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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German airline Eurowings is making significant adjustments to its route network for the upcoming 2026/2027 winter flight season. According to industry sources, the Lufthansa subsidiary is reducing its flight offerings to a total of six routes from its hubs in Stuttgart, Cologne/Bonn, and Munich to Southeast Europe. Destinations in Croatia and Bosnia are affected by these measures.
With the start of the summer holidays in Baden-Württemberg, regional airports in southwestern Germany and the border region are experiencing a significant increase in traffic. At Stuttgart Airport, the flight schedule shows almost 250 takeoffs and landings on a single day at the start of the holidays. To manage the crowds in the terminals, the operators have implemented additional measures.
Stuttgart Airport has once again secured a top ranking in the latest airport check conducted by the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit e. V. (VC), achieving an overall score of 1,52. As part of its annual survey, the professional association, which represents the interests of approximately 10.000 cockpit crew members, evaluated a total of 28 German and three Swiss commercial airports. Stuttgart secures a place among the top performers.
Stuttgart Airport is preparing for increased passenger numbers at the start of the summer holidays in Baden-Württemberg. The operator expects approximately 1,5 million passengers to use the terminals throughout the entire holiday period. Friday, July 31, 2026, is expected to be the busiest day at the start of the travel season, with around 250 flight movements.
An unusual logistics operation has once again attracted attention at Stuttgart Airport. An Antonov An-124 transport aircraft carried an 80-ton generator rotor back to Malaysia. The component belongs to a 700-megawatt power plant that supplies electricity to approximately half a million people. To prevent the failure of the turbines, the transport was carried out by a special team of experts.
An Airbus A320neo belonging to the Egyptian airline Air Cairo landed at Stuttgart Airport last Thursday evening, July 16, 2026, with significant external damage. As visual images of the aircraft, registration SU-BVN, show, the nose fairing, the so-called radome, exhibited extensive deformation. The aircraft had previously
A system for automatically recording bus license plates has been put into operation at the Stuttgart Airport Bus Terminal (SAB), located on the ground floor of parking garage P14 directly next to Terminal 3. The operating company, Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH (FSG), expects this technological upgrade to result in more precise control of access routes and a reduction in congestion.
At the supervisory board meeting of Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH on July 14, 2026, Nicole Razavi, Minister of Transport for the state of Baden-Württemberg, was elected as the new chair of the supervisory board. She succeeds Winfried Hermann, who had held the position since October 2011 and has now stepped down. With this change
Recaro Aircraft Seating, headquartered in Schwäbisch Hall, is restructuring its management team. Effective September 1st, aerospace engineer Andreas Erber will assume the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As the Baden-Württemberg-based company officially announced, his future responsibilities will include leading the core areas of innovation and product development.
Croatia Airlines, the Croatian national carrier, has temporarily suspended its newly established flight connection between Dubrovnik and Stuttgart Airport after only a few days of operation. The route had launched on May 22, 2026, three weeks late for the summer season. According to the aviation portal Ex-Yu Aviation, the
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