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Summer 2023: German Airways is planning nine Embraer 190s

The German airline German Airways plans to have nine aircraft in the air in the 2023 summer flight schedule. It currently operates seven Embraer 190 regional jets. A spokesperson confirmed the planned increase to nine aircraft to Aviation.Direct upon request. German Airways specializes in the provision of ACMI and charter services. Scheduled flights

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Summer 2023: Eurowings is adding additional routes to Turkey

For the 2023 summer flight schedule, the airline Eurowings plans to offer additional connections between Germany and Turkey. The operational operation will be carried out with Airbus A319s operated by Eurowings Europe (Malta). From Cologne/Bonn, the airline also plans to fly once a week to Adana and Kayseri. The flights to the first-mentioned city

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D-ANNE: Ex-Indigo A320 joins Leav Aviation fleet

The German airline Leav Aviation will soon be putting another Airbus A320 into service. This will have the registration D-ANNE and will be used from the home base in Cologne/Bonn for ACMI and charter orders in Europe. The young airline's fleet currently consists of one Airbus A320, which has the registration D-ANDI.

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Business travel: Eurowings is expanding its offering by 30 percent

The airline Eurowings says it is seeing an increasing demand for business travel. For this reason, from September 2022, the offer on routes that are typically used by business travelers will be expanded by around 30 percent. According to Eurowings Managing Director Jens Bischof, the number of flights is still far from pre-crisis levels, but there is a

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Ten Russian planes have to stay in Germany

Ten aircraft are said to be parked at German airports when the airspace ban for aircraft owned or controlled by Russia begins. Flying them out is not possible due to the sanctions. The editorial network Germany gives this number, citing the Federal Ministry of Transport. Nothing will change in the short term, because the

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Cologne/Bonn had 1,6 million passengers in the 2022 summer holidays

Since the start of the summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne/Bonn Airport has repeatedly hit the headlines due to extremely long waiting times at security checkpoints. The airport was used by around 1,6 million passengers during the six-week school holidays. This means that around 80 percent of the pre-crisis level has been reached. In direct comparison with

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Siko chaos in Cologne: Up to seven hours waiting time

The total failure of the German authorities in terms of security checks was once again evident at Cologne/Bonn Airport over the weekend. There were up to seven hours of waiting time in front of the security lines. The queue was several hundred meters long and stretched far into the outdoor area in front of the terminals. The result was that many passengers

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Cologne/Bonn wants to take over security checks itself

With the exception of Frankfurt am Main, security checks at commercial airports in Germany are carried out by private security service providers on behalf of the Federal Police. Cologne/Bonn is now suggesting that this could be done on its own, similar to Frankfurt. The latter airport is currently one of those hotspots

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Commentary: Welcome to Summer Chaos!

For many holidaymakers, the holidays ended at Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf airports, because, despite all the airports' assurances, there were extremely long waiting times at security checks. In addition, some Ryanair flights had to be cancelled due to strikes. For completely different reasons, Eurowings has left many passengers stranded.

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