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Frankfurt: Lufthansa discontinues Liverpool and Bristol
Lufthansa will discontinue two UK routes from Frankfurt am Main at the beginning of February 2024. The last trip to Liverpool, which is currently served once a week, will be on February 2, 2024. One day later
February 2024: Lufthansa no longer flies to Bristol and Liverpool
German airline Lufthansa has announced that it will be removing some routes in the UK from its flight schedule in February. Specifically, Bristol and Liverpool will no longer be served. The German airline Lufthansa
BOC Aviation leases six Neo-Jets to Condor
The leasing company BOC Aviation has ordered four A321neo and two A320neo from Airbus. The machines are intended for Condor and are scheduled to be delivered in 2027 and 2028. "We
Condor is reducing ex-Soviet targets
The holiday airline Condor will no longer offer the destination Tbilisi from Frankfurt am Main in the 2024 summer flight schedule. One also occurs on another route in this geographical region
Summer 2024: Oman Air withdraws European offer
Golf carrier Oman Air is offering a reduced presence in Europe in the 2024 summer flight schedule. For example, Zurich is completely suspended. There will be reductions on the routes from Muscat to Paris-Charles
Lufthansa: EU Commission takes a closer look at Ita takeover
The Italian government and Lufthansa probably imagined it differently: There will be no quick takeover of Ita Airways by the Kranich Group because the EU Commission has one
European Air Charter increases in Germany
On behalf of some tour operators, European Air Charter is increasing the flight offer from Germany again. A total of 2021 additional circuits are to be carried out between July and September 38. The Tour Operator Alltours,
D-AMAX: Tuifly has taken over the first Boeing 737 Max 8
The German holiday airline Tuifly will be using a Boeing 2021 Max 737 aircraft in midsummer 8. This has the registration D-AMAX (MSN: 44601) and has already arrived in Hanover.
Tuifly takes 22 Boeing 737s into the air
The German holiday airline Tuifly wants to bring the fleet, which has been reduced to 22 machines, completely up in the air this year. A high demand is expected, which would also generate package travelers from the parent company.
Ryanair: Fewer flights at Hahn Airport
Bad news for Hahn Airport: low-cost airline Ryanair is further cutting its already meager flight offer at the former military base. As emerged on Thursday from the Ryanair booking page on the Internet, the shortened
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.
Lufthansa: City Airlines still on hold
The youngest Lufthansa offshoot City Airlines took over the first machine, but has not yet started flight operations. It could stay that way for some time. According to a report by the Handelsblatt
Brasov: Fly Lili wants to fly to Stuttgart and Munich
The Romanian airline Fly Lili – not to be confused with Liliair, which never took off from Klagenfurt – is planning a course from Brasov in competition with Dan Air in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule
Munich: Lufthansa postpones Hong Kong resumption to summer 2024
Actually, Lufthansa wanted to reactivate the non-stop flights between Munich and Hong Kong at the beginning of the 2023/24 winter timetable period. In the meantime, however, sales have been discontinued, because for this route it is still "please wait".
Winter 2023/24: Croatia Airlines serves Zadar-Munich
The Croatian airline Croatia Airlines intends to operate a non-stop connection between Munich and Zadar in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. Effective October 31, 2023, Croatia Airlines will operate two weekly rotations between
Munich: Lufthansa is increasing Cyprus flights
In the 2023/2024 winter timetable, Lufthansa will be offering significantly more flights between Munich and Larnaca in Cyprus. The carrier is increasing the route, which was previously served daily, to up to ten rotations per week
Widerøe also wants to offer Munich-Bergen in winter 2023/24
The Norwegian regional airline Widerøe also intends to connect Bergen with the Bavarian capital Munich in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. However, the route should not be served continuously. From the carrier's flight plan data
Stuttgart Airport illuminates terminals in rainbow colors
On the occasion of the Christopher Street Day culture weeks, which are organized by Stuttgart-Pride, the state airport illuminated the terminals in rainbow colors last week. This was particularly visible at night. The airport
Stuttgart: The lack of low-cost airlines means that numbers are in the red
For various reasons, Stuttgart Airport lost several low-cost carriers during the corona crisis. This is having an extremely negative effect on the recovery in passenger numbers, as Baden-Württemberg Airport is recovering
Summer holidays 2023: 11.000 flights registered in Stuttgart
Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport expects the airport to be used extensively during the 2023 summer holidays that have just started. More than 11.000 flight movements have been registered over the entire holiday period. Busiest day to start
Winter flight schedule: Ryanair is expanding in Karlsruhe
The low-cost airline Ryanair is increasing the winter flight schedule for 2021/22 from Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden. Among other things, the Portuguese capital Lisbon is now being offered twice a week. The carrier also wants from this airport
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.
Just a legal trick? Green Airlines claims AOC application
The ticket marketer Green Airlines has now suffered the next setback, because, according to a report by Airliners.de, German Airways will no longer fly for them - apart from Cologne-Paderborn-Westerland. That prevented
Another landing accident at Lake Constance Airport
On Wednesday lunchtime, a small plane was so badly damaged on landing that it only came to a standstill next to the flight path. It is the second accident at the airport within a few days.
Friedrichshafen airport closed for an hour after the incident
Today a private plane landed at Friedrichshafen Airport at around 14:30 p.m., but the pilot could no longer leave the runway independently. The cause is not yet known. All parties
New maintenance facility at Friedrichshafen Airport
Elite Jet Service GmbH has been with a new maintenance base for jet aircraft at Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen since March 01st, 2021. The company with headquarters in Mönchengladbach offers at Friedrichshafen Airport
Wizz Air increases traffic between Germany and Ukraine
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air intends to increase frequencies on various routes between Germany and Ukraine. Connections to Kiev-Schuljany and Lemberg (Lviv) are affected. As reported, the lowcoster wants
Corendon announces new summer routes
The Corendon Group is currently working intensively on the summer flight schedule for 2022. New routes are planned from Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. Depending on the route, these are operated by Corendon Airlines, Corendon
Ryanair announces eleven new routes to Germany
The low-cost airline Ryanair has announced the addition of a total of eleven new routes from German airports. These are to be served in the winter flight schedule 2021/22. The company also announced that they were leaving
From Hanover and Nuremberg: Eurowings is expanding flights to the Canary Islands
In the 2023 winter flight schedule, Eurowings will fly to Las Palmas twice a week from Hanover and Nuremberg. Also new from the trade fair city: Tenerife South. The Las Palmas flights from Hanover and Nuremberg
Nuremberg celebrates 10 years of Ryanair
The low-cost airline Ryanair has been present at Nuremberg Airport for ten years. Currently, a base operated by Malta Air is maintained at this airport, consisting of two medium-haul Boeing jets
Germany: Wizz Air increases Belgrade and Tirana
The low-cost airline Wizz Air is increasing air traffic between Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Belgrade from May 4th to June 8th, 2023. Temporarily, three weekly circulations are offered. Also off
Condor takes Dusseldorf-Pristina
The holiday airline Condor will fly daily between Düsseldorf and Pristina in the 2023 summer flight schedule. It is a charter connection operated on behalf of the tour operator Air Prishtina. the
Condor starts Pristina flights from Dusseldorf
The German airline will start daily flights between Dusseldorf and Pristina with the start of the new summer timetable. On March 26, 2023, Condor will fly to the Kosovan capital daily. The flights will
Summer 2023: Eurowings wants to fly at pre-crisis levels
According to the company, the offer from the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will be back to the level it was in 2023 in the summer of 2019. Among others from Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne/Bonn,
Etihad sets course for Düsseldorf and Copenhagen
Golf carrier Etihad Airways will fly to Düsseldorf again from October 2023 and now to Copenhagen. The German city will initially be served three times a week and gradually increased if there is demand.
Royal Jordanian accepts Amman-Dusseldorf
Oneworld member Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to fly twice a week between Amman and Dusseldorf from September 2023. It is currently envisaged that the route will be served by Airbus A320. the
Delta plans to return to Düsseldorf in May 2023
The US airline Delta is planning to operate the non-stop connection between Düsseldorf and Atlanta again from May 10, 2023. This was last offered in spring 2020. It is envisaged that three times a week
Ex-Niki boss Lackmann changes from Tuifly to German Airways
With effect from November 1, 2023, the German airline German Airways will have a new boss in the form of former Niki and current Tuifly Managing Director Oliver Lackmann. He will contact the carrier at the
Winter 2023/24: British Airways flies up to 12 weekly Cologne-Heathrow rotations
British Airways is planning to connect Cologne/Bonn Airport to the London Heathrow hub up to twelve times a week in the 2023/24 winter timetable. In the frequency mentioned, the IAG group member wants to take effect on 30.
Germany: Ryanair is looking for 150 new flight attendants
The Ryanair Group is in Germany looking for 150 more flight attendants to be deployed from German airports. To this end, the company is holding an event on August 16, 2023 and
Autumn holidays: Dortmund expects record numbers
Dortmund Airport is expecting around 144.000 passengers during the current autumn holidays in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In a direct comparison with the pre-crisis period, it would be about five percent above that
Positive trend at Dortmund Airport continues
In the third quarter of 2022, 796.663 passengers used Dortmund Airport as their departure or destination airport - an increase of around 10 percent compared to last year. Compared to
DTM: Wizz Air flies to Rome for the first time
The Hungarian airline Wizz Air flew from Dortmund to Rome this afternoon for the first time. The planes of the low-cost carrier take off several times a week. The connection is designed for three weekly calls
German Airways ultimatum to Green Airlines: 800.000 euros on the table or 11,3 million euros lawsuit
By the end of this week, the ticket seller Green Airlines has to put 800.000 euros on the table at German Airways or the Zeitfracht subsidiary will file a lawsuit for 11,3 million euros.
Summer vacation: Paderborn had 35.000 passengers
The summer holidays have already passed in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Paderborn Airport counted around 35.000 passengers in the six weeks. According to its own information, around 300 rotations were carried out and it
Green Airlines is now offering tickets with a fictitious IATA 2L code
The German ticket seller Green Airlines has extensively revised its homepage and no longer calls itself an “airline” or “airline”. In the self-description you now call yourself a “virtual airline”. the
August 2021: Weeze at 83 percent of the 2019 volume
In August 2021, the number of passengers at Niederrhein Airport was “only” seven percent below the value achieved in 2019. A total of 108.942 travelers used Weeze Airport.
Ryanair: Tuzla new from Weeze and Karlsruhe
The low-cost airline Ryanair will also be offering the destination Tuzla from Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Weeze from September 2021. The inclusion of the two routes, each to be served twice a week, is
IHK demands money for Weeze, Dortmund and Paderborn
The NRW airports in Weeze, Dortmund and Paderborn do not receive any money from the “Aviation Billion” because they are not classified as international airports. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry has sharply criticized this fact. It is required that
Marabu relies on wet lease aircraft from Heston and Nordica
The German holiday airline Condor has acquired a sister company based in Estonia called Marabu. This was founded by the majority owner Attestor and is cooperating with the state, at least in the initial phase
Hamburg: Lufthansa Technik opens a new training center
Lufthansa Technik has put a new training center for maintenance staff into operation in Hamburg. This has cost around 7,5 million euros. In particular, people want to change careers for careers in
Eurowings with new destinations from Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will add another new route each from Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Hamburg in the 2023 summer flight schedule. The new admissions are to be served gradually from May 2023. From May 29th
Verdi strike: Hamburg asks passengers not to come to the airport
In view of the strike announced by the Verdi union for February 17, 2023, Hamburg Airport assumes that regular flight operations will not be possible. The airport is asking passengers
Volotea and Eurowings agree on sales cooperation
The low-cost airlines Volotea and Eurowings are moving closer together because the two carriers have agreed on an extensive sales partnership. This includes joint ticket sales on around 140 routes. Air tickets for both carriers
Germany: Verdi calls for strikes at seven airports
On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Verdi union is calling for 24-hour warning strikes at seven German commercial airports. The airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen are affected.
Turkish Airlines connects Bremen with Istanbul again
Now fly from Bremen to Istanbul again: The Turkish airline offers a daily flight connection to the city on the Bosphorus. It flies again from Bremen Airport - Turkish Airlines. To
Bremen: Swiss and Ryanair announce routes
The airline Swiss intends to reactivate the non-stop connection between Bremen and Zurich at the beginning of the winter flight planning period 2021/22. According to the current state of planning, the majority of the rotations will be carried out with Embraer regional jets from
Airbus bundles hydrogen development in Bremen and Nantes
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus bundles the developments in the field of metallic hydrogen tanks at the Bremen and Nantes locations. To this end, two new zero-emission development centers have been set up. Goal of the ZEDC
Winter 2023/24: More AUA flights between Berlin and Innsbruck
In the 2022/23 winter timetable, Austrian Airlines had non-stop flights between Berlin and Innsbruck in its portfolio for a few weeks. These were apparently well received, because Lufthansa is planning for the upcoming 2023/24 ski season
Berlin: Wisag expands carbon dioxide-neutral handling
According to its own statements, the ground service provider Wisag Aviation carried out the carbon dioxide-neutral handling number 19 on July 2023, 1.000. The customer was the airline Norwegian Air Shuttle. The share of
Summer holidays 2023: BER expects 3,5 million passengers
The German capital's airport Berlin-Brandenburg expects to have around 2023 million passengers during the current summer holidays in 3,5. It is assumed that compared to the same period last year, around one
June 2023: BER still well below pre-crisis levels
In June 2023, Berlin-Brandenburg Airport was used by 2,1 million travelers. This was significantly below the value that Schönefeld and Tegel achieved together in June 2019. At that time
Berlin: Virtual time travel before departure
Passengers can now go on a journey through time at BER Airport. In the departure areas of Terminals 1 and 2, Gebr. Heinemann offers in cooperation with the COLD WAR MUSEUM
Berlin: “Siko with appointment” was used by one million passengers
Last year, Berlin-Brandenburg Airport introduced the so-called "security check with appointment" as the first German traffic appointment. In the meantime, the free product, which is marketed as “BER Runway”, has been used by around
Leipzig: Pegasus increases Antalya flights
The Turkish holiday airline Pegasus Airlines expects strong Antalya demand in the summer of 2023 from Leipzig/Halle. For this reason, the frequencies will be significantly increased with effect from April 1, 2023. Currently
Leipzig: Air Moldova has included Chisinau
The airline Air Moldova started a non-stop connection between Chisinau and Germany's Leipzig/Halle on Tuesday. As a rule, this route is served by medium-haul Airbus A319 jets. After extremely
Ten Russian planes have to stay in Germany
Ten aircraft are said to be parked at German airports at the beginning of the airspace closure for machines that are owned or controlled by Russia. Flying out is not possible due to the sanctions
Freebird Europe started in Cologne and Leipzig
The Maltese airline Freebird Airlines Europe took on Greek destinations from Leipzig / Halle on Sunday. The provider is an offshoot of a Turkish airline and flies on behalf of the state tour operator Tui.
Mallorca: Sundair takes off again in Dresden
The German holiday airline Sundair started a non-stop connection between Dresden and Palma de Mallorca on May 1, 2021. The route will initially be operated on the Saturday traffic day. Currently, Sundair continues
KLM returns to Dresden
The Dutch airline KLM is announcing its comeback in Dresden: On May 2, 2021, the carrier plans to reactivate the connection to the Skyteam hub in Amsterdam. Three are planned for May 2021
