Following the easing of travel restrictions throughout Europe, Air Canada, Emirates, Etihad, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines are back in the list of airlines landing at Munich Airport, a press release confirmed. Munich Airport has also welcomed the return of Egyptair and Tunis Air in its flight plan. The airport now serves flights to 14 non-European destinations in its network, including Cairo and Tunis, along with two destinations in Canada, six in the US, … [Read more...] about Munich Airport welcomes more airlines in its flight plan
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Air cargo booking platform cargo.one bags $18.6 million in series A funding
Berlin-based cargo.one, which runs a platform and marketplace for booking air cargo, raised $18.6 million in series A funding led by Index Venture, the company said in a press release. Next47 and prior backers Creandum, Lufthansa Cargo and Point Nine Capital also joined in the round, along with angel investors from DST Global and Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas (current COO of GoCardless and former-CPO of Skyscanner). With these fresh funds, the company plans to onboard new airlines, grow in … [Read more...] about Air cargo booking platform cargo.one bags $18.6 million in series A funding
Munich Airport’s Terminal 1 will be back in operation starting in July
Terminal 1 at Munich Airport, where passenger operations were temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus crisis, is set to open its doors to passengers again very soon. Terminal areas C, D, and E will resume operations initially on July 8. This means that departing passengers will once more be able to use areas C and D to check-in, before being taken through security and moving on to their respective gates in departure areas C and D. Arriving passengers will be led through arrival areas C, D, … [Read more...] about Munich Airport’s Terminal 1 will be back in operation starting in July
Munich Airport reports 10th consecutive record-setting year passenger figures
In 2019, Munich Airport’s total traffic increased by 1.7 million, or 4 percent, to 47.9 million passengers. That was the largest increase posted by any German airport last year. For the Bavarian hub, this result represents the tenth consecutive record-setting year for total passenger traffic. The number of take-offs and landings was up by around 1 percent to over 417,000 aircraft movements. Airlines substantially increased the number of destinations served especially in the intercontinental … [Read more...] about Munich Airport reports 10th consecutive record-setting year passenger figures
Lufthansa Group picks WFS in Newark
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) recently clinched a three-year contract to provide ramp handling for Lufthansa Group’s flights at Newark Liberty International Airport. Under the terms of the agreement, the start of each airline’s summer schedules sees the WFS team in Newark responsible for handling Lufthansa’s three flights a day serving Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich as well as Austrian Airlines’ and SWISS International Airlines’ daily services. The new … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Group picks WFS in Newark
WFS, one of the largest cargo handlers at Boston-Logan International
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has more than doubled its cargo handling operation at the Boston-Logan International Airport to accommodate new contracts with Lufthansa, SAS and Swiss International Air Lines. WFS, starting building a name for itself in Boston 12 years ago and prior to this latest expansion has been operating from a 30,000 sq ft facility on behalf of three major airline customers; American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia. Following a successful bid for the new … [Read more...] about WFS, one of the largest cargo handlers at Boston-Logan International