Tag: Airports
Airlines: Staff shortages – passengers need a lot of patience at Easter
Frankfurt If you want to travel by plane in the coming days, you should bring a lot of time and patience. There is a shortage of staff everywhere, and aviation…
More expensive tickets and job losses: Aviation criticizes the EU climate package
Airplane with contrails The European aviation industry is at odds with certain details in the EU Commission’s plans for more climate protection when flying. (Photo: imago images/JOKER) Frankfurt The warning…
Verdi calls on security staff at airports to go on strike
Warning strikes by security personnel The Verdi union has called for all-day warning strikes at several German airports. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Flight cancellations, delays and long waiting times threaten passengers…
Verdi is calling for a day-long warning strike at eight airports
Warning strikes by security personnel at Stuttgart Airport While passengers wait in a long line at the security checkpoint, airport security staff are on strike in the background. (Photo: dpa)…
Why are the Products Sold at Airports Expensive?
All kinds of products sold at airports are much more expensive than the prices you are used to. There are many logical reasons for this situation to occur, but some…
German aviation companies are left behind by the war
Lufthansa Cargo jet The freight subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group can currently take ten percent less freight on board because of the detours around Russia, as it has to refuel…
Warning strike largely paralyzes Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday
Warning strike at Hanover Airport Already on Monday, the failures at German airports had led to significant problems in flight operations. Frankfurt The long-standing dispute between Verdi and the security…
“If necessary, be at the airport 30 minutes earlier”
Construction site at Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3 is intended to make the largest German hub fit for future growth. For the time being, however, it will not be needed because…
Number of passengers at German airports well below pre-crisis level – Austria’s economy shrunk due to lockdown
In the second Corona year 2021 they are sick leave of employees at work after an analysis of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) has fallen to a low. As the evaluation…
Number of passengers at German airports still well below pre-crisis level – Austria’s economy shrank due to lockdown at the end of the year
In the second Corona year 2021 they are sick leave of employees at work after an analysis of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) has fallen to a low. As the evaluation…
Busiest Airports of 2021 Announced
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe shared data on Europe’s busiest airports last year. In the published results, it was observed that Istanbul Airport was the busiest airport in the continent…
5G causes flight chaos in the USA
A Dreamliner 787 at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey The FAA has warned that safety could be jeopardized by the rollout of 5G. (Photo: AP) new York The first…
AT&T and Verizon make concessions on 5G rollout at airports
An airplane approaching San Diego Airport. The mobile phone giants AT&T and Verizon have agreed to a compromise in the mobile phone dispute in the USA. (Photo: Reuters) Washington AT&T…
That is behind the dispute over empty flights
Large-capacity jet from Lufthansa Airlines per se find it difficult to become climate neutral. Requirements such as the so-called slot rules also stand in the way of the goal. (Photo:…
If you push a shopping cart with handles, you buy more
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. One of the reports from consumer research that has surprised me the most recently is: The way in…
Low-cost airline Ryanair gives up base in Frankfurt
Ryanair For the crews, the airline offers alternative jobs in its rapidly growing European network. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Europe’s largest low-cost airline, Ryanair, is giving up its base at Frankfurt…
Why 5G can disrupt air traffic
Frankfurt A temporary waiver is intended to defuse the dispute that has been smoldering for weeks between US wireless providers and the aviation industry. The two US wireless operators AT&T…
Why 5G can disrupt air traffic
Frankfurt A temporary waiver is intended to defuse the dispute that has been smoldering for weeks between US wireless providers and the aviation industry. The two US wireless operators AT&T…
In 2022, passengers will need a lot of patience for the time being
Frankfurt Aviation should really get going again next summer. Airlines such as Lufthansa or Condor and also the travel group Tui expect booking numbers that will almost reach the pre-crisis…
Fewer and fewer bank robberies – business is dying out
Examiner’s column The author is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. What is a bank robbery versus starting a bank? Bertolt Brecht once asked that. Well, both have definitely…