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Carsten Spohr: Lufthansa with strong demand in summer 2022
In the direction of North America, Lufthansa would be "fully booked anyway" in the summer of 2022, says CEO Carsten Spohr, pointing out that even in First Class, which costs around 22.650 euros, so
Condor state aid: EU court rejects Ryanair lawsuit
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed a lawsuit by low-cost airline Ryanair against the rescue package granted by the German government to holiday airline Condor following the bankruptcy of the Thomas Cook Group.
Europa League: Frankfurt Airport expects long waiting times on match days
Anyone who has booked a flight at Frankfurt Airport for May 18 must expect delays in operations due to the high number of passengers. The reason for this are numerous special flights, which fans of
Condor sends A330 on long-haul routes and gets new CFO
The German holiday airline Condor carried out a long-haul flight with the Airbus A330-200 for the first time on Sunday with the D-AIYC. At around 15:00 p.m. the plane took off at Frankfurt Airport
FRA: Condor resumes flights to Portland
Off to Portland: With flight DE2090, which took off from Frankfurt Airport on May 13 to Oregon on the west coast of the USA, Condor heralded the resumption of weekly connections
SunExpress flies Eintracht Frankfurt to the final
As the official airline partner, the holiday airline SunExpress flies the Eintracht Frankfurt soccer team to the final of the Europa League. This will take place on May 18, 2022. The athletes will then face off against the Rangers
MUC: Electric “elephant” de-icing planes
The fleet of de-icing vehicles at Munich Airport has now received particularly environmentally friendly support: the fully electric “Elephant e-BETA” from Danish manufacturer Vestergaard has been with EFM since the beginning of the week
MUC: Swissport offshoot toying with bankruptcy
The Swiss airport service provider Swissport is apparently planning drastic cuts at its subsidiary in Munich. The corona pandemic hit the aviation industry with full force. The airport service provider Swissport Losch is one of them. Alone at the airport
ANA postpones comeback in Munich and Vienna again
The Japanese All Nippon Airways is extending the flight break on the routes from Tokyo to Munich and Vienna until at least July 1, 2021. The background is the still strict entry and quarantine regulations
Summer: Lufthansa relies on tourist routes
In summer 2021, the Lufthansa Group will focus on tourist travel destinations. The focus is on destinations in the Caribbean, the Canary Islands and Greece. The group calculates in
Major Lufthansa shareholder Thiele has passed away
Heinz Hermann Thiele, major shareholder of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, died unexpectedly on Tuesday at the age of 79. This was shared by Knorr-Bremse AG, where he was most recently deputy chairman of the supervisory board
Lufthansa starts digital document check
Lufthansa starts the digital submission of documents on flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul and from New York-Newark to Frankfurt and Munich. From 72 hours before departure, passengers can give their negative
ADAC gives Stuttgart special "Award"
Airport is the test winner in the bus station category. There are so many prizes and awards in the aviation industry that one can almost be of the opinion that there are for every airport and
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
Stuttgart: slope renovation finished in time for summer
The “Corona break” was used in Stuttgart to renovate the only runway. The construction work is now complete. After the long-planned construction work was brought forward by a few days at short notice due to the pandemic,
NRW: Free corona test for travelers to Germany
In order to make the autumn holidays more pleasant for travelers to Germany, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia would like to offer free corona tests for this time. The Ministry of Health has already sent a corresponding decree to the municipalities in this regard,
Eurowings is expanding in Salzburg and Klagenfurt
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will resume the non-stop connection between Salzburg and Cologne / Bonn on November 1, 2020. Initially, five weekly rotations, which are to be served by Airbus A319 and A320, are planned.
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
Air Berlin's ghost shares are soaring
An airline that doesn't fly and is broke at that seems to be of interest to punters at the moment. We are talking about Air Berlin, because the paper, which is still listed on the stock exchange, laid down
Berlin wants to temporarily close Terminal 5
Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH will shortly take Terminal 5 (“Ex-Schönefeld”) offline. However, not in the short term, but probably in March 2021 and then for at least a year. The number of passengers
Financial situation: Daldrup threatened to close the BER
It sounds like a coup d'état: Berlin-Brandenburg Airport has not even been in operation for three weeks and the operating company is already threatening to close the airport. Knows how that works
Eurowings: Beirut from Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart
The low-cost airline Eurowings will start non-stop flights from Berlin-Brandenburg, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart to Beirut from December 19, 2020. From the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Erbil is also offered. During the flights from Berlin
Court: Airlines have to show conversion fees
Many airlines offer conversion and payment in euros when booking flight tickets that have to be paid for in a foreign currency. With some providers, the exchange rate is not only terribly bad,
BER: AeroGround becomes the largest ground handler
With the opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport, AeroGround Berlin took over the ground handling services at the new capital city airport. This means that the subsidiary of AeroGround Flughafen München GmbH will move to the
