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Drones: Wingcopter researches hydrogen propulsion
The drone developer Wingcopter and the Center for Applied Aviation Research GmbH have joined forces and want to research the potential for hydrogen drives together. By converting to hydrogen, the plan is
China Eastern cuts Frankfurt presence
The airline China Eastern has rejected the original plan to fly seven times a week between Shanghai and Frankfurt am Main in the summer of 2023. You gradually get to five cycles a week
Eurowings Discover cancels flights to Kruger National Park
Due to a lack of demand, the holiday airline Eurowings Discover is indefinitely suspending the flights to Mpumalanga (“Kruger National Park”) that only began in November of the previous year. These were so-called direct flights,
From Frankfurt and Düsseldorf: Condor increases Mediterranean destinations
The holiday airline Condor is increasing the frequencies on two holiday routes from Düsseldorf and another from Frankfurt am Main in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In addition, the sister company Marabu once a week
Air Cairo picks up Sharm el Sheikh from Dusseldorf and Frankfurt
At the end of March 2023, the airline Air Cairo will start non-stop connections from Frankfurt am Main and Düsseldorf to Sharm el Sheikh. These are also marketed via SunExpress as part of a sales partnership.
Summer 2023: Eurowings Discover does not expect cancellations
Eurowings Discover, the holiday airline of the Lufthansa Group, is quite optimistic about the summer of 2023 that no flight cancellations will have to be made. In an interview with the FVW, company boss Bernd Bauer refers
Eurowings Discover is expanding its range of flights and opening a second base in Munich
The holiday airline Eurowings Discover will continue to expand its range of flights over the next three months. From June 3rd, the airline will fly to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania twice a week all year round
MUC expects increased traffic during the Pentecost holidays
With the start of the Bavarian Pentecost holidays, Munich Airport is expecting one of the strongest travel waves of the year. For the period from 3rd to 19th June inclusive, according to the data available so far
Lufthansa: Test certificate at check-in OK, worthless at the gate, sent for a new test and missed the flight
The fact that Lufthansa was not quite aware of South Korea's recently relaxed entry regulations led to chaos on May 25, 2022 in the run-up to flight LH718. Ground staff recognized valid ones
Summer 2023: Condor is planning some new holiday routes from Germany
The holiday airline Condor has already started planning for the 2023 summer flight schedule. From Germany, the carrier intends to launch some new routes on short and medium-haul routes and on existing ones
Viewing terrace at Munich Airport opens again
On June 1, 2022, access to the viewing terrace in Terminal 2 of Munich Airport will reopen after more than two years. Air travelers, guests and employees can then daily from
Munich has fleet oldie fire brigade
Munich Airport has officially phased out a fire engine that was already in use at the old Riem Airport. The MAN truck-based body from Saval Kronenburg was adopted in 1991.
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
Nuremberg Airport presents winter flight schedule
In the current winter flight schedule, the most important European hubs can also be reached and the two major airline alliances SkyTeam and Star Alliance are represented. In addition to the Lufthansa hub in Frankfurt, the Hanseatic city will also become domestic
Winter parking at Nuremberg Airport
Nuremberg Airport accommodates owners of mobile homes and vehicles, as well as vintage cars and other vehicles who do not have their own winter quarters, with new parking options. Owners of vintage and seasonal vehicles can have a restricted one
City and country are replacing Nuremberg's corona holding costs
The Bavarian Airport in Nuremberg is compensated by the state and the city for the maintenance costs that were incurred during the first lockdown. Specifically, the airport receives for the period from March
Lauda Europe: lawsuits pending determination of a transfer of operations
In Austria, a court will have to deal with whether the change of Laudamotion employees to the successor Lauda Europe Ltd represents a transfer of operations or not. With the support of the Chamber of Labor, a
Düsseldorf: ANA launches Christmas flights for Japanese
The Japanese All Nippon Airways is launching special flights that will enable Japanese citizens to spend the Christmas and New Year seasons in their homeland. In addition, the carrier offers on
Düsseldorf redevelopment plan: shareholders give the green light
The management of Düsseldorf Airport received the green light for the proposed redevelopment concept at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting. This also provides for a reduction in personnel costs by at least 50 million euros.
Münster Higher Administrative Court overturns German “forced quarantine”
A ruling by the Münster Higher Administrative Court could have a nationwide impact: The court overturned the quarantine obligation for returnees from risk areas defined by the Robert Koch Institute and found that people from regions
Graz: Austrian suspends Stuttgart and Düsseldorf
There will be less going on at Graz Airport in the future because KLM is suspending the Amsterdam connection. Now it comes to the fact that Austrian Airlines the non-stop flights to Stuttgart and Dusseldorf in a second "Corona break"
Eurowings starts rapid tests in Düsseldorf
After Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa, Eurowings now also wants to introduce rapid corona tests. These should initially be offered in Düsseldorf from the end of the year. In the first phase, passengers traveling to holiday destinations should
From Cologne and Düsseldorf: Corendon hangs up Kütahya-Zafer
The Turkish Corendon Airlines is launching non-stop flights to Kütahya-Zafer from four additional airports. These are to be served during the main season of the 2022 summer flight schedule. In Germany, the goal will decrease in the future
German Airways is bringing in four more Embraer 190s
The Zeitfracht subsidiary German Airways is expanding the Embraer 190 fleet by four more aircraft. Three regional jets are to be taken over this year and the fourth E190 has been announced for 2023. German
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
Heringsdorf with only one line connection
Usedom is an extremely popular holiday destination in Germany and Poland. However, the flight offer is extremely meager this season. Heringsdorf Airport still has to wait for additional scheduled flights, because apart from that
Austria does not ban flights from NRW
The Austrian Ministry of Health will continue to land machines that took off in North Rhine-Westphalia. Previously there were rumors that a ban could be pronounced. After the massive corona outbreak in the district
Austria issues travel warning for NRW
After the Tönnies scandal and the associated “lock down” ordered by two German districts, the Austrian Foreign Ministry is now issuing a level 5 travel warning for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In
Germany: Airbus is cutting around 3.000 jobs
Airbus recently announced that it intends to gradually cut nearly 5.100 jobs. Now there should also be more details on individual branches: Accordingly, there is talk of a total of 3.175 redundancies
Eurowings relies on Varna and Burgas
Eurowings is further expanding its route portfolio towards Southeast Europe and will be flying to the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria for the first time this summer - the holiday destinations Varna and Burgas will be added. The whole program
Friday: Verdi calls for rallies
Obtaining state aid and dismissing employees at the same time? In Verdi's eyes, that doesn't work at all. For this reason, demonstrations will take place across Germany on Friday. The Verdi union called on Friday
Airbus threatens UK government with downsizing
Either longer short-time work or numerous jobs will be cut. This is the announcement from Airbus boss Guillaume Faury to the British government. In the United Kingdom, short-time working at Airbus will start shortly
Eurowings reports high demand
The lifting of the international travel warning is said to have spurred the Germans' desire to travel. The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is increasing the flight schedule due to the “skyrocketing demand”. Around 80
Airbus puts pressure on customers
Anyone who does not come into contact with the aircraft manufacturer could soon receive mail from the court. Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is putting defaulting airlines in default for the first time in this crisis. Many would even
T2 is launched: BER is preparing for increasing passenger numbers
Terminal 2 was completed at the end of September 2020 before the opening of BER. Due to the low number of passengers during the corona pandemic, it has not yet been used. That changes: Tomorrow
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
