Tag: Scheduled airlines
Mountains of suitcases are growing at airports
Baggage delivered later is backing up at Hamburg Airport Some suitcases and bags only end up with their owners via detours. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt In view of the handling problems…
If you want to fly, you have to be friendly
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. If you want to get out of Germany these days, you have serious problems. Unfortunately, there are not…
Chaos at Germany’s airports reaches the federal government
Dusseldorf Too late, too slow, not extensive enough – the German government’s permission on Wednesday to recruit 2,000 helpers in Turkey to combat the airport chaos in Germany met with…
Kühne increases at Lufthansa
Lufthansa jet approaching Frankfurt Airport The logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne has acquired Europe’s largest Arline Group and is now the largest single shareholder. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Frankfurt Klaus-Michael Kühne uses…
Flight chaos causes a heated debate on the Lufthansa board
A Lufthansa Airbus A330-300 is being loaded The Lufthansa staff accuses the group board of having seen the pandemic as an opportunity for long-term cost reduction. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Frankfurt…
Flight chaos causes a heated debate on the Lufthansa board
A Lufthansa Airbus A330-300 is being loaded The Lufthansa staff accuses the group board of having seen the pandemic as an opportunity for long-term cost reduction. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Frankfurt…
Staff shortages at airports will continue for months
Long queues at Frankfurt Airport Airports lack staff. This leads to chaos and canceled flights. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt In April, 6.6 percent fewer people were employed in passenger transport than…
Lufthansa: Crisis worries investors
Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr The CEO of Europe’s largest airline group has to answer questions from the supervisory board about the current flight chaos on Wednesday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Investors…
Lufthansa: Crisis worries investors
Frankfurt Investors are concerned about the chaos at Lufthansa. “The Lufthansa management said it wanted to rely heavily on private travelers. That’s exactly what you’re scaring away by leaving them…
Airline files for bankruptcy in the US
SAS aircraft in Copenhagen Collective bargaining between the Scandinavian airline and its pilots failed on Monday. (Photo: VIA REUTERS) Stockholm The badly hit airline SAS has applied for bankruptcy protection…
Deutsche Bahn joins the Star Alliance
Lufthansa Express Rail from Berlin to Frankfurt The train wants to establish itself as an alternative to the plane on domestic German routes. (Photo: IMAGO/Stefan Zeitz) Frankfurt It is a…
Flight chaos: Lufthansa supervisory board turns on
Lufthansa plane There are numerous construction sites in the group. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Berlin In view of the current chaos in air traffic, the Lufthansa Supervisory Board intervened. At the…
Where it is particularly chaotic at the moment
strike in Spain Debts at the two low-cost airlines Ryanair and Easyjet are currently making life difficult for quite a few travelers. (Photo: Reuters) Athens, London, Madrid, Paris A series…
Easyjet wants to buy another 56 Airbus jets
Easyjet Easyjet is said to be exercising purchase rights and options from a previous contract. (Photo: dpa) Luton The British low-cost airline Easyjet wants to push ahead with the renewal…
Everything could get worse
Frankfurt Industrial action not ruled out: Negotiations are currently underway between Lufthansa and the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ representation (VC). It’s about how big the core brand Lufthansa will be in…
Lufthansa is considering reactivation of the A380
Frankfurt The rumor alone is causing a stir in the aviation industry: is the giant jumbo Airbus A380 coming back to Lufthansa? There has been speculation for months, but now…
Lufthansa, Ryanair & Co.: Lack of staff weighs on shares
Lufthansa Most recently, 900 domestic German flights were canceled. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Shares in European airlines such as Lufthansa, Ryanair, Easyjet, British Airways parent company IAG or Wizz Air were…
US wants to confiscate two of Oligarch Abramovich’s planes
Roman Abramovich The oligarch has been criticized for his closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: dpa) As a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, US authorities…
Thousands of Britons are stranded abroad due to flight cancellations
Queue at the British Airways counter (archive) Airlines such as British Airways and Easyjet are currently canceling numerous flights due to staff shortages. (Photo: Reuters) London Thousands of Britons are…
The military should help out at airports
Michael O’Leary The Ryanair CEO is known for his pithy words. (Photo: dpa) London After several days of long queues at several British airports, the head of Irish low-cost airline…