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Egyptair uses widebodies to Frankfurt
The airline Egyptair is also planning to use wide-bodied aircraft in the 2023 summer flight schedule between Frankfurt am Main and Cairo. In addition to the usual Boeing 737-800, B787-9 and B777-300ER are to be used on selected routes
After a high profit: Lufthansa expects continued strong demand
After two deep red “Corona years”, Lufthansa was able to announce high black figures again for the 3 financial year on Friday, March 2023, 2022. The operating profit adjusted for special items was around
Cathay Pacific is increasing some European destinations
The airline Cathay Pacific updated the plans for some European routes in the 2023 summer timetable last week. The destinations Frankfurt am Main and Zurich are affected. The
Lufthansa and Condor: Turbulence leads to injuries on board
Due to turbulence, passengers of the German airlines Condor and Lufthansa suffered injuries. The Lufthansa plane, which according to the plan was to fly from the USA to Frankfurt, had to land early in Washington. The
Lufthansa orders Airbus A350-1000 and more B787-9
Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, announced on Thursday that it had ordered a total of 22 new long-haul aircraft. There are ten Airbus A350-1000, five A350-900 and seven Boeing 787-9. wants in the medium term
Frankfurt: Air China uses Boeing 777-300ER
The airline Air China has been using Boeing 777-300ER long-haul aircraft between Shanghai and Frankfurt am Main since last week. These have 311 seats. So far have come across this
Talks: Tui may need more government aid
The travel company Tui has already received around three billion euros in state aid and is now in negotiations for a further two billion euros. According to Reuters, the talks are still ongoing
VC calls for political intervention at Tuifly
The Cockpit Association demands that German politicians prevent the restructuring of the Tuifly holiday airline “at the expense of the taxpayer”. According to the current plans, against which the union Sturm
VC criticizes the termination of the Tuifly negotiations
The Cockpit Association is not happy about the unilateral termination of the crisis talks by the Tuifly management. The union stressed in a broadcast that one was prepared beforehand for a “far-reaching and painful
Christmas and winter market opened at Munich Airport
The market in the forum of the Munich Airport Center was opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. In addition to the consumption of typical Christmas dishes, Munich Airport offers Christmas and
Summer 2023: Croatia Airlines takes on Munich-Brač
Star Alliance member Croatia Airlines is offering a new route from Munich to Brač in the 2023 summer timetable. This means that five destinations in Croatia will be offered from the Bavarian airport. More new recordings
First time to Germany: Eva Air connects Taiwan with Munich
The Taiwanese airline Eva Air is flying to a German destination for the first time: From now on there will be four flights a week from Taipei to the Bavarian capital. The Taiwanese metropolis is visited on Mondays, Wednesdays,
Lufthansa increases prices for food and drinks
Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, has published a new sales catalog for buy-on-board catering in economy class on short and medium-haul routes. At the same time, prices were also increased – in some cases sharply.
From Bergen: Widerøe sets course for Munich and Hamburg
The Norwegian regional airline Widerøe is adding four new routes from Bergen to its 2023 summer timetable. Two of these will lead to Germany. The carrier will initially be three times a week from March 30, 2023
Singapore Airlines extends codeshare cooperation with Lufthansa
Singapore Airlines is further expanding its codeshare cooperation with Star Alliance partner Lufthansa in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. The SQ code will be placed on 17 other routes served by the crane airline. It is from Munich
Stuttgart recommends arriving at the airport no more than three hours before departure
The six-week summer holidays in the German state of Baden-Württemberg begin next week. Stuttgart Airport recommends arriving at the airport in good time, but recommends arriving earlier than three hours
Stuttgart Airport has to invest 2,4 billion euros in climate protection
In order to achieve the climate goals it has set itself, Stuttgart Airport will have to invest around 2040 billion euros by 2,4. Work is underway to reduce infrastructure carbon emissions within the next 1,5 years
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
Uwe Kotzan is the new boss at Baden-Airpark
With Uwe Kotzan, the Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden regional airport will have a new boss on January 1, 2021. So far, the manager has been in charge of the Erfurt / Weimar regional airport. He succeeds the longstanding managing director Manfred
Volocopter and Deutsche Bahn are working on freight drones
The air taxi pioneer Volocopter and the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Schenker are now working together on the development of a freight drone. In the coming year, the commercial proof of the necessity is to be provided. At DB
Green Airlines activates bookings
On November 1st, the German airline Green Airlines will start its first scheduled flight from Karlsruhe-Baden Baden to the new Berlin airport BER. A total of 16 weekly departures are planned. The flights from the airport
1. FC Nürnberg got its own “Club Gate”.
Nuremberg Airport has designed a gate and passenger boarding bridge in the design of Bundesliga soccer club 1. FC Nürnberg. This was officially opened on Wednesday by the airport managers and representatives of the sports club. Already
Nuremberg: Bio-monitoring with the help of bees
World Bee Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, was celebrated on Friday. On this occasion, the German airport Nuremberg drew attention to the fact that in 2003 this
Germany: Tui and FTI get more Smartlynx machines
The Smartlynx Group was able to land further full charter orders in Germany. You will fly for the tour operators FTI and Tui Germany. According to one, you fly for the latter tour operator
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.
Siko chaos in Cologne: Up to seven hours waiting time
The total failure of the German authorities in terms of security checks became clear again at the weekend at Cologne/Bonn Airport. There was a waiting time of up to seven hours in front of the Siko lines. The queue was several
Cologne/Bonn wants to take over security checks itself
With the exception of Frankfurt am Main, security checks at commercial airports in Germany are carried out by private security service providers on behalf of the Federal Police. Cologne/Bonn is now saying that one
Commentary: Welcome to Summer Chaos!
For many vacationers, the holidays already ended at Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf airports, because contrary to all the assurances of the airports, there were extremely long waiting times at the security checks. In addition,
Dortmund: Skyexpress carried out its first flight to Heraklion
The Greek airline Skyexpress carried out the first flight between Heraklion and Dortmund on Sunday. This route is to be operated twice a week in the future. The aircraft are aircraft of the type Airbus A320neo
Eurowings: Warning strikes in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund
At the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings, the cabin crew will be on strike on Friday between 4 a.m. and 30 a.m. at the stations in Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn and Dortmund. The Verdi union had been unsuccessful
Swissport appoints Ivan Nash Vila as its new CFO
The aviation service provider Swissport has appointed Ivan Nash Vila as its new CFO. He will take up the post of CFO on October 1, as Swissport announced on Monday. Since August the
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
Green Airlines: 1.700 kilometers of empty flight for just four passengers
With only four passengers on board, German Airways took off on Friday for the charter marketer Green Airlines at Cologne / Bonn Airport in the direction of Paderborn. However, the machine was previously ferry off
Green Airlines sold tickets without a contract with Just Us Air
At the charter marketer Green Airlines, things seem to be going badly, because Alk Air withdrew the Boeing 5-2021 on July 737, 300 and Just Us Air will not even be
Hamburg announces slope closures for 2022
Hamburg Airport in northern Germany will close runways in 2022 in order to be able to maintain the runways. In June 2022, only one lane will be available at times. Further
Eurowings is taking off from Hamburg to seven new destinations
The German airline is increasingly focusing on sunny holiday cities by the sea, which are popular with both bathers and city breaks. The Spanish city of Bilbao will be open from April 4th
Flyer sets course for Hamburg
Norwegian low-cost airline Flyr plans to launch non-stop flights between Oslo and Germany's Hamburg. This will be served for the first time from autumn 2022. A specific date for the first flight has not yet been set
Weeze: Ticket seller Green Airlines wants to offer Hamburg and Heringsdorf
The German ticket seller Green Airlines intends to market charter flights to Heringsdorf and Hamburg from Weeze. The latter destination is said to be operated by an undesignated airline on Tuesday and Tuesday service days
ITA Airways sets course for Hamburg
The airline ITA Airways will connect Hamburg with Milan Linate from March 27, 2022. According to the current planning status, this route should be served daily. ITA Airways flights change departures every day
Lufthansa Technik takes over CFM56 maintenance for West Jet
West Jet has contracted its CFM56-7B engine maintenance program to Lufthansa Technik. With this agreement, the former AUA Managing Director's new employer will have access to a wide range of services, including overhaul capacity and on-site maintenance support.
Lufthansa ends pilot training in Bremen
There was no good news on Monday evening for the around 700 prospective pilots at the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen. The crane group is terminating the training at this location and only a few can
Lufthansa before the Bremen flight school closes
Apparently, in view of the precarious corona situation, the AUA parent company is considering closing the flight school in Bremen - that would destroy the dream of around 700 budding young pilots. The executive board around Lufthansa boss
Airbus: Negotiations with IG Metall postponed without result
The first round of negotiations between Airbus and IG Metall ended with no result on Thursday. On October 2, 2020, the employer and the union will meet again for talks. Airbus intends in Germany for example
Qatar Airways has increased Berlin flights
Oneworld member Qatar Airways has increased non-stop service between Berlin and Doha. Up to eleven weekly circulations have been offered since October 2, 2022. Boeing long-haul jets are used
After just a few weeks: Norse stops Berlin-Los Angeles
As recently as mid-August, the airline Norse Atlantic Airways started a non-stop connection between Berlin-Brandenburg and Los Angeles. On October 16, 2022 it will be over again, because the carrier will be the one
Sundair with a new image video and Funchal flights from Berlin
The German leisure airline Sundair will be offering a seasonal connection to the Portuguese island of Funchal from October 25, 2022 from Berlin-Brandenburg. This is served on the Tuesday service day. Sundair flight SR1324 will
Delta is celebrating a comeback in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Berlin this summer
The US carrier is returning to Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart next summer. This means that up to seven daily flights between Germany and the USA are on offer. The airline intends to
Berlin: Egyptair increases Cairo flights in winter 2022/23
Star Alliance member Egyptair is increasing its presence at the German airport Berlin-Brandenburg in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. In future, the German capital will be connected to Cairo six times a week. Egyptair increases with effectiveness to
Where Hunold once held conferences: the school has moved into the former Air Berlin headquarters
The former Air Berlin headquarters is now temporarily used as a school. The district office responsible has rented the building for six years. For a few days now, classes at the Anna Lindh School have been gradually moving
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
