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Lufthansa Group is looking for 20.000 employees
The Lufthansa Group is looking for 20.000 new employees across the Group. These are sought in a total of 45 different professional groups. On Monday, an advertising campaign will start on employment opportunities
Condor launches special football flights
The holiday airline Condor is planning special flights for the soccer games of Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt. The clubs participate in the round of XNUMX of the Champions League. Eintracht Frankfurt supporters in particular should
Condor launches paid WiFi in the A330neo
The holiday airline Condor will offer fee-based WiFi Internet on board its Airbus A330neo fleet. Passengers can choose from three different data packages. The chat function can be used free of charge for ten minutes per device.
UFO members accept Lufthansa collective bargaining agreement
The Lufthansa flight attendants represented by the UFO union accepted the wage agreement of November 1, 2022 with an 86,6 percent majority. Voting ended on Thursday. It is envisaged, among other things, that
Eurowings Discover landed for the first time at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings Discover landed for the first time on November 16, 2022 at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. The premiere flight was flight number 4Y142. Eurowings Discover is the first
Frankfurt wants to take Terminal 2 off the grid
With the opening of Terminal 2026 at Frankfurt am Main Airport, which is planned for 3, T2 is again to be temporarily shut down. You want it in a period of
MUC: United Airlines flies to Denver for the first time
United Airlines is expanding its route offering to destinations in the USA from Munich. Two more connections to the United States are now on the schedule. For the first time
Eurowings Discover with up to 21 aircraft in summer 2022
The holiday airline Eurowings Discover plans to increase its fleet to 21 aircraft by the end of this year. This will involve ten Airbus A320 and eleven A330 in own operation, confirmed
Winter 2022: Corendon Europe is launching additional holiday routes from Germany
Corendon Airlines Europe's 2022/2023 winter flight schedule continues to take shape. New connections to Egypt and Agadir are being established from Düsseldorf and Hanover. You can also take the train from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Lufthansa Group withdraws from the Italian domestic market again
The Lufthansa Group is withdrawing – at least for the time being – from domestic business in Italy. Air Dolomiti will no longer fly within Italy for the time being, but will focus on its bases in Frankfurt am Main
Munich Airport auctions lost property at the Hallbergmooser Volksfest
Attention bargain hunters: On Saturday, April 23, 2022, Flughafen München GmbH will be auctioning off items found in Hallbergmoos that were forgotten or lost at the airport and not picked up again. The auction takes place
For Eurowings Discover Wetlease: Finnair offers regular A350 tickets to Germany
Oneworld member Finnair will operate two one-way Airbus A14-2022 flights from Helsinki to Germany on 350 May 900. These lead to Frankfurt am Main or Munich and can be booked regularly.
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
STR: Play is flying to Reykjavik next summer
The Icelandic airline Play plans to fly from Stuttgart to Reykjavik from the beginning of June 2022. The state capital will then head to the island twice a week. The tight
Nuremberg: Lufthansa starts handing over luggage to the bus driver
Last but not least, due to political pressure, Lufthansa has shifted the ultra-short route between Nuremberg and Munich to the road. For some time now, buses have been running between the two cities under Lufthansa flight numbers. Well shall
2021: Nuremberg had 1,1 million passengers
The Bavarian Nuremberg Airport counted around 2021 million passengers in 1,1. This was around 16 percent above the volume in 2020, but around a quarter below
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
Essen: Zeitfracht sells flight school TFC
The Zeitfracht Group is separating from the TFC flight school, which it only took over in spring 2020. It was sold to a consortium around the former owner Christian and buyer
From Düsseldorf and Stuttgart: Helvetic could fly for Eurowings
The vast majority of the Eurowings fleet is still on the ground. Currently only 35 machines are in use. At the same time, the carrier plans to pull wet lease capacities ashore for the summer time. In conversation
Eurowings should go back on expansion course
Before the corona pandemic, Eurowings expanded extremely quickly, possibly even too quickly. The goal was to create a pan-European carrier, but so far only in Salzburg, Pristina and Palma have been outside Germany
Lauda: Crewlink wants to hire ex-Düsseldorfer for Zadar
The airline Lauda Europe is currently looking for flight attendants for the Zadar base and subsequently also for Zagreb. The temporary employment agency wrote for the first named location
Eurowings has reactivated Dresden-Düsseldorf
Eurowings has been flying between Dresden and Düsseldorf again since Monday. For the time being, three circuits per week will be offered. The route paused repeatedly due to the corona pandemic. Most recently, the Lufthansa subsidiary set up the connection for
Düsseldorf: Eurowings announces Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg and Tbilisi
From Düsseldorf, Eurowings will start non-stop connections to Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg and Tbilisi in July 2021. According to their own information, they are heading to the two countries for the first time under EW flight numbers. Germanwings had in the
Blue Air shortens and moves Germany routes
The Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air is postponing the resumption of numerous routes between Germany and Bucharest or Cluj by around two months. Also, some routes will initially be less than
German Airways ahead of cargo comeback with ATR72-600F
The German airline German Airways is getting back into the cargo business and this time is using the turboprop ATR72-600F. According to CH-Aviation.com, the carrier has a total of five machines of this type from the manufacturer ATR
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
Wizz Air is planning 45 destinations from Dortmund
The low-cost airline Wizz Air plans to offer a total of 2021 destinations in 45 countries from Dortmund between April and October 24. The lowcoster runs the first and so far only one at this airport
Ice on the slopes: Dortmund temporarily closed
The German airport Dortmund had to temporarily suspend flight operations on Monday morning due to the weather. Initially, it was expected that the lock would last until 13 p.m. In the meantime this has been
DTM: Wizz Air will also fly to Sarajevo in the future
The Hungarian low-cost company Wizz Air is expanding its offer from Dortmund Airport. From May 20, 2021, passengers have the option to travel from Dortmund to Sarajevo on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Corona outbreak at Airbus: 500 employees under quarantine
Around 500 employees at the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder were quarantined by the local health authority. On Sunday afternoon, the responsible office announced that 21 employees had tested positive so far. Which consequences
Airbus sets up a central warehouse in Hamburg
In the future, Airbus will take the logistics and storage areas into its own hands in Hamburg and will also take over the warehousing in the Hanseatic city previously operated by Kuehne + Nagel. The change is supposed to
Salzburg: Easyjet wants to reactivate Hamburg and Berlin in winter 2021/22
The low-cost airline Easyjet plans to resume the Germany routes from Salzburg in the winter flight schedule 2021/22. The routes to Hamburg and Berlin-Brandenburg are affected. A spokeswoman for the company confirmed this to Aviation Direct. Easyjet
SkyUp Airlines is expanding strongly into Germany
The Ukrainian low-cost airline SkyUp Airlines announces a large-scale expansion towards Western Europe. Most of the new routes will lead from Kiev-Borispil to Germany. But also from Odessa and Lviv wants
Vienna-Hamburg: AUA extends mandatory corona rapid tests
In November 2020, Austrian Airlines started an antigen test trial phase on the Vienna-Hamburg-Vienna route. This will now be extended until at least December 15, 2020. However, the results are still neither in Austria nor
Airbus expects a quick recovery on the short-haul route
Thousands of people will lose their jobs at the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Will there be even more due to the recent sharp drop in demand due to the lockdowns? “No,” says CEO Guillaume Faury
Germany: Airlines reduce Greece offer
In Germany, the first reductions in the Greek offer for the summer of 2022 are becoming apparent. Ryanair and Condor have taken some routes out of sale or reduced frequencies on others. in the
Berlin: climate protectors wanted to disrupt BER with balloons
Self-proclaimed climate protectors wanted to disrupt air traffic at BER on Friday morning with the help of balloons, some of which were filled with helium. The police stopped the action and destroyed the "disturbing objects"
Cockpit Association mourns the loss of Gail Halvorsen
It is with deep sadness that the Cockpit Association bids farewell to one of the most famous pilots of the Berlin Airlift, Colonel Gail Halvorsen. He was 101 years old. “We salute Gail Halvorsen.
View of the “purpose building”: BER Terminal 2
In the 2022 summer flight schedule, Berlin-Brandenburg Airport intends to put Terminal 2 into operation, which was already completed when it opened but was not needed due to the corona pandemic. Currently running
Germania: Insolvency administrator wins in court
The former managing director of the airline Germania, Karsten Balke, failed in his attempt to obtain an injunction against the insolvency administrator. Balke had publicly accused insolvency administrator Rüdiger Wienberg of changing the bookkeeping
Sundair sister company Fly Air41 fleet ex-Iberia-A319
The Croatian airline Fly Air41 Airways will soon add another Airbus A319 medium-haul jet to its fleet. This is the machine that previously flew for Iberia as EC-KOY,
Leipzig is only connected to the AUA hub in Vienna
For the first time in many years, Leipzig / Halle Airport will no longer have domestic flight connections in Germany in the upcoming 2020/21 winter flight schedule. Both Lufthansa and its subsidiary Eurowings operate the corresponding routes
FDP wants to give Leipzig the nickname Hans-Dietrich Genscher
If the FDP regional group in Saxony has its way, Leipzig / Halle Airport could soon be nicknamed: Hans-Dietrich Genscher. The argument put forward is that other airports are named after former SPD or CDU top politicians
Is Prime Air coming to Europe anytime soon?
According to information from the specialist portal Skyliner Magazine, the Irish airline ASL Airlines Ireland has taken over a first, second-hand converted Boeing 737-800F, which is in the colors of the virtual logistics service provider Prime
