
Ryanair flops at major German airports
For some time now, Ryanair has been withdrawing from larger German airports. Sometimes it happens silently, sometimes with a lot of attention and occasionally with provocative media releases.

Lufthansa is to be flirting with joining ITA Airways
For many years, Lufthansa has wanted to get involved in the Italian market and, ideally, to dominate it along the lines of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. So far it has never worked out properly,

Slot rules: EU Commission lets Lufthansa down
In the past few weeks, the Lufthansa Group has repeatedly raised the mood against the current European slot rules. It was suggested that 18.000 avoidable flights would have to be carried out in order to comply with the rules

Frankfurt: Austrian police overpower “unruly PAX” on Canada flight
Actually, two police officers from Lower Austria just wanted to go on vacation, but an incident occurred on the flight from Frankfurt to Vancouver. A so called “unruly PAX” spoke to passengers

Frankfurt: Asiana Airlines returns with Airbus A380
The South Korean Asiana Airlines plans to fly to Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, again with an Airbus A2021 from the beginning of the summer flight planning period 22/380. Another provider returns with this

Lufthansa sick leave possibly due to the planned “Ryanair structure”
A few years ago, rumors that Tuifly would merge with the then Air Berlin subsidiary Niki caused an unusually high number of sick days at the Hanover-based airline. So many that the flight operations almost to

United flies Munich-Newark again
The US airline United Airlines is now again offering non-stop flights between Munich and New York-Newark. These are carried out with Boeing 787-9. For the time being it will be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Air France-KLM opens three lounges in Germany
The French-Dutch aviation group Air France-KLM reopened the lounges in Munich, Stuttgart and Berlin-Tegel. These were temporarily closed at the beginning of the corona pandemic in Europe. The exclusive waiting areas at the

Delta is back in Munich
From Bavaria back across the pond: Delta Air Lines has resumed flight operations from Munich to the USA. The carrier has been connecting the Bavarian capital since August 2nd

TAP celebrates its Munich comeback
TAP Air Portugal is resuming its flights from Munich: The Portuguese Arline brings passengers from Munich Airport to Lisbon twice a day. An Airbus aircraft of the type A330-900neo will be flown, like

CityLine returned last A340-300
Lufthansa CityLine has ended the operation of long-haul Airbus A340-300 aircraft. The six machines were moved back to the AOC of the parent company, a company spokesman confirmed to CH-Aviation.com. In the years

Munich-Graz will be included in October 2020
Lufthansa announces the resumption of five further European destinations from the Munich hub. From September 7, 2020, Sibiu / Hermannstadt, Kiev, Gothenburg and Marseille will be served again. October 5th

Farewell: Berlin-Tegel opens the visitor terrace
On November 8, 2020, Berlin-Tegel Airport is to be closed forever after the departure of an Air France plane to Paris-Charles de Gaulle. It is currently planned that the jet will be around 15pm

Mannheim: Rhein-Neckar Air pauses again
The Rhein-Neckar-Air flights from Mannheim to Berlin-Tegel and Hamburg operated by MHS Aviation were only resumed on September 14, 2020, but demand does not seem to be present at the moment. The

BER Terminal 2 is ready for operation
Terminal 2 at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, which has a capacity of six million passengers per year, is finished and ready for use, according to the operating company. But it should be opened

BER: start of construction for second hotel
Investor Dietz is building a 3-star intercity hotel on Willy-Brandt-Platz directly in front of Terminal 1. Dietz AG is building a 1-star intercity hotel directly in front of Terminal 3 of the new Berlin Brandenburg airport. The six-story accommodation

Easyjet: Verdi calls for protest
Easyjet has announced that it will cut its Berlin base in half due to the corona problems. That would mean the end for almost 50 percent of the workforce. Now the Verdi union is calling for a protest. This

PNR data transfer: Germany threatens trouble from Brussels
Why do you currently have to fill out forms when entering many countries? Air travelers ask themselves this question quite often, because due to the passenger data regulation, the authorities have access to anyway