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Frankfurt Airport: Easter significantly stimulates passenger numbers
The number of passengers at Frankfurt Airport in April was more than four times as high as in the same month of the previous year thanks to Easter traffic. A total of around 4,0 million passengers used the airport –
Asiana flies frequently from Frankfurt to Seoul
From May 28th, Asiana Airlines will increase the connection to Frankfurt am Main with an additional non-stop flight every Saturday. The Frankfurt-Seoul route is currently offered four times a week. On too
Lufthansa is flirting with the Airbus A350-1000
Lufthansa may soon be able to fleet the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. These are said to be machines that were actually intended for Qatar Airways or Aeroflot. Corresponding negotiations with the
Lufthansa and Eurowings Discover are launching special flights to the Europa League final
The airlines Lufthansa and Eurowings Discover are launching a total of 15 special flights to the final of the Uefa Europa League. The background is that Eintracht Frankfurt was able to qualify for the final. It is
Frankfurt: warning strike at Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary
The Frankfurt employees of the Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary Handling Counts have been called on by the Verdi union to go on a three-day warning strike since Wednesday morning. The employee representatives want to put pressure on management
Paid catering: Condor sells Starbucks products
The German holiday airline Condor and Starbucks will be working together from May 1, 2022. In future, passengers on short and medium-haul routes will be able to order coffee, tea and hot chocolate from the US brand
Munich Airport: Letter bomb found in the DHL distribution center
After the letter bomb attack at the headquarters of the food discounter Lidl in Neckarsulm, Germany, the German authorities scrutinized mail and parcel traffic - with success: at the DHL airport distribution center
Munich: Air Baltic and Lufthansa start codeshare
The Latvian Air Baltic and Lufthansa will work together from March 28, 2021 as part of a code share agreement on the routes from Munich to Riga and Vilnius. For passengers of the Baltic carrier
Berlin: Sylt will be the only domestic Easyjet destination
The low-cost airline Easyjet will not reactivate the domestic German routes from Berlin to Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn, Munich and Stuttgart for the time being. This explained Germany boss Stephan Erler to the tourist newspaper FVW. A single domestic German
Mutation areas: Lufthansa is severely reducing the offer
Initially, Lufthansa announced that it would continue to operate the flight schedule regardless of the tightening and entry bans. But now the crane is using the red pencil and shortening the connections in this way
Lufthansa takes it into its own hands: Eurowings loses Munich as a hub
The crane airline picks up almost all Eurowings routes from Munich - the Lufthansa subsidiary only retains five destinations. From Munich, Eurowings only serves its three hubs in Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne
Munich: Lufthansa A350-900 has returned from record flight
On Thursday at 13:34 p.m. Lufthansa returned from the longest flight in the company's history with an Airbus A350-900. The carrier brought up scientists from Hamburg with the D-AIXP
Lauda: Ryanair takes over in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart
Instead of OE flight numbers, the FR code will be used from Düsseldorf and Stuttgart in the future. The flights will, however, continue to be operated with the Lauda A320. It will be in Stuttgart and Düsseldorf
Varna: Voyage Air dares to try again
With a 28-year-old Boeing 737-500, Voyage Air wants to connect Varna with various German cities. The difference to the previous attempts? Now the company has AOC and OL.
Germany: Lauda only flies wet leases
In future, Lauda will not operate any flights for its own account, but only ACMI services for Ryanair from Stuttgart and Düsseldorf. According to the management, this should not be done in Vienna and Palma de Mallorca
SunExpress: Bodrum new from Vienna and Cologne / Bonn
The Turkish holiday airline SunEpress is in the middle of planning for the summer flight schedule 2021. Two new routes from Bodrum have already been published. It is a weekly one
Autumn holidays: strikes in Düsseldorf and Cologne are imminent
Air travel is currently not very popular anyway, but during the autumn break in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the employees of the ground handling service provider AHS are now called to warning strikes. According to the union, they should
Cologne needs help: 100 million euros applied for
The corona crisis has left deep marks on the finances of Cologne / Bonn Airport. The company is currently assuming that sales will drop to around 220 million euros. Meanwhile was
From May 5, 2021, Tegel will be “technically no longer an airport”
With the start of Air France flight AF 1235, an era in Berlin ended on Sunday: Tegel Airport will no longer handle flights. This must be done in the next six months
Very last Tegel flight due to Corona without visitors
On November 8, 2020, Air France will operate the last flight from Berlin-Tegel at around 15 p.m. However, due to the corona pandemic, this event is not open to the public. The
Easyjet is exploring state aid in Germany
The low-cost airline Easyjet is in talks with the German government about possible state aid. Company boss Johan Lundgren confirmed to Wirtschaftswoche that “the negotiations are going constructively”. A formal request was made
Photo report: Thank you, Berlin-Tegel!
The Berliners have always had a kind of love-hate relationship with their Tegel Airport, because they never really liked the now decently run-down airport, but it attracted the majority of travelers
Even fewer passengers in Berlin
Due to the closure of Berlin-Tegel Airport, the number of passengers at Berlin Airports (plural) will be reported for the last time: Schönefeld and Tegel together counted 2020 passengers in October 581.322. Compared to September 2020 means
Next BER breakdown: The roof is leaking
Even after the opening of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, the series of breakdowns does not seem to stop, because a leak has now been discovered in the roof of Terminal 1. Through this water penetrates into the
