Barig: "Warning strikes cause great damage"
In the collective bargaining dispute between the Verdi trade union and public sector employers, seven German commercial airports are on strike today, which means that air traffic at these locations will almost come to a standstill.
ANA with slight adjustments on Europe routes
The Japanese All Nippon Airways has made a few minor changes to the reservation system for Europe routes in the past few days. Affected are the Tokyo flights from Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris and
AUA takes over Vienna-Frankfurt almost completely from Lufthansa
Effective March 26, 2023, Austrian Airlines will take over the majority of the Lufthansa Group's air traffic on the Vienna-Frankfurt route. This has the consequence that one future up
Verdi strike: Lufthansa has to cancel all flights from Frankfurt and Munich
Due to the strike that the Verdi union is calling for at the airports in Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen on Friday, February 17, 2023, Lufthansa has to shut down everyone
Dredged data line: Lufthansa restarts flight operations
During construction work for a railway tunnel, a data line used by Lufthansa was "dredging away". As a result, it is found to the unavailability of numerous IT systems. Many flights by the crane and by group subsidiaries have failed. In the meantime
Verdi strike: Frankfurt also has to go offline
Due to the strike that the Verdi union is calling for at seven German airports on Friday, February 17, 2023, Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, will be closed to passenger flight operations
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
A Michelin star for the Mountain Hub Gourmet at the Hilton Munich Airport
There has been speculation about it for a long time and now it's here: the Michelin star for the Mountain Hub Gourmet at the Hilton Munich Airport. The Michelin Guide gave its star ratings on Wednesday afternoon
From May 2022: Air Baltic will fly two A220s for Eurowings Discover
From May 2022, the Latvian airline Air Baltic will fly two Airbus A220-300s on behalf of Eurowings Discover under a wet lease agreement. The two medium-haul jets will be based at Munich Airport
Spohr: New foundation will be “a kind of second city line”
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr wants to set up a kind of "Cityline clone" for short and medium-haul flights from Frankfurt am Main and Munich. During the press conference about the annual figures, he gave more details
Air Dolomiti takes delivery of two Embraer 195s from Cityline
The Italian Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti is adding two Embraer 195 regional jets to its fleet. These will carry the registrations I-JENB and I-ADJZ and should be available in the next few weeks
Lufthansa wants to outsource short and medium-haul routes to a new subsidiary
The most recent negotiations between Lufthansa and the Cockpit Association have not resulted in a compromise. Now the Kranich Group wants a new subsidiary that will handle short and medium-haul routes from Frankfurt and Munich
Eurowings flies Baden-Württemberg into the summer vacation
The summer holidays will begin shortly in Baden-Württemberg. Over the past few weeks and months, the Lufthansa subsidiary, together with Stuttgart Airport, has been working intensively on the start of the best time
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,
Stuttgart starts vaccinations without an appointment before departure
From July 14, 2021, passengers on the Stuttgart Airport area can more or less be vaccinated without a specific date. By submitting a ticket or a booking confirmation for a
Zurich can be reached again from Nuremberg
Since the beginning of this week, Nuremberg Airport has been connected to the international hub in Zurich again. From now on, Swiss will start several times a week in the north of Switzerland. From September it will be
Nuremberg: New airport parking garage P4
The airport was able to complete the construction of the new parking garage. With an investment volume of around 36 million euros, the multi-storey car park built by the general contractor Goldbeck is the largest single project in the history of the airport
Nuremberg expects 300.000 passengers
The numbers are still far from pre-Corona times, but the desire to travel seems to be back: Around 300.000 passengers are expected at Nuremberg Airport during the Bavarian summer holidays. In comparison to the previous year
Emirates returns to Hamburg and Düsseldorf
Golf carrier Emirates Airline has announced its return to the German airports in Hamburg and Düsseldorf. From November 1, 2020, these are to be served twice a week from Dubai. As an aircraft
Innovative solutions from Jetfly and Globe Air for Linz
The two Linz-based airline companies Jetfly and Globe Air want to use innovative booking options to counteract the lack of connections in the winter months from Linz. Both bring flights with their private jets
Austrian takes off to Düsseldorf - Lufthansa continues to suspend Linz
Austrian has started selling tickets for Düsseldorf flights from Linz. However, the announcement by Lufthansa that it will drastically reduce the winter flight schedule due to the extremely low number of bookings due to the coronavirus crisis is still coming to an end
Ukraine International postpones comeback in Düsseldorf
Ukraine International actually wanted to fly from Kiev-Borispil to Düsseldorf and Brussels again at the beginning of October. Nothing will come of this - at least for the time being. The carrier named as the new date for the resumption
External companies make it cheaper: Eurowings terminates Lufthansa Technik
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will no longer have line maintenance in Düsseldorf and Hamburg carried out by its sister company Lufthansa-Technik. Third-party providers could provide these services more cheaply, reports the Airliners.de portal. Already for
Düsseldorf: Employees demonstrate against layoffs
A demonstration against the planned job cuts took place at Düsseldorf Airport on Monday morning. According to the current state of information, around 600 jobs are at risk. The Verdi union therefore called for a protest rally. Dusseldorf
Freebird and Corendon with new routes from Cologne and Paderborn
The airline Corendon Europe will offer non-stop flights between Paderborn and Hurghada from April 13 to 24, 2022. The machine type Boeing 737-800 is used. Currently there is one round per
Comeback: Easyjet reactivates Berlin-Cologne / Bonn
In the aftermath of the Air Berlin bankruptcy, Easyjet took over many routes from Berlin Tegel. In order to be able to hold the slots, wetlease devices, for example from Smartlynx and WDL, were used at the time. Well should
Stickers: German Airways advertises Adler fashion stores
The Zeitfracht group of companies recently bought the Adler fashion stores out of bankruptcy and integrated them into the group. German Airways is now advertising the Embraer 190 with the registration D-ACJJ
Christmas holidays: BER expects more than 600.000 passengers
For many people, Christmas time is also travel time: The airport company is expecting a slight increase in passenger numbers in the upcoming holidays in Berlin and Brandenburg compared to the previous weeks. Overall will be in time
BER: Thomas Hoff Andersson is the new COO
FBB management complete: The supervisory board today appointed the Scandinavian Thomas Hoff Andersson as managing director for airport operations (“Chief Operating Officer”, COO). Andersson owns both the Danish and the
November 2021: BER reports 1,22 million passengers
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport handled around 2021 million passengers in November 1,22. This was around 50.000 travelers below the figure for October 2021. In November of the previous year 2020
2022: BER expects 17 million passengers
The last meeting of the Supervisory Board this year was dominated by the current operational and financial issues of the airport company. The management reported to the supervisory board that this was a major reason for the long waiting times
BER: Both runways will be back in operation from December
After eight months of rolling use of the two runways at BER, both runways will be used simultaneously again from December 1st. The decisive factor for this decision was, even in winter
Berlin CDU wants to find a new BER operator
The Berlin CDU has presented a proposal to end the chaos around BER Airport. The operation of the airport is to be put out to tender and handed over to an external operator.