
Lufthansa Group launches new app
A new Lufthansa app is intended to make traveling with the Kranich Group easier in the future. According to the company, this is designed to act as a "digital travel companion" and should be used from booking to arrival

Comment: Paid catering does not work with high ticket prices
There is hardly a topic that aviation enthusiasts discuss as frequently, emotionally and intensively as catering and drinks on economy class flights within Europe. Long gone are the days when – for example – at

Condor's A330neo fleet has grown to three aircraft
The holiday airline Condor took delivery of the third Airbus A330neo on Friday evening. This bears the registration D-ANRI and is painted in a striped look in the color "Island". The newcomer is expected to be mid

Etihad increases Abu Dhabi-Frankfurt
Golf carrier Etihad Airways will fly more frequently between Frankfurt am Main and Abu Dhabi in the 2023 summer flight schedule. Originally it was planned to serve this route daily. Now submits four additional per week

North America flights: Lufthansa is expanding its Dreamliner service
Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, is making some changes to North America traffic. The connections from Frankfurt to Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit and Montreal are affected. Effective March 26, 2023

Charter: Eurowings Discover operates three routes to Italy
In February and March 2023, Eurowings Discover will be operating some charter flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Naples and Rome-Fiumicino. Some of these are individual circuits. From Frankfurt am Main

Tui repays the first lines of credit
In view of the renewed increase in holiday demand, the travel group is returning part of the credit lines from the state rescue package from the Corona crisis, as announced. Available from the federal government and private banks

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

Germany: Verdi calls on security personnel to go on strike again
The Verdi union is again calling on security personnel at numerous German commercial airports for a 22-hour strike on Tuesday, March 2022, 24. Hamburg Airport assumes that most

Insolvency proceedings opened at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is experiencing a financial downturn. The official insolvency proceedings for several companies in the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group have now begun. Flight operations are to be continued in February. Insolvency administrator is

Hahn: ECJ dismisses Lufthansa lawsuit for subsidies
Lufthansa suffered defeat before the European Court of Justice in the matter of state aid granted to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. The judges dismissed a lawsuit against grants from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate

Hahn: Rhineland-Palatinate is demanding back subsidies from an insolvent airport
The German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is demanding back subsidies from the insolvent Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. It follows a decision of the European Court of Justice. The probability that the roughly ten million plus interest

Lufthansa Cityline: UFO members accept wage agreement
The wage agreement negotiated between the flight attendants' union Ufo and Lufthansa Cityline was accepted by the members of the employee representatives with 95 percent approval. The collective bargaining result presented related in particular to significant improvements in salary structures.

MUC: Airport expects up to 1,3 million passengers
In total, the airlines at Munich Airport are offering almost 23 flights to 2022 destinations worldwide between December 08, 2023 and January 11.000, 150. The airport calculates in this period

Renovation complete: Air France opens lounge at Munich Airport
Air France yesterday reopened its lounge at Munich Airport. The lounge covers an area of 227 square meters and can accommodate a total of 75 guests including seats for

MUC: Climate activists disrupt flight operations only slightly, there were no flight cancellations
After climate activists stuck themselves on a taxiway near the northern runway at Munich Airport yesterday morning, flight operations on this runway were suspended for around 45 minutes.

From Hamburg and Munich: Condor owner Attestor launches Marabu Airlines
Condor majority owner Attestor has founded a new airline in Estonia under the name "Marabu". This is to be launched in Hamburg and Munich – initially in cooperation with Nordica.

Germany's Minister of Transport describes the BER/MUC adhesive campaign as "criminal machinations"
The self-proclaimed climate protectors of the "last generation" struck at the airports in Berlin-Brandenburg and Munich on Wednesday. In Bavaria, the glue was unpacked on the northern runway. The Federal Police stepped this time

Strike at Eurowings also leads to flight cancellations in Stuttgart
In the collective bargaining dispute at the airline Eurowings, the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ union has called for a three-day nationwide strike on Monday, October 17th, Tuesday, October 18th and Wednesday, October 19th. Also the

Delta announces comeback in Stuttgart
After a long absence, Delta Air Lines plans to return to Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport on March 27, 2023. This means that the only transatlantic connection from Baden-Württemberg will be reactivated. The US American

Delta is celebrating a comeback in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Berlin this summer
The US carrier is returning to Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart next summer. This means that up to seven daily flights between Germany and the USA are on offer. The airline intends to

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden counted over 600.000 passengers
Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport reports an above-average recovery after the pandemic-related decline in traffic numbers. The airport is also announcing new routes. The number of passengers at FKB increased in comparison in 2021

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden: Aegean flies to Heraklion and Rhodes for Tui
On behalf of the German tour operator Tui, the Greek airline Aegean will operate non-stop flights between Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and two Greek islands from June 2022. These are charter flights, primarily via

Tui chartered Enterair to Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden
The German tour operator Tui plans to use the Polish charter airline Enterair from Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden in the summer flight schedule of 2022. The carrier is to serve six destinations on behalf of the tour operator. It should be four times a week

Bodensee-Airport: Lufthansa increases its Frankfurt offer again
Ready for take off: Lufthansa is starting again at Bodensee Airport with up to two daily flights to Frankfurt. Today, for the first time, a Lufthansa plane landed at Lake Constance Airport. The first machine was befitting

Friedrichshafen: From December 18, 2021 with Wizz Air to Ohrid
Wizz Air is expanding its route network from Lake Constance Airport in the future. From December 18, there will be twice a week - Tuesdays and Saturdays - from Friedrichshafen to the idyllic town of Ohrid in northern Madezonia. Of the

Friedrichshafen: Wizz Air announces Ohrid
After a long dry spell, Friedrichshafen Airport can look forward to the announcement of a new route. Wizz Air intends to fly to Lake Constance Airport from Ohrid from December 18, 2021. Currently

Memmingen: Eurowings takes on Palma de Mallorca
The airline Eurowings is launching a non-stop connection between Memmingen in Bavaria and Palma de Mallorca. This is to be recorded on April 2, 2022 and on the traffic days Tuesday, Thursday and

Summer 2022: Rhomberg charters with Air Corsica, Avanti Air, Peoples and Lübeck AIr
The tour operator Rhomberg Reisen will again offer charter flights from Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Memmingen and Altenrhein in the 2022 summer flight schedule. This year the tour operator has partially contracted other operating carriers. away

Airport Memmingen produces its own podcast
FMM ON Air. Memmingen Airport is now starting a podcast under this title with numerous topics and stories about the Swabian Airport and the fascination of flying and

Gourmet restaurant for 700 sheep: Nuremberg allows “lawn mowing”
Sheep are once again being used as lawn mowers at Nuremberg Airport this year. The airport currently has around 700 animals “work on” the lawns. These come from a specialist company that works in

Federal President Steinmeier pays a visit to Nuremberg
Nuremberg Airport had important visitors on Tuesday, as two government planes landed at the airport. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was on board the Airbus A340

Nuremberg: Aegean flies to Athens
Since July 5, 2022, the Greek Star Alliance member Aegean Airlines has been flying twice a week between Athens and Nuremberg in Germany. The strong Greek community in the area will also benefit from the new route

Dusseldorf: Condor takes on Beirut
The German holiday airline Condor will start a non-stop connection between Düsseldorf and Beirut on December 7, 2022. This will initially be offered temporarily in the 2022/23 winter timetable period. It is currently envisaged that

Dusseldorf: Qatar Airways has started Doha flights
Gulf carrier Qatar Airways started non-stop service between Doha and Dusseldorf on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. The first flight QR085 was served with a Boeing 787. Qatar Airways offers

The elimination of the mask requirement should boost Eurowings booking numbers
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings sees a trend reversal in the business travel sector. This area continues to weaken for many airlines, as many companies have increased the number of

DUS: Tuifly includes Dakar and Luxor in the route network
The airline now flies from Düsseldorf Airport to Dakar and Luxor. Tuifly is now connecting the state capital on the Rhine with the Senegalese capital on the Atlantic. To start the connection

Eurowings and Aegean expand codeshare cooperation
The Greek Star Alliance member Aegean Airlines and the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings have been working together for a few weeks as part of a codeshare agreement. The Aegean code was placed on a total of 31 routes served by Eurowings.

Nice Air sets course for Düsseldorf
The Icelandic company Nice Air is planning to offer two new routes from Akureyri in the 2023 summer flight schedule. These should lead to Alicante and Düsseldorf. Operational implementation is to be carried out by Hifly Malta

Luxair wet leases second Embraer 190 from German Airways
The wet lease cooperation between German Airways and Luxair will be continued and expanded in the 2023 summer flight schedule. D-ACJJ will continue to fly in the colors of the Luxembourg carrier and in summer 2023

Marcus Schuhte is the new German Airways Managing Director
There is a change in management at the ACMI and charter provider German Airways. The company is now managed by Marcus Schuhte and Maren Wolters. Zeitfracht board member Wolfram Simon-Schröter takes over others

KLM extends wet lease cooperation with German Airways
The Dutch airline KLM extends the wet lease cooperation with German Airways. Until January 8, 2023, the German provider will be in operation with Embraer 190 regional jets from Amsterdam.

Passenger figures: DTM records strongest June in airport history
Passenger numbers at Dortmund Airport are on the rise: in the second quarter of 2022, 693.798 travelers flew out of Dortmund Airport. Compared to a good 302.000 passengers in the previous year, that means one

Dortmund Airport starts the summer holidays
The main travel season at Dortmund Airport starts with the last day of school on Friday. In the summer timetable there are 54 destinations in 24 countries to choose from - compared to the number of destinations

DTM: Wizzair takes off to Heviz (Balaton).
On Thursday morning, June 16.06.2022, XNUMX, a Wizz Air machine took off for the first time from Dortmund Airport to the new travel destination of Heviz in Hungary. Twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, the new

Paderborn: Lufthansa reactivates Munich connection again
Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport has been connected to the Lufthansa hub in Munich again since Sunday. This route has been repeatedly discontinued and resumed in the course of the corona pandemic. Most recently, the domestic German route celebrated in

PAD: Pegasus increases frequency to Antalya
In view of the strong demand, the airline Pegasus will also be adding Antalya to Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport in the summer of 2022 and is continuously increasing the frequency of flights. In the course of

Paderborn: Corendon is now flying to Hurghada
On March 6, 2022, the Maltese airline Corendon Europe started a non-stop connection between Paderborn/Lippstadt and Hurghada in Egypt. This route is to be operated until April 24, 2022.

Easter: Weeze expects 70.000 passengers
Weeze regional airport, which is mainly used by Ryanair, expects around 70.000 passengers during the Easter holidays. With 90 departures a week to 32 destinations, the offer should again be at the level of the

Comment: News from the ticket seller with a hedge in Weeze
"Let's play airline" is how you could describe the ticket seller Green Airlines, because so far not a single one of the announced flights from Weeze to Berlin and/or Munich has been operated.

Lack of bookings: Green Airlines had to cancel flights
With an intrusive pop-up, Weeze Airport is advertising the flights announced by ticket seller Green Airlines, which are to be served from March 28, 2022. However, this has not happened so far

HAM: 50 years ago the first flight of Turkish Airline started
50 years ago, Turkish Airlines flew the Hamburg – Istanbul route for the first time. In the meantime, the Turkish airline has developed into the largest provider of Turkey flights from Hamburg. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary

Hamburg: Eurowings postpones Gothenburg flights to summer 2023
The airline Eurowings is again postponing the start of the planned non-stop flights between Hamburg and Gothenburg. It was recently announced that from October 30, 2022 there should be flights six times a week. From present

Lufthansa Technik takes over component service for Smartwings
Czech airline Smartwings and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive five-year Total Component Support contract covering the repair and overhaul of components for the airline's 30 Boeing 737NG aircraft. Of the

Summer 2023: Eurowings is adding additional routes to Turkey
The airline Eurowings is planning to offer additional connections between Germany and Turkey for the 2023 summer flight schedule. Operational implementation is to be carried out with the Airbus A319 operated by Eurowings Europe (Malta). away

Business travel: Eurowings is expanding its offering by 30 percent
According to the airline Eurowings, there is an increasing demand for business trips. For this reason, from September 2022, the offer will be expanded to routes that are typically used by business travelers,

Engine problem: Condor Boeing 757-300 completes return landing in Lanzarote
On Tuesday evening, the Boeing 757-300 operated by Condor and registered D-ABOA suffered an engine problem shortly after takeoff from Lanzarote. The machine should actually fly to Hamburg as DE1439

Bremen Airport: Slight passenger increase compared to 2020
In 2021, 630.062 passengers used Bremen Airport. This is an increase of 5,9 percent compared to 2020 (594.680 passengers). “The global corona pandemic continues to slow down air traffic very much and above all

Summer flight schedule: Ryanair flies from Bremen to Vienna
The Irish airline Ryanair will be connecting Bremen Airport with the Austrian capital four times a week from March 28 of next year. “With the high frequency on the direct connection to Vienna

Bremen: ETF Airways wants to sue for damages after a rabbit accident
In August 2021, a rabbit caused the Boeing 737-800 with the registration 9A-LAB to be damaged at Bremen Airport. Now ETF Airways is demanding compensation from the airport in the

Lübeck Air announces flights to Austria and Switzerland
Lübeck Airport has been offering scheduled flights to Munich and Stuttgart under the Lübeck Air brand. Connections to Austria and Switzerland are to be added this year.

Lübeck Air announces Lübeck-Memmingen
With Memmingen, Lübeck Air intends to serve the in-house brand of Lübeck-Blankensee Airport, a third domestic German destination. The cities of Munich and Stuttgart are currently served by Air Alsie aircraft.

Lübeck: Strangers threw stinking liquid into the terminal
On the night of September 12th to 13th, 2020, strangers threw containers with a foul-smelling liquid through the windows of the terminal at Lübeck Airport. What exactly is it

Eurowings reports high demand
The lifting of the international travel warning is said to have spurred the Germans' desire to travel. The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is increasing the flight schedule due to the “skyrocketing demand”. Around 80

OVG rejects lawsuits against BER approach routes
The municipality of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and a local resident have complained about night flight routes at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. The competent higher administrative court did not grant this. The OVG Berlin-Brandenburg takes the view that there is no

Climate sticker: BER wants to sue for damages
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport is examining civil law claims for damages against those climate stickers who illegally gained access to the apron last week and thus caused a temporary cessation of flight operations

From seat to trolley: Sundair launches new web shop
Leisure airline Sundair is launching a new web shop in partnership with Blackforest Aviation. In this one can see, among other things, catering equipment, model airplanes and much that was used on board the carrier.

Fence cut open: Climate adhesive illegally entered the BER area
The self-proclaimed "climate protectors" of the "last generation" broke into the premises of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport on Thursday, November 24, 2022. Some of the presumably full-time climate glues then unpacked their super glue

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

Berlin: Eurowings continues to expand its base
In the 2023 summer flight schedule, Eurowings wants to expand its presence at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. The intention is to head for around 30 destinations. One of the new destinations is Malaga, Alicante, Antalya, Graz, Larnaca and

Leipzig: Air Moldova takes on Chisinau
With Leipzig, the airline Air Moldova is taking on a third German destination. This will initially be served twice a week from August 16, 2022. According to the carrier, you want to first

Holiday start at the central German airports
No chaos is expected at the three airports in Dresden, Erfurt and Leipzig-Halle. The preparation for this article started yesterday morning at Rhein-Main Airport in Frankfurt/Main with a

149 tourist and scheduled flights from Dresden and Leipzig/Halle
Summer holidays start in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia: From Thursday to Sunday, a total of 149 passenger planes take off from Central German airports - 63 of them at Dresden Airport and 86 at Leipzig/Halle Airport.

Autumn holidays: Central German airports inform passengers
On the first holiday weekend in Saxony, 50 aircraft take off from the central German airports in Dresden and Leipzig / Halle to holiday destinations around the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Red Sea. For one

Ryanair flies from Dresden to London again
The airline will resume the connection between Dresden and London Stansted in the winter flight schedule, which starts on October 31st. The low-cost airline connects the Saxon airline three times a week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

Eurowings is reactivating further domestic German routes
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has reactivated the non-stop connection between Dresden and Stuttgart. The carrier has been flying to Düsseldorf, the largest Eurowings location, again from Leipzig / Halle on Wednesday. For the time being, there will be services between Dresden and Stuttgart

Green Airlines: 1.700 kilometers of empty flight for just four passengers
With only four passengers on board, German Airways took off on Friday for the charter marketer Green Airlines at Cologne / Bonn Airport in the direction of Paderborn. However, the machine was previously ferry off

Green Airlines sold tickets without a contract with Just Us Air
At the charter marketer Green Airlines, things seem to be going badly, because Alk Air withdrew the Boeing 5-2021 on July 737, 300 and Just Us Air will not even be

Green Airlines: Alk Air withdrew aircraft prematurely
The charter marketer Green Airlines has already lost an “airline partner” because the Bulgarian Alk Air withdrew the chartered Boeing 737-300. There seems to be a thick air between the two companies,