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Brandenburg Gate (Photo: Pixabay).

Pegasus expands Germany-Izmir traffic

The Turkish airline Pegasus is adding additional routes between Germany and Izmir in the 2023 summer flight schedule. These are non-stop flights that will be offered from Frankfurt am Main and Berlin-Brandenburg. The German capital is to be connected to Izmir three times a week from April 1, 2023. The flights are to be operated on the days of the week

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Frankfurt Airport relies on e-mobility on the ground

The planes will continue to fly with kerosene for the foreseeable future, but on the ground, Frankfurt Airport is increasingly relying on electric drives. With 690.000 euros in funding from the state of Hesse, the corresponding charging infrastructure is to be expanded and two new passenger buses with electric drives are to be purchased, the airport operator announced in a press release. By the end of 2024

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Lufthansa wants to exhibit Ju-52 and Super Star as a static display

Lufthansa will exhibit its two historic aircraft, the Junkers Ju 52 and the Lockheed Super Star, as static displays in Frankfurt or Munich. CEO Carsten Spohr said that these will be honored on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the company's founding. Preparations will begin this year. Deutsche Luft Hansa AG was founded on January 6th.

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Frankfurt Airport can continue to increase passenger numbers

At Frankfurt Airport, the number of passengers continued to rise sharply in September thanks to continued high demand for holiday flights. However, the recovery from the Corona low was somewhat slowed by the strike by Lufthansa pilots at the beginning of last month. The number of passengers increased by 58 percent compared to the same month last year, which was heavily influenced by the pandemic.

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Frankfurt: Eurowings Discover flies to Orlando and Philadelphia with Finnair-A350

In the 2022/23 winter flight schedule, Eurowings Discover will take over some North American routes from its parent company Lufthansa. Airbus A350s operated by Finnair will be used on the routes to Orlando and Philadelphia. It was already announced a few weeks ago that Eurowings Discover aircraft will be used from Frankfurt to Toronto, Vancouver and Atlanta in winter 2022/23.

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Single Pilot Operations: Vereinigung Cockpit has concerns

The Cockpit Association has little support for the ICAO General Assembly's proposal to speed up the introduction of single-pilot operations. It believes that premature approval of new technologies could jeopardise flight safety. "We are open to technical developments in aviation," says Matthais Baier, press spokesman and board member

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Frankfurt: Condor flies again to Sanibar, Mombasa and Cape Town

The holiday airline Condor is flying again from Frankfurt am Main to Zanzibar and Mombasa. The comeback flight was operated on Friday under flight number DE2282. The airline will also fly to Cape Town again from October 4, 2022. Condor last flew to these three destinations in early 2020. The corona pandemic led to temporary suspensions.

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