This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics in Germany.
This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from Germany . Whether Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn or Rostock-Laage, you've come to the right place.
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Four young people will begin their apprenticeships at Nuremberg Airport on September 1, 2026. This year's apprenticeships include those for office management assistant and air transport service assistant. These new additions bring the total number of apprentices at the airport to nine, covering various fields.
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair will launch a new direct flight from Nuremberg Airport to the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir at the start of the upcoming winter flight schedule. The route will be served twice weekly, on Mondays and Saturdays. Following its existing connection to the capital, Rabat, Agadir is the second destination served by the airline.
Construction work on Cargo Center 3 (CCN 3) has officially begun at Nuremberg Airport. The symbolic laying of the foundation stone by Bavaria's Finance Minister Albert Füracker, Nuremberg's Mayor Marcus König, Airport Managing Director Michael Hupe, and representatives of the construction company Goldbeck Ost marked the start of the expansion of the cargo area. The project includes the construction of a
A violent altercation broke out between two groups of travelers at Nuremberg Airport on Friday evening, July 31, 2026. According to the responsible police departments, the conflict began with an argument over who had the right place in the queue at a check-in counter in the terminal. The verbal argument then escalated, whereupon...
With the start of the Bavarian summer holidays, Nuremberg Airport is facing its busiest period of the year. The airport operating company expects approximately 788.000 passengers arriving and departing during the holiday season. This puts the traffic volume at the Franconian air traffic hub on par with last year. A total of 21 airlines operate from the airport.
Severe storms on the evening of July 14, 2026, led to a massive overload of emergency services and significant disruptions to local and long-distance transport as well as airspace in the Nuremberg region. Within just a few hours, the responsible integrated control center registered an exceptionally high volume of emergency calls, necessitating the mobilization of thousands of emergency personnel.
Nuremberg Airport has announced a change to its Turkey service in the current summer flight schedule. AJet, a subsidiary of the state-owned Turkish Airlines, will operate scheduled flights to Bodrum, Turkey, from the northern Bavarian regional airport. The service is operated in cooperation with the travel group TUI, making the flights available for both individual ticket sales and package holidays.
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air is drastically reducing its flight offerings from Romania this coming autumn. As reported by the aviation portal Boardingpass, the company is canceling numerous routes, particularly affecting the country's smaller regional airports. From mid-September 2026, the airline will discontinue routes from Timișoara Airport to Berlin, Nuremberg, Frankfurt-Hahn,
Nuremberg Airport has a significant new addition to its flight schedule for the winter season. Starting in November 2026, the British low-cost airline EasyJet will serve the Franconian metropolitan region for the first time, integrating Nuremberg as the seventh German airport into its European route network. The airline is thus responding to the traditionally high tourist and business demand in the region.
Nuremberg Airport and the Franconian tour operator Leitner Reisen have completed a joint aid project in the Peruvian Amazon. In cooperation with the Reiner Meutsch Foundation Fly&Help, a new school building in the rural community of Isuyama, near the city of Puerto Maldonado, was officially inaugurated in May 2026. The opening ceremony took place on site.
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