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Airhelp: Probably no compensation for stranded Lufthansa passengers
A group-wide IT failure due to a damaged network cable at the German airline Lufthansa is disrupting air traffic worldwide. Since this morning, the computer systems for boarding, among other things, were no longer operational.
Germany: Verdi calls for strikes at seven airports
On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Verdi union is calling for 24-hour warning strikes at seven German commercial airports. The airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen are affected.
Earthquake: Fraport and TAV donate one million euros
Together with TAV Airports Holding, Fraport AG is donating one million euros for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey. The two companies operate on the Turkish market in
Tested: The new Condor Premium Economy in the A330neo from New York to Frankfurt
It's Monday, February 13, 2023 when in Terminal 7 of New York's JFK Airport - bar tables, Condor roll-ups and different-colored balloons fill the check-in area and the gate area,
January 2023: Frankfurt had 3,7 million passengers
Frankfurt am Main Airport had around 2023 million passengers in January 3,7, around 65,5 percent more than in the first month of the previous year. This one was strong from the coming
Italy: Lufthansa and FS want to work together
The Italian state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA and Lufthansa have signed a letter of intent to work together. The aim of the planned cooperation is in particular to attract passengers with FS rail connections to and from
MUC: Winter service had to move out on 21 days in January
A total of 630 winter service employees at Munich Airport are available around the clock to ensure safe flight operations in snow and ice. In January 2022 alone, the
Green Airlines had not registered flights at the airports
The ticket seller Green Airlines is postponing its debut announced for February 14, 2022 in Weeze, Munich, Berlin and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. The company or its unspecified operating carrier had the
Six flights a week: Munich Airport gets the first regular freight connection to Beijing
Munich Airport is getting a new freight connection to Beijing. Today, an Air China Boeing 777 landed at Bavaria's air hub. From now on, the airline will connect Munich and Beijing
Blue Air shortens and moves Germany routes
The Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air is postponing the resumption of numerous routes between Germany and Bucharest or Cluj by around two months. Also, some routes will initially be less than
Munich: Lufthansa has reactivated Delhi flights
Lufthansa reactivated the non-stop connection from Munich to Delhi on Tuesday after a break of more than a year. As a rule, this route is served by Airbus A350 aircraft. currently are
Qatar Airways opens a new cargo connection to Munich
Munich Airport is recording further growth in so-called all-cargo traffic. Since yesterday, Qatar Airways has been flying regularly to and from Munich with a cargo version of the Boeing 777. The route begins in
From Düsseldorf and Stuttgart: Helvetic could fly for Eurowings
The vast majority of the Eurowings fleet is still on the ground. Currently only 35 machines are in use. At the same time, the carrier plans to pull wet lease capacities ashore for the summer time. In conversation
Pandemic year brings Stuttgart Airport historic minus
A total of 3.213.695 passengers were counted at Stuttgart Airport in the last financial year - a decrease of 74,8 percent compared to the previous year. The number of flight movements fell by 58,7 percent
Baden-Württemberg exempts vaccinated people from quarantine
The German state of Baden-Württemberg is rushing ahead and in future will exempt people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from the obligation to test and quarantine. According to a statement by Health Minister Manne Lucha (Greens)
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
CGN: 440.000 passengers expected in the autumn break
The two-week autumn vacation begins in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday, October 9th. During this period, the airport expects around 440.000 passengers, which corresponds to almost two thirds of the comparable period of the pre-crisis year 2019.
Ghana: GH Wings Airlines copied the logo from German Airways
In Ghana, GH Wings Airlines is a new provider that wants to launch. According to a statement from the company, the first meeting with the civil aviation authority is that of obtaining
Eurowings: Warning strikes in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund
At the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings, the cabin crew will be on strike on Friday between 4 a.m. and 30 a.m. at the stations in Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn and Dortmund. The Verdi union had been unsuccessful
Von Massenbach is the new ADV Vice President
Aletta von Massenbach, Managing Director of Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, was elected Vice President of the Airport Association ADV. She succeeds her Munich colleague Andrea Gebbeken. “For over seven decades, the
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
