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Ghost flights: Air Dolomiti often flies empty to Innsbruck
Recently, Lufthansa and its German subsidiaries have been carrying out empty flights particularly frequently. Officially, the company explains that the machines would be positioned at other locations to avoid delays,
Lufthansa continues the "string concert".
The largest airline in Germany is deep in chaos. In many areas, especially in flight operations, there is an acute shortage of staff. Lufthansa now has to cancel many flights again. Alone in the week of 8.
Lufthansa Aviation Training gets first 787-9 flight simulator
Lufthansa Aviation Training's first Boeing 787 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) is ready for training at the Frankfurt site. This was made by the British manufacturer L3Harris in Crawley. That
Shortage of staff: Frankfurt has to limit freight handling
At Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, cargo handling is temporarily severely restricted on weekends. The airport informed cargo customers that some cargo flights will no longer be accepted at weekends
Passengers left sitting: Lufthansa preferred to fly ferry from Frankfurt to Berlin
In the past few weeks, it has become increasingly common for Lufthansa planes to travel through Europe to German airports completely empty. The return flight that was actually planned – for example to Frankfurt – is often canceled
From August 1, 2022: Deutsche Bahn is cooperating with Star Alliance
Effective August 1, 2022, Deutsche Bahn AG will become the first so-called “intermodular partner” to join the Star Alliance. The cooperation is based on the previous cooperation
Munich: Lufthansa is reintroducing First Class
The AUA parent company is strengthening its premium location and will again be offering First Class on selected routes in the future. The airline is feeling a significant increase in premium demand - not just in business but also
Lufthansa is moving Nuremberg-Munich to the streets
Lufthansa will no longer take up the ultra-short-haul flight between Nuremberg and Munich, but will shift it to the road. A "Lufthansa Express Bus" is to be set up, a spokeswoman confirmed to Airliners.de. The
First flights and announcements in Germany - damper in Heringsdorf
The Austrian airline Easyjet Europe will be adding two additional destinations from Munich in mid-July. These are Palma de Mallorca, which will be served three times a week, as well
Air Dolomiti connects Munich with Forlì
The inaugural flight of the airline, which will offer connections to the German hub, landed at Ridolfi Airport this morning. The first flight of Air Dolomiti, the Italian airline of the Lufthansa Group, is this morning
Markus Söder rejects artificial increases in the price of flight tickets
Germany is already in the middle of the election campaign, with the elections to the Bundestag due in autumn 2021. The Greens, among others, are pushing for flight tickets to be artificially made more expensive
Terminal 1 at Munich Airport starts up again
Due to the pandemic, Terminal 1 at Munich Airport was closed for almost seven months - on Wednesday, June 23, the building will be open again due to the increasing demand for air travel
Eurowings announces additional routes
Eurowings will operate a total of 26 routes from Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Cologne / Bonn and Berlin. These are mostly holiday destinations, but also some city destinations, as the carrier announced. "Also
Police end “drug controls” at Lauda
A quite unusual approach by the Ryanair subsidiary Lauda employed the police at Stuttgart Airport. The carrier asked crews for alcohol and drug tests. However, these were not ordered by the Federal Aviation Office, but by the
Lübeck Air will take off on August 17, 2020
The airport's own start-up Lübeck Air will be offering a daily flight between the Hanseatic city and Stuttgart from August 17, 2020. An ATR72-500 operated by Air Alsie is used, which is powered by
Bischof: Eurowings with 80 machines in the summer
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings plans to fly around 2021 aircraft during the vacation period in summer 80. As early as May 2021, company boss Jens Bischof plans to have around 50 jets in the air
Quarantine: Cologne lawyers demand 500 euros in compensation for pain and suffering per day
A law firm from Cologne is demanding damages and compensation for pain and suffering on behalf of clients who had to be quarantined after their return from “risk areas” despite negative PCR results. The lawyers keep the blanket segregation
Transfer of operations: Germanwings flight attendants complain
The closure of the Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings now has legal consequences, as numerous flight attendants are complaining about a transfer of operations. A key argument for this is that the pilots should continue to be employed, but this
Eurowings is stationing three A320s at BER
The airline Eurowings will be stationing three Airbus A1 aircraft at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport from April 2021, 320. At the same time, among other things, the frequencies of domestic German flights to Stuttgart,
Berlin-Tempelhof: Ex-Airport is used as a CoV vaccination center
The former central airport will serve as a vaccination center from March 8th. This means that all six vaccination centers announced in Berlin in autumn 2020 would have opened, according to the Tagesspiegel. In Tempelhof, where
Berlin: Ryanair is planning 45 summer destinations
Due to the - at least officially - temporary closure of BER Terminal 5 ("Ex-Schönefeld"), the low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air also moved to the new building that opened in October 2020. Of the
BER boss calls for partial debt relief
The capital city airport has been in financial difficulties not only since the beginning of the CoV pandemic. Airport boss Engelbert Lütke-Daldrup is therefore campaigning for partial debt relief. FBB carries a burden of 4,5 billion
From Tuesday only corona vaccinations in BER Terminal 5
On February 22, 2021, BER Terminal 5 will be used for the last time for the handling of passengers. The former Schönefeld building will initially go offline for one year. After that she wants
BER: Suspected gang of thieves withdrawn from circulation
For three suspected notebook thieves, the journey ends before it has even started. The German federal police have arrested three men who appear to have 30 stolen laptops in their luggage
