces legal action against Green Airlines
The German airline German Airways terminated the cooperation with the ticket seller Green Airlines on Monday. However, this does not prevent the criticized provider from continuing to purchase tickets under flight numbers
German Airways no longer flies for Green Airlines either
The ticket marketer Green Airlines is now completely without an “airline partner” because German Airways announced on Monday that it will no longer fly for this client with immediate effect. Last
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
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.
Corendon landed in Weeze
On Saturday, June 27, 2020, the Turkish airline Corondon operated the first flight between Antalya and Weeze. Information from the German regional airport was on board the Boeing 737-800
Whitsun holidays: Hamburg expects a rush of passengers
Hamburg Airport expects many passengers to travel during the upcoming Pentecost holidays. By the hour, even more passengers are expected than in the same period of 2019. The airport expects
Mannheim: Rhein-Neckar Air postpones the return to Berlin and Hamburg
Mannheim Airport's own brand, Rhein-Neckar Air, is postponing the resumption of non-stop flights to Berlin and Hamburg. These should actually have been reactivated on May 16, 2022, but the booking situation is
After just a few flights: bankruptcy proceedings against Tel Aviv Air opened
The district court of Hamburg opened insolvency proceedings against the virtual airline Tel Aviv Air GmbH under reference number 67h IN 96/22. According to the compulsory announcement by the court, the procedure was
Hamburg: Eurowings is increasing Alicante flights
The airline Eurowings, which has recently tried to position itself as a so-called value carrier, is increasing the connection to Alicante in Spain from Hamburg. This should also be served on Tuesdays
Air Baltic connects Hamburg with Vilnius
Air Baltic is now flying directly from Hamburg to Vilnius three times a week with the Airbus A220-300. The Hamburg-Vilnius route is operated by the Latvian airline every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
HAM: Eurowings plans up to 350 departures per week
Many North Germans are booking their first flight in more than two years, and in response to the high demand, the airlines are further expanding their services from Hamburg. Above all Eurowings:
VC: "Lufthansa hides the closure of the flight school"
The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit accuses the Lufthansa group management of concealing the closure of the flight school in Bremen in its press release published on February 17, 2021. “Lufthansa uses it consciously
Lufthansa flight school: VC condemns the closure of Bremen
The German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit considers the closure of practical pilot training in Bremen to be “a slap in the face for all employees”. Lufthansa announced on Wednesday that this will be in Rostock-Laage in the future
Germany: Lufthansa turns pilot training upside down
The Lufthansa Group announced on Wednesday that the training of pilots as part of the “ReNew” program will be realigned. Previously, the termination of the training at the Bremen location ensured
Climate sticker: BER wants to sue for damages
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport is examining civil law claims for damages against those climate stickers who illegally gained access to the apron last week and thus caused a temporary cessation of flight operations
From seat to trolley: Sundair launches new web shop
Leisure airline Sundair is launching a new web shop in partnership with Blackforest Aviation. In this one can see, among other things, catering equipment, model airplanes and much that was used on board the carrier.
Fence cut open: Climate adhesive illegally entered the BER area
The self-proclaimed "climate protectors" of the "last generation" broke into the premises of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport on Thursday, November 24, 2022. Some of the presumably full-time climate glues then unpacked their super glue
Icelandair is increasing in Hamburg and Berlin
The Icelandic airline Icelandair will increase frequencies on numerous routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In Germany, the carrier will head for Berlin and Hamburg more frequently. The Free and Hanseatic City
Berlin: Eurowings continues to expand its base
In the 2023 summer flight schedule, Eurowings wants to expand its presence at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. The intention is to head for around 30 destinations. One of the new destinations is Malaga, Alicante, Antalya, Graz, Larnaca and
Climate stickers have blocked the highway access to BER
The self-proclaimed "climate savers" blocked access to Beerlin-Brandenburg Airport on Friday morning. Some people got stuck on the freeway just before the exit to the airport. It came to
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".
