
Barig: "Warning strikes cause great damage"
In the collective bargaining dispute between the Verdi trade union and public sector employers, seven German commercial airports are on strike today, which means that air traffic at these locations will almost come to a standstill.

ANA with slight adjustments on Europe routes
The Japanese All Nippon Airways has made a few minor changes to the reservation system for Europe routes in the past few days. Affected are the Tokyo flights from Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris and

AUA takes over Vienna-Frankfurt almost completely from Lufthansa
Effective March 26, 2023, Austrian Airlines will take over the majority of the Lufthansa Group's air traffic on the Vienna-Frankfurt route. This has the consequence that one future up

Verdi strike: Lufthansa has to cancel all flights from Frankfurt and Munich
Due to the strike that the Verdi union is calling for at the airports in Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen on Friday, February 17, 2023, Lufthansa has to shut down everyone

Dredged data line: Lufthansa restarts flight operations
During construction work for a railway tunnel, a data line used by Lufthansa was "dredging away". As a result, it is found to the unavailability of numerous IT systems. Many flights by the crane and by group subsidiaries have failed. In the meantime

Verdi strike: Frankfurt also has to go offline
Due to the strike that the Verdi union is calling for at seven German airports on Friday, February 17, 2023, Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, will be closed to passenger flight operations

Hanover: Smartlynx holiday flight two days late
The airline Smartlynx was supposed to operate a charter flight from Hanover to Hurghada on June 11, 2022 under flight number 6Y806. Actually, because the Airbus A320 with the registration 9H-SLD had to

Mavi Gök Airlines launches Antalya charters from Germany and Austria
The Turkish airline Mavi Gök Airlines will be offering some charter flights from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Nuremberg and Vienna to Antalya from July 11, 2022. These are across all Anex brands

HAJ: Air Serbia flies direct to Belgrade again
Since June 3, the Serbian airline has been connecting Belgrade with Hanover again. An Airbus A319 aircraft with 144 seats will be used. It was Air Serbia's first landing in

Frankfurt-Hahn: Investor solution should be in the offing
An investor solution is to be prepared for the insolvent Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. At the end of June 2022, insolvency administrator Jan Markus Plathner and the representatives of the creditors are to meet and decide. According to a report

Insolvent Hahn Airport hires new staff
The insolvent Hunsrück Airport Hahn is looking for new employees. The airport told the German Press Agency that several employees are to be hired in operational and ground handling services. We are also looking for about one

Insolvent Hahn Airport can continue flight operations in June
According to its insolvency administrator, the insolvent Hahn Airport will continue flight operations in June. The wages and salaries of the employees would be paid, he said on Monday at the request of the

Kassel-Calden: Sundair cancels Palma
The German holiday airline Sundair is canceling all flights to Palma de Mallorca that were previously offered from Kassel-Calden, effective August 19, 2020. According to a report there was

Condor is now selling Sundair tickets
The German airlines Condor and Sundair have been working together in sales since Wednesday. The Sundair offer can now also be booked on the Condor website. Be there

Sundair is back in Kassel-Calden
The holiday airline Sundair celebrated its comeback on Saturday at the German regional airport Kassel-Calden. The carrier performed a Heraklion rotation. The carrier has been flying to Palma de Mallorca again since Monday.

Jazeera Airways flies to Munich and Tirana
The low-cost airline Jazeera Airways will fly to two more European destinations from Kuwait City in the 2023 summer flight schedule: Munich and Tirana. From June 13, 2023, the Bavarian state capital will be closed on the traffic days Tuesday,

Defective weather radar: Cityline-A319 completed return landing in Munich
On Sunday, January 15, 2023, Lufthansa flight LH2284 had to make a return landing shortly after take-off in Munich. The background is that the weather radar of the Airbus A319 operated by Cityline with

ANA resumes Brussels and Munich
The Japanese All Nippon Airways plans to reactivate two European routes in March 2023. These are the destinations Brussels and Munich, which are each served from the capital Tokyo

ANA returns to Munich
The Japanese airline is returning to Munich Airport after a break due to the pandemic. With the start of the summer flight schedule on March 26, 2023, ANA resumes the direct connection to Tokyo's Haneda Airport

Bavarian Airlines: Startup wants to take off with its own cryptocurrency
At the end of this year, Bavarian Airlines, a new airline, wants to start up. From Munich, the start-up wants to use up to 12 Embraer E195-E2 destinations in Germany and

Lufthansa is upgrading the Airbus A350 to 318 seats
Lufthansa intends to carry more passengers with Airbus A350 aircraft in the future. Some examples are currently being upgraded to a capacity of 318 seats. These will be distributed as follows:

Stuttgart: DFS conducts measurement flights
In the next few days, German air traffic control will carry out so-called calibration flights at Stuttgart Airport. A Learjet 35A is used, some of which can also be used at low altitudes

SAS takes on Oslo-Stuttgart
The airline SAS will operate a non-stop connection between Oslo and Stuttgart in the 2023 summer flight schedule. The Scandinavian airline flies up to twice a week on Thursdays during the height of summer in July and August

Eurowings flies between Stockholm and Stuttgart
At the start of the 2023 summer timetable period, Eurowings will be offering non-stop flights between Stuttgart and Stockholm-Arlanda. The group maintains bases at both airports. The first flight is scheduled for March 26, 2023. for now

Winter 2022: Corendon Europe is launching additional holiday routes from Germany
Corendon Airlines Europe's 2022/2023 winter flight schedule continues to take shape. New connections to Egypt and Agadir are being established from Düsseldorf and Hanover. You can also take the train from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden

Germany: Ryanair announces eight more routes
The low-cost airline Ryanair announces the inclusion of eight additional routes from Germany. These are offered from Nuremberg, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Memmingen and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. According to their own statements, the summer flight schedule is in place

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden with extensive summer offers
The Greek airline Aegean Airlines will fly between Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Heraklion on behalf of the tour operator Tui from June 4, 2022. Two weekly charter flights are currently planned. From June 8th

Snow in Innsbruck: Airlines dodged – emergency at Easyjet
On Saturday afternoon, Easyjet flight U2 8297 en route from London-Gatwick to Innsbruck had to make a safety landing at Friedrichshafen Airport. There was smoke on board and the captain decided

Friedrichshafen was able to increase slightly compared to 2020
Friedrichshafen Airport had around 125.841 passengers last year. In a direct comparison with 2020, growth of six percent was achieved, but it was well below

Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen: Tui will fly to Kos and Burgas in 2022
From July 09th, 2022 with the start of the summer holidays in Austria / Vorarlberg, the tourism company will start its flight offer from Friedrichshafen Airport. European Air Charter will be the program for the travel group

New Pristina charter from Saarbrücken and Memmingen
The airlines Trade Air and ETF Airways will operate further Pristina charter flights from Germany in the summer of 2022. On behalf of specialized travel agencies, there are now also flights from Saarbrücken and Memmingen. away

Easter: Memmingen expects around 90.000 passengers
Around 90.000 passengers will use Memmingen Airport for a trip during the coming Easter holidays. The airport has thus reached the pre-Corona level of 2019. “Many have their trips early

Memmingen: Eurowings will fly to Mallorca from May
The summer holiday is getting closer - and with it the popular holiday island of Mallorca. Because from May 3rd, Memmingen Airport will have three more Mallorca flights per week - and with Eurowings

19 workers from Turkey support Nuremberg Airport
After the application process, visa issuance, security checks and training, 19 young men and women from Turkey can now help with luggage loading and aircraft cleaning at Nuremberg Airport. The colleagues up

Nuremberg rents out winter parking spaces for vintage cars, mobile homes and the like
Traditionally, fewer passengers leave commercial airports in Europe during the winter months. As a result, there can be a yawning emptiness in the multi-storey car parks or on the parking spaces.

Only Nuremberg and Munich want to use Turkish temporary workers
Only 150 temporary workers from Turkey are to be used temporarily at a few German commercial airports. Originally there was talk of around 2.000 temporary workers who would clean up the chaos at various airports
DAT increases Berlin-Saarbrücken
The airline Danish Air Transport will fly more frequently between Saarbrücken and Berlin-Tegel from August 31, 2020. According to the announcement, the carrier will again serve double the daily margin during the week. At

Etihad sets course for Düsseldorf and Copenhagen
Golf carrier Etihad Airways will fly to Düsseldorf again from October 2023 and now to Copenhagen. The German city will initially be served three times a week and gradually increased if there is demand.

Royal Jordanian accepts Amman-Dusseldorf
Oneworld member Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to fly twice a week between Amman and Dusseldorf from September 2023. It is currently envisaged that the route will be served by Airbus A320. the

Delta plans to return to Düsseldorf in May 2023
The US airline Delta is planning to operate the non-stop connection between Düsseldorf and Atlanta again from May 10, 2023. This was last offered in spring 2020. It is envisaged that three times a week

Budget airline Play sets course for Düsseldorf
The Icelandic low-cost airline Play is adding additional routes from Keflavik to its summer flight schedule for 2023: New flights will include Düsseldorf, Billund, Arhus and Aalborg. The new goals are to be phased in gradually

Düsseldorf Airport with new management
The chairman of Düsseldorf Airport, Thomas Schnalke, and his chief financial officer Lars Mosdorf are handing over their posts to two new people: Lars Redeligx takes over the chairmanship, Pradeep Pinakatt the commercial departments and

Corendon with new routes from Hanover and Düsseldorf
The leisure airlines of the Corendon Group have removed numerous routes from the 2023 summer timetable in recent weeks. At the same time, new routes are planned from Hanover and Düsseldorf. The predominant

ICE train caught fire at Cologne/Bonn Airport
An Inter City Express caught fire in the train station at Cologne/Bonn Airport on Thursday evening. The stop was immediately closed for safety reasons. According to the fire department, the fire is in the area of a

Deutsche Post DHL raises earnings forecast for 2022
Thanks to good freight business, Deutsche Post DHL has made a lot of money. The group benefits from fragile supply chains. Group sales in the third quarter were up compared to the same period of the previous year

Eurowings connects Klagenfurt with Cologne/Bonn Airport again
In keeping with the winter season, Eurowings will once again fly directly from Cologne/Bonn Airport to Klagenfurt from December. The Eurowings route to Cologne-Bonn will return to the airport's route network on December 20, 2022

Wizz Air is ramping up Chișinău services again
The low-cost airline Wizz Air has been flying to the capital of the Republic of Moldova again from Dortmund since the middle of this week. This route has been paused since the beginning of the invasion of the Army of the

DTM: Wizz Air resumes flight connection to Chisinau
The Hungarian low-cost airline has been flying again on the route between Chișinău (Republic of Moldova) and Dortmund since September 6th. The low-cost airline resumes flights to the country bordering Ukraine

DTM: holiday balance exceeds pre-crisis level
In the second quarter, ie from April to June, almost 694.000 passengers traveled via Dortmund Airport. 391.900 passengers used the airport – more than ever before

Münster / Osnabrück receives a further 10 million euros
Münster / Osnabrück Airport receives financial support from the Steinfurt district amounting to three million euros. If you add up the grants from the other shareholders, you get another ten million

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,

Münster: Lufthansa significantly increases Munich connection
The German regional airport Münster / Osnabrück can look forward to a strong increase in frequency on the Munich route. From October 25, 2020, Lufthansa will switch between the two up to four times a day during the week

Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport expands district heating network
Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport is preparing for the heating period in winter 2022/2023 with the expansion of the environmentally friendly use of district heating. The waiting area, the baggage claim hall, the operations building and parts of hangar 1 will be on

Summer holidays 2022: Paderborn expects 100.000 passengers
The German airport Paderborn/Lippstadt expects around 2022 passengers during the 100.000 summer holidays. The "school break" lasts six weeks in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Assuming the PAD reaches this value, the domestic

PAD: Corendon flies to Crete and Rhodes
From May 2nd, Corendon Airlines will fly twice a week – on Mondays and Fridays – between Heraklion on the island of Crete and Paderborn/Lippstadt. From May 3rd it will also follow

Airport Weeze expects 200.000 passengers during the holiday season
Weeze Airport expects lively operations in the coming months. Expect 12.000 passengers on the first holiday weekend alone, and calculate in Weeze over the six weeks of your holiday

Ryanair has been in Weeze for 15 years and in Cologne for 10 years
The low-cost airline Ryanair celebrated two anniversaries in Germany on June 1, 2022: Weeze Airport has been there for 15 years and Cologne/Bonn for ten years. The carrier markets

German environmental aid takes legal action against Green Airlines
In recent years, more and more companies have jumped on the "climate-friendly" trend. In many cases, these are marketing promises that are difficult to verify and occasionally also pure greenwashing. the

Bilbao: Vueling takes on Hamburg and Zurich
The low-cost airline Vueling is offering flights to Bilbao from Hamburg and Zurich in the 2023 summer timetable. These are each served twice a week with Airbus A320. The carrier builds in the summer

Icelandair is increasing in Hamburg and Berlin
The Icelandic airline Icelandair will increase frequencies on numerous routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule. In Germany, the carrier will head for Berlin and Hamburg more frequently. The Free and Hanseatic City

Passenger numbers: Hamburg has broken the ten million mark
Hamburg Airport welcomed its ten millionth passenger on Monday. For comparison: In the whole of 2021 there were only 5,32 million travelers. Despite reaching the milestone, the rise lies

Summer 2023: Swiss takes Geneva-Hamburg
From the end of March 2023, Swiss will offer a non-stop connection between Geneva and Hamburg. This will initially be served four times a week. From the end of March 2023, Swiss will fly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday

700 parts: German government has A350-900 cabin equipment auctioned off
The German government is having around 700 parts from two Airbus A350-900s auctioned off by the federal recycling company Vebeg GmbH. Interested parties can use the lot number 2245480.001 until November 10, 2022 13

Airbus shuttle: Volotea adds 34 percent SAF
Since mid-September 2022, the airline Volotea has been using a 34 percent admixture of SAF between Hamburg-Finkenwerder and Toulouse. The flight route is Airbus' internal works shuttle. The Spanish carrier could

Ryanair connects Bremen with Vienna
The first Ryanair flight took off from Bremen to Vienna on Monday (today) at 9.05:XNUMX am sharp. From now on in April we will be leaving Bremen on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Bremen with significantly more routes in summer 2022
On Sunday, March 27, 2022, the 2022 summer flight schedule will also start at Bremen Airport. This is significantly more extensive than in the past two years. Managing Director Marc Cezanne is already looking forward to it

Germany: Airport association ADV strongly criticizes Verdi strike
The working group of German commercial airports has severely criticized the recent warning strike called by the Verdi union. This takes place in Frankfurt, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn

Lübeck: Sundair announces three charter destinations
The German holiday airline Sundair will offer charter flights from Lübeck between May and October 2022. Antalya, Crete and Palma de Mallorca are visited up to twice a week. You actually wanted to

Lübeck Air flies to Salzburg
In the new year, the first winter connection to the Alps will start from Lübeck Airport. From February onwards, winter fans will have the opportunity to take off in Lübeck every Saturday and already have two

Lübeck Air presents winter flight schedule 2021/22
In the winter flight schedule 2021/22, Lübeck Air will continue to connect the destinations Munich, Stuttgart and Bern with the Hanseatic city. According to the latest information, the charter connection to Salzburg will - at least for the time being -

Only 131 kilometers: Green Airlines has flights between Cologne and Paderborn
The charter company Green Airlines will be operating particularly “green” flights from July 9, 2021, because the carrier will fly commercially between Cologne / Bonn and Paderborn. The distance between the two cities is

Kassel: Rhein-Neckar Air flies back to Sylt
Mannheim Airport's house brand, Rhein-Neckar Air, will offer non-stop flights between Kassel-Calden and Sylt in summer 2021. All flights of this provider are operated by the Bavarian MHS Aviation. Rhine-Neckar

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

BER expects slightly increased travel over the Christmas holidays
During the Christmas holidays in Berlin and Brandenburg, the airport company expects a slight increase in travel at BER Airport. In the period from December 22, 2022 to January 3, 2023

Eurowings increases BER offer again
According to its own information, the airline Eurowings has completed the 2023 summer flight schedule from Berlin-Brandenburg. In addition to the well-known addition of the destination Graz, there will also be new destinations for Nice, Zakynthos, Ibiza and

Berlin with 1,56 million passengers in November 2022
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport counted around 2022 million passengers in November 1,56. In a direct comparison with the same month last year, there was a strong increase, but it was only 60 percent of the

BER installs new system to protect against bird strikes
A new radar system to protect against bird strikes on aircraft was installed at Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport. The technology is being used for the first time at a German airport. The new system

Arkia records Tel Aviv-Berlin
The Israeli airline Arkia is launching a non-stop route between Tel Aviv and Berlin-Brandenburg in the 2023 summer flight schedule. The route is scheduled to be served three times a week from May 26, 2023. For now this is

Berlin: Delayed AUA flight was not allowed to take off – passengers had to organize their own rooms
Austrian Airlines had to cancel flight OS 238 from Berlin-Brandenburg to Vienna on Sunday evening after a long delay. Passengers were denied transfer to an earlier flight and

Ten Russian planes have to stay in Germany
Ten aircraft are said to be parked at German airports at the beginning of the airspace closure for machines that are owned or controlled by Russia. Flying out is not possible due to the sanctions

VC airport check: MUC and LEJ in a neck-and-neck race
This year's leader in the VC airport check is Munich Airport, which can win first place due to its very good equipment, including ILS-DME transmitters on all runways.

Leipzig: Antonov An-124 completed emergency landing with defective landing gear
An Antonov An-124 cargo plane lost a wheel earlier this week shortly after takeoff from Rzeszów, Poland, but it got stuck in the landing gear assembly. As a result,

Elbe Flugzeugwerke is converting 29 A330s into freighters
Elbe Flugzeugwerke was able to land a larger order: the company was commissioned to convert 29 Airbus A330s into cargo aircraft. The Air Transport Service Group wants them

Elbe Flugzeugwerke is converting 12 A330s into freighters
The leasing company CDB Aviation has twelve Airbus A330 long-haul aircraft converted into freighters by Elbe Flugzeugwerke. The portfolio already has 14 converted cargo jets of this type. The machines

Leipzig and Dresden benefited from cargo demand
The German airports Dresden and Leipzig were able to benefit primarily from the increased demand for freight in the previous year, because the number of passengers was well below the pre-crisis level. The passenger volume

Numerous employees went to the labor court
A total of 23 lawsuits have been filed with the labor court against the operating company of Rostock-Laage Airport. This emerges from an inquiry response in the state parliament. Accordingly, nine proceedings are still open. The parliamentary group

Holiday flights: Green Airlines no longer has a “flight partner”
The charter marketer Green Airlines has finally ceased sales on the holiday routes from Groningen, Paderborn and Rostock-Laage due to a lack of “flight partners”. A few days ago the company posted on the homepage

Just a legal trick? Green Airlines claims AOC application
The ticket marketer Green Airlines has now suffered the next setback, because, according to a report by Airliners.de, German Airways will no longer fly for them - apart from Cologne-Paderborn-Westerland. That prevented

Voyage Air landed in Erfurt
On Sunday, a Voyage Air Boeing 737 took off for the first time with vacationers in the direction of Varna. The Bulgarian airline will go to Erfurt every Sunday from now until September 27th

Corendon celebrates first flights in Erfurt and Memmingen
In the last few days Corendon Europe and Corendon Airlines carried out some first flights from Germany. In Erfurt the carrier lifted for the first time in the direction of Rhodes and Heraklion. From Memmingen offers

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.