Munich

Ground staff strike: Lufthansa has to cancel almost all flights from Frankfurt and Munich

Lufthansa is currently assuming that the nationwide warning strike by ground staff announced for Wednesday by the Verdi union will have a massive impact: in Frankfurt am Main and Munich, according to a statement from the crane group, “almost the entire flight program will have to be cancelled.” Lufthansa also cannot rule out the possibility of a flight cancellation on Thursday and Friday.

July 26, 2022 11:49

Lufthansa: Verdi is calling on ground staff for a warning strike on Wednesday

Lufthansa is facing chaos on Wednesday, as the Verdi union is calling on the approximately 20.000 ground staff to go on a one-day warning strike. The reason for this is that the collective bargaining negotiations are considered to be at a standstill. Employee representatives are assuming that there will be numerous cancellations and significant delays on Wednesday. The union-organized ground staff

July 25, 2022 10:30

Summer vacation: 40.000 flights registered in Munich

Munich Airport expects passenger numbers to rise sharply with the start of the summer holidays in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The airlines have so far registered 40.000 movements - twice as many as in the same period last year. The school holidays in this region of Germany begin on July 29, 2022 and end on September 12

July 22, 2022 15:00

MUC: Cheaper parking rates during the summer holidays

Booking parking spaces online in advance has advantages for passengers at Munich Airport. During the summer months, there is a "holiday special" until September 19, 2022: For a parking period of seven days or more, parking a vehicle in the parking garages near the terminal costs 112 euros for a week. In the so-called economy parking spaces within the

July 15, 2022 19:04

Anadolujet and Turkish Airlines are thinning out in Germany and Austria

The airline Turkish Airlines is temporarily suspending some connections from Germany or is not resuming them as originally announced. The connection between Ankara and Graz, planned under the Anadolujet brand, is also off the table. A total of four destinations from Hanover are affected. These are Ankara (Anadolujet), Adana, Gaziantep and Kayseri.

July 12, 2022 20:52

Eurowings Discover starts mileage upgrades

The holiday airline Eurowings Discover is now allowing participants in the Miles & More frequent flyer program to make so-called mileage upgrades. This applies to most routes, although flights in connection with tour operator trips with flight numbers 4Y2000 – 4Y2999 are excluded. The Lufthansa subsidiary announced that all regular Economy and Premium Economy Class tickets on the

July 11, 2022 19:03

Munich Airport counted around 13 million passengers in the first half of the year

The dynamic upward trend at Munich Airport is reflected in the traffic results for the first half of 2022: With around 13 million passengers, the entire annual volume of 2021 was already exceeded in the first six months. Compared to the first six months of the previous year, passenger numbers have increased more than fivefold. The steep

July 7, 2022 14:04

Eva Air flies non-stop to Munich and Milan

This year, the private Taiwanese airline will start non-stop flights between Taipei and two European destinations: Munich will be served with four weekly flights from November 5, 2022, and Milan will be served with two flights per week from October 27, 2022. “We are very pleased that the 5-star airline

July 5, 2022 17:04

BER: AeroGround Berlin receives another license for aircraft handling

The subsidiary of Munich-based AeroGround, which in turn is a 100 percent subsidiary of Munich Airport GmbH, has once again received a license for apron-side aircraft and baggage handling at the capital's airport. Seven years ago, AeroGround Berlin began its aircraft handling work at what was then Berlin Schönefeld Airport (BER). Since the opening

July 4, 2022 18:05

Munich: Lufthansa has accumulated a mountain of 3.000 suitcases

At Munich Airport, Lufthansa has a backlog of around 3.000 pieces of luggage. This means that the suitcases of both point-to-point passengers and those of transfer passengers were not loaded onto the aircraft. Travellers who have refused to accept Lufthansa's request to check their hand luggage free of charge at the airport are particularly hard hit.

July 2, 2022 07:38