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Eurowings Discover: Cockpit Association accepts offer
The German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit accepts the Lufthansa management's offer to enter into collective bargaining regarding the subsidiary Eurowings Discover. The employee representatives welcome the initiative. “VC and the Lufthansa Group are
Lufthansa puts “Cityline 2” on hold
Lufthansa has put the "Cityline 2" project, which was intended to serve as a low-cost platform for feeder flights to Frankfurt am Main and Munich, on hold. This is based on an existing internal communication
Body found: Lufthansa and AUA suspend Tehran flights
Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines are temporarily suspending their flights to Tehran. The background is an incident that took place on October 27, 2022 with the Airbus A340-300 D-AIGW
246 destinations in the Frankfurt winter timetable 2022/23
The airlines operating from Frankfurt am Main Airport will fly to a total of 2022 destinations in 23 countries in the 256/96 winter timetable, which will start in a few days. 82 carriers have registered.
Quarterly figures: Strong summer 2022 brings Lufthansa fat profit
The third quarter of 2022 was financially successful for Lufthansa. You can show a surplus of 809 million euros. In the same period last year, it was in the red with 72 million euros.
Vistara postpones frequency increases in Frankfurt and Paris
The Indian airline Vistara is postponing the frequency increases on the routes from Delhi to Frankfurt am Main and Paris originally announced for October 30, 2022 by around a week. The carrier
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
Munich Airport continues to recover in the first quarter
Even if the traffic balance for the first quarter of 2022 at Munich Airport is still heavily influenced by the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic, this is evident in the first three months of the new year
Munich Airport receives funding for the purchase of environmentally friendly electric buses
Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, presented a funding decision of almost 24 million euros to a representative of Munich Airport in Berlin today. With this grant
Munich Airport: Sprüngli opens the first store in Germany
After the previous success of the pop-up store at Munich Airport, the SchweizerHaut Chocolatiers Sprüngli has now decided on a permanent location in the departure area of Terminal 2. As of now, passengers have
Easter: Munich Airport expects almost 10.000 more flights than last year
The Bavarian Easter holidays are all about a further recovery in air traffic: while only 2021 destinations could be reached from Munich in April 100, the airlines want to travel worldwide this year during the holiday season
New pier at Terminal 1: MUC has to postpone completion
Three years after the start of construction work on the new pier at Terminal 1 of Munich Airport, the shell work is largely complete. Nevertheless - and as so often in this time
Stuttgart Airport extends short-time work
Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport is extending the short-time work that has been in effect since the beginning of the corona pandemic until at least the end of March 2022. After that, further regulations of the emergency collective agreement will come into force, the operating company announced.
Stuttgart: Ulrich Heppe becomes the new managing director
With Ulrich Heppe, Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport will have a new managing director on April 1, 2022. This follows Arina Freitag, who is leaving the company at her own request, and a new challenge
Eurowings is adding four new destinations to the winter flight schedule
Eurowings has four new winter destinations in Sweden, Finland and Norway on its flight schedule: from the beginning of December, the airline will be flying to four new destinations in Northern Europe from Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. Starts from Düsseldorf
NUE: More than 60 summer destinations can already be booked now
In the summer flight schedule, more than 60 destinations can be reached non-stop from Nuremberg Airport again from the end of March and most of them can already be booked. There are 14 new ones for city travelers alone
Nuremberg: busy before the doldrums
The Bavarian Nuremberg Airport expects around 600 take-offs and landings during the Christmas holidays. Between December 23, 2021 and January 9, 2022 there will be around 100.000 seats in scheduled and charter services
NUE: Tuzla back on the flight plan
After a pandemic-related suspension, Wizz Air will resume the connection between Nuremberg and Tuzla. On board the first flight was Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Federal Minister
Eurowings introduces Ryanair hand luggage system
Eurowings has been copying the hand luggage concept that has been practiced at Ryanair and Wizz Air for some time, with minor deviations: in the future, passengers who book the basic tariff will no longer be allowed to use the IATA standard size, but only
Germany: 300.000 passengers affected by flight disruptions in June
In June 2021, around 300.000 passengers were affected by flight disruptions in Germany alone. An evaluation of the Airhelp portal shows that flights to Turkey and the Canary Islands in particular
Düsseldorf: Customs catches watch smugglers
At Dusseldorf airport, a 42 traveler who had high-quality watches with him went online to the German customs officials. The German came in from Dubai and was fished out by customs.
Eurowings distributes beach balls to children
The airline Eurowings is now distributing around 15.000 beach balls and 100.000 creeps to children on flights from Germany to hot water destinations. From the horse to the turtle to the pterosaur
Eurowings relies on the far north
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is increasingly relying on destinations in Northern Europe in the winter flight schedule 2021/22. From Düsseldorf and Stuttgart the destinations Tromsø (Norway), Rovaniemi (Finland), Luleå and Kiruna (both Sweden) will be new
Eurowings is expanding its route network: New destinations from Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn, Stuttgart and Salzburg
Due to the gradual relaxation of the CoV situation, more and more airlines are daring to take on new routes or upgrade existing routes. So does the Lufthansa subsidiary. Eurowings has the program of new routes on theirs
Cargo: Cologne/Bonn sets a new record
Cologne/Bonn Airport handled around 4,25 million passengers last year. Compared to 2020, it increased by 38 percent, but was a good two-thirds below that
German Airways withdraws Ego Airways only aircraft
The Italian Ego Airways has not been in the air for a long time and the future of the young airline is completely unclear. German Airways, from which one under a dry lease agreement
Cologne: European Air Charter flies in wet lease for Condor
On behalf of the German holiday airline Condor, the Bulgarian European Air Charter will serve two summer destinations from Cologne / Bonn. It is Palma de Mallorca, which will open every day from May 14, 2022
Quarterly figures: Dortmund reports a 75 percent decline
The German Dortmund Airport was used by 2021 passengers in the first quarter of 120.957. In direct comparison with the same period in the previous year, this means a decrease of around 75 percent. The
Easter: 30 destinations from Dortmund
During the Easter break, 30 destinations in 20 countries are to be offered at Dortmund Airport in Germany. The connections are carried out by Eurowings, Ryanair and Wizz Air. On site is
Easter: Wizz Air launches Dortmund-Palma
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air wants to benefit from the currently strong Mallorca demand around Easter from Dortmund, the only base on German soil. Therefore, the carrier announces the inclusion of a
Summer flight schedule: nine new destinations from Hamburg
The airlines are gradually expanding their services from Hamburg: the airlines are currently flying to 80 direct destinations from Hamburg Airport, and by the summer holidays there will probably be around 105 destinations.
Lufthansa is setting up its own vaccination centers
Lufthansa has set up its own vaccination centers in Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg so that employees can independently vaccinate the coronavirus. According to a spokesman, a capacity is believed to be around
HAM: Passenger numbers are not experiencing an Easter miracle
Hamburg Airport takes stock of the Easter tourist traffic: over the holidays, the airport was able to welcome an average of 5.500 arriving and departing passengers per day. This means that the passenger numbers are still on despite the holiday season
Lufthansa flies to Mount Pleasant again
On March 30, 2021 Lufthansa will again fly researchers from Hamburg to Mount Pleasant on behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute. This time researchers from the German Aerospace Center will also join
Boeing establishes a new location in Germany
The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is building a new distribution center for chemical and special materials in Henstedt-Ulzburg (near Hamburg). This is to employ around 190 people in the future. In cooperation with the municipality of Henstedt-Ulzburg, Warburg-HIH
SmartLynx starts charter flights from Germany
The Latvian charter airline SmarLynx will offer connections to the Canary Islands Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife from Hamburg, Hanover, Düsseldorf and Munich in autumn 2021, the company confirmed. The flights
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
Easter holidays: BER expects 60.000 passengers per day
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport will open Terminal 24 on March 2022, 2. This will mainly be used by Ryanair, but also by Aer Lingus. Has its own gates
El Al is ramping up the Germany offer again
The airline El Al is planning to fly more frequently to Germany again in the 2022 summer flight schedule. 21 weekly rotations from Tel Aviv to German airports are currently planned. El Al intended
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
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
Cargo: Leipzig reports a new record
The German airports Dresden and Leipzig together counted 918.341 passengers in the previous year and were 78,2 percent below the value in 2019. Dresden accounted for 385.651 passengers and
EU logistics center for humanitarian aid at Leipzig / Halle Airport
A new logistics center for disaster control is being built at Leipzig / Halle Airport as part of an EU program. The location in the vicinity of the airport is being set up and looked after by the German Red Cross. The EU
Condor is moving forward to Leipzig routes on January 30, 2021
The holiday airline Condor has announced the start of some routes from Leipzig / Halle on January 30, 2021. The background is that the German state of Saxony will prefer the winter holidays. Brings twice a week
