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From May 10, 2025, Eurowings will be offering a new direct connection from Düsseldorf to the Portuguese Azores. Once a week, on Saturdays, there is a flight to Ponta Delgada. The Azores are known for their volcanic landscape and lush vegetation. With this new route, Eurowings is strengthening its range of exotic travel destinations and making the
In 2024, Cologne Bonn Airport once again recorded significant growth in passenger volume. With over 10 million passengers, the double-digit million mark was exceeded for the first time since 2019. This represents another milestone in the airport's recovery after the difficult years of the corona pandemic. Particularly striking was the
The German airline Eurowings, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, deactivated its official account on the X platform, formerly Twitter, on December 27, 2024. This step is surprising, as the account had over 90.000 followers and the platform had previously been an important channel for customer communication. In a recent statement, Eurowings stated,
A landmark ruling has now been made in a legal dispute between the German Environmental Aid (DUH) and the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings. The Cologne Higher Regional Court confirmed the decision of the lower court that Eurowings’ advertising on CO2 compensation was misleading and prohibited the company from continuing to use formulations such as “CO2-neutral travel... offset now and
Cologne Bonn Airport now offers a non-stop connection to the capital of Kosovo. The airline Trade Air is launching the new route in cooperation with MySky 24. The flights will be offered twice a week from December 14th – every Friday and Sunday. The flight takes just under two and a half hours and
RheinEnergie AG and Infosys have launched a partnership on the German energy market. The aim is to develop an intelligent digital energy platform that supports companies in the industrial and real estate sectors in optimising their energy supply. The pilot project for this platform will be carried out at Cologne/Bonn Airport in order to
Eurowings is adding several new connections from Cologne Bonn Airport in the 2025 summer flight schedule. Flights to Funchal (Madeira), Bastia (Corsica), Klagenfurt (Austria) and Erbil (Iraq) will start in April. The airline is also increasing frequencies on existing routes, including Alicante and Nice. The new destinations offer holidaymakers and visitors attractive travel options.
At the beginning of 2025, Cologne/Bonn Airport will take over the organisation and management of air security checks on its own responsibility. This was decided by a loan agreement between the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the airport. The agreement is to be officially signed on November 25, 2024. Until now, this task was the responsibility of the Federal Police, which will now be relieved of its duties in order to focus more on
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is facing a “maturity crisis” 20 years after its creation. The new Executive Director of EASA, Patrick Ky, pointed to the need to make the most of the agency’s limited resources through a comprehensive reorganisation in a hearing of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism.
Cologne/Bonn Airport is consistently continuing its path to climate-neutral airport infrastructure with the introduction of new electric aircraft tugs. Two fully electric models replace the previous diesel-powered variants and can even move large aircraft such as the Boeing 777. In addition to improved battery performance and quick-charging options, the tugs offer emission-free and quieter operation. This is expected to save
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