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Frankfurt Airport is reorganizing identity checks
The Frankfurt airport operator Fraport wants to significantly speed up passenger and hand luggage checks. A more efficient use of private security forces and innovative baggage scanners should help. Passengers will be checked by new scanners
Summer 2023: Air China is significantly increasing Frankfurt flights
The airline Air China is significantly increasing its presence in Frankfurt am Main at the beginning of the 2023 summer flight schedule period. Both from Beijing as well as from Shanghai one becomes the German
Ita Airways: Lufthansa is the only bidder
The Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that only Lufthansa should be interested in joining Ita Airways. By the end of the deadline, which was 18:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
Ita Airways: Lufthansa has submitted official takeover bid
On Wednesday, January 18, 2022, Lufthansa announced that it had submitted an official bid to take over the airline Ita Airways. First, one wants to acquire a minority stake and about
Lufthansa switches Frankfurt-Detroit to Boeing 787-9
From February 13, 2023, the German airline Lufthansa plans to use the Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the Frankfurt-Detroit route. So far, this route has been served with Airbus A340-300. It is currently envisaged that
Long-haul: Condor does not cooperate with Smartlynx
The German holiday airline will end the wet lease cooperation with the Smartlynx Group in the long-haul segment. The capacities are to be rented from Air Belgium and Wamos Air in the future, but they want to
Bamboo Airways is waiting for the green light for Frankfurt and Munich
The Vietnamese airline Bamboo Airways plans to open a non-stop connection between Ho Chi Minh City and Melbourne on April 1, 2022. This is the carrier's international debut. the
Air Dolomiti with new flight connection from Brindisi to Munich
From April 9, 2022, the Italian airline of the Lufthansa Group will connect Munich Airport with the Italian port city of Brindisi twice a week. The flights take place on Saturdays and Sundays with an Embraer
Skyup wants to go to Munich instead of Memmingen
The Ukrainian low-cost airline Skyup plans to fly between Kiev-Borispil and Munich from April 28, 2022. This year a connection to the nearby Memmingen airport had been announced, which was ultimately not taken up.
MUC: Airport is connected to 145 destinations worldwide during the Christmas holidays
In total, the airlines at Munich Airport offer almost 09 flights to 2022 destinations worldwide between Christmas Eve and January 10.000, 145. During this period, the airport expects up to
American Airlines flies daily from Munich to Charlotte again
For the first time since the pandemic began in March of last year, the American airline American Airlines will fly again from Munich to Charlotte tomorrow. The long-haul aircraft of the Boeing type
Delta flies Munich-Atlanta four times a week again
The US airline Delta Air Lines is now flying four times a week between Atlanta and Munich again. Long-haul Boeing 767-400 jets are used. The Bavarian capital is like before
Stuttgart is setting up a test center in Terminal 3
In Terminal 3 of Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport, chargeable corona tests will be offered from Friday. The new station is located on the gallery level and is operated by Ecolog. Both rapid tests and PCR
Vueling flies non-stop to Mallorca
The airline, which is part of the IAG Group, is resuming non-stop connections between Germany and Mallorca. The airline is expanding its range of flights to Palma. A total of five German routes are from the cheap flights to the
From April 12, 2021: Eurowings flies to Germany from Graz and Linz
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will start two new routes in Graz and Linz from April 12, 2021. These are routes that were previously served by Austrian Airlines. Both
Nuremberg offers severance payments for voluntary resignations
Nuremberg Airport is suffering from a significantly reduced number of passengers due to the corona pandemic. For 2020, fewer than a million travelers are expected, around 25 percent less than
Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines increase in Nuremberg
From Nuremberg Airport, the connections to the Star Alliance hubs in Istanbul, Frankfurt and Vienna as well as the Skyteam hubs Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol were restored. In February 2021, Swiss will be the Zurich route
Lufthansa is giving up six lounges
Not all of the Lufthansa Group's lounges have reopened yet. This will never happen again at five locations, because the carrier is closing five of these exclusive waiting areas in Germany and one more
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
July 2020: Eurowings increases capacity
According to current plans, Eurowings will be in the air with 2020 aircraft in July 35. The capacity will be increased further in the course of the summer. You also have high hopes
WDL hopes for the German Bundesliga
After Zeitfracht parted with Blue Air and the airline Walter was wound up due to bankruptcy, WDL is now relying on the German Bundesliga. WDL
Verdi and VC disagree over responsibility at Lauda
Two unions do not agree on jurisdiction over the Lauda collective bargaining agreement. Now the Cockpit Association is strongly criticizing the Verdi and even holds out the prospect of a possible
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
The airport agency “JobPoint @ airport” is launched
The Federal Employment Agency today opened the JobPoint@airport branch together with the region's job centers at Cologne-Bonn Airport. The Airport Agency is primarily a job placement service for airport employers, however
Vienna: Wizz Air wants to reactivate Dortmund and Cologne
In contrast to its competitors, the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is pausing its Germany flights from Vienna-Schwechat. Dortmund is to be served three times a week again from September 4, 2021. The route to Cologne / Bonn
German Airways ultimatum to Green Airlines: 800.000 euros on the table or 11,3 million euros lawsuit
By the end of this week, the ticket seller Green Airlines has to put 800.000 euros on the table at German Airways or the Zeitfracht subsidiary will file a lawsuit for 11,3 million euros.
BER maintains single-terminal operation
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport was able to handle more than one million passengers in July and August 2021. Most recently there were around 1,43 million travelers. The busiest day so far was on
United Airlines returns to Berlin
United Airlines plans to fly between New York-Newark and Berlin again from mid-December. Machines of the type Boeing 767-300 are to be used as aircraft. The Star Alliance member intends to take this route
Easyjet maintenance hangar: construction work started at BER
Construction work on a new maintenance hangar for the airline Easyjet has begun at the capital city airport BER. In the coming year, on the building plot in the new maintenance area of BER, south-west of Terminal 1,
General terms and conditions clause: Wizz Air suffers defeat at the Berlin Regional Court
The low-cost airline Wizz Air was defeated by the Berlin Regional Court in the first instance with regard to the controversial “assignment processing fee”. The lowcoster uses these when passengers apply for the enforcement of claims
ECJ: CO2 lawsuit by Air Berlin insolvency administrator before defeat
The insolvency administrator of the formerly second largest airline in Germany, Air Berlin, is conducting proceedings before the European Court of Justice in connection with allocated or non-allocated carbon dioxide certificates. The opinion of the CJEU Advocate General is unfavorable
Auction: parts of two ex-Lufthansa B707 under the hammer
In Germany, individual parts of two Boeing 707s that were previously in the Lufthansa colors are going under the hammer. These are the former D-ABOD and D-ABOC. The auction
