You have to give the management of ITA Airways one thing: they are very creative in their public statements. Especially when it comes to describing the economic situation of the Italian airline. It goes like this: If you ignore the "exogenous factors", then the company has achieved a better result than provided for in the business plan. It also shows how cautious management has been in running the airline, with a focus on "extreme cost control."Against this background, Lufthansa CEO...
The reputation of aviation has suffered greatly in the course of the climate debate, there is constant talk of shame about flying, and the short domestic flights in particular have come under heavy criticism because of the emissions they generate. Almost unnoticed by the public, a small company in Landsberg am Lech has now developed an aircraft that could at least revolutionize flight operations over short distances and flight school operations."I'm really excited," said the experienced pilot Uwe Northmann recently...
Millions of people in Germany were hit by the warning strike on the train, in local public transport and at airports. Deutsche Bahn stopped long-distance traffic for Monday. The railway and transport union (EVG) had called for the warning strike together with Verdi. According to the EVG, more than 30,000 employees at 350 locations took part by early morning.Airports and local public transport in the seven federal states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Saxony, Lower Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate are...
A major strike by the Verdi and EVG unions on the train, bus and airports started on Monday night. With a 24-hour industrial dispute, they want to largely paralyze public transport in many regions of Germany and thus increase the pressure on employers in collective bargaining. Millions of commuters and travelers are affected. Local public transport is on strike in seven federal states, as are airports and nationwide regional and long-distance rail transport.Deutsche Bahn stops long-distance traffic for Monday. In...
Due to the air traffic controllers' strike against the pension reform, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) is asking to reduce the airfoil. Airlines will have to give up 33% of their flights on Sunday at Paris-Orly airport, and 20% on Monday. These preventive cancellations will also concern 20% of flights to Lyon-Saint-Exupéry and Marseille-Provence this Sunday. In the latter airport, the companies will also have to cancel 20% of their program on Monday.To match flight volumes and the...
During the pandemic, the airline had completely stopped training. Now the demand is back - and Lufthansa notices that thousands of young pilots are missing. Now everything should go very quickly.From Jens Flottau, FrankfurtJust over a year ago, things looked bleak for young people who wanted to become pilots. Because of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, many countries continued to keep their borders closed, albeit against protests from the travel industry. There were forecasts that the demand for air...
Faster checks, shorter queues, passengers who don't have to be there many hours before departure in order to miss the plane after all: In future, airports in Germany will be able to organize security checks themselves. They hope that they will then become more efficient - especially when there are large crowds during the holidays.The Federal Ministry of the Interior confirmed on Monday that in future airports that wish to do so will be allowed to take over responsibility for...
Massage and motifs for Instagram: Some airports offer a holiday feeling even before take-off. This is not the only reason why air travel is booming again after the pandemic. source site
When it came to somehow putting the year 2022 into words, the Fraport board members saved themselves flowery descriptions. "Operational, qualitative: sentence with X," says Stefan Schulte, CEO of the Frankfurt airport operator. And why did the ground handling services write losses despite the explosive return in demand? CFO Matthias Zieschang didn't waste much time researching the causes: "Would have, would have, bicycle chain."Sure, 2022 was the year in which the number of passengers increased by 97 percent after Corona....
30,000 people should have romped around Hamburg Airport on Monday, including travelers and arrivals. It's spring break in the Hanseatic city, and the snow that fell over the weekend doesn't change that. However, those who wanted to travel by plane had to change their plans for a short time. Because for 24 hours almost nothing went at the airport: 244 flights were planned, including 123 departures and 121 arrivals. No more aircraft started regularly, and 55 landings were also canceled....
