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Lufthansa pilots on strike today

Lufthansa’s pilots are on a one-day strike today, the 13th time in two years they have walked out in long-standing disputes over wages, pensions, and outsourcing, as well as Lufthansa’s plans to register portions of its fleet in countries where wages…

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Lufthansa pilots could strike anytime

Lufthansa pilots during earlier strike in March   Lufthansa’s pilots, who already called one strike this year, in March, are now threatening to strike again over failure to reach a contract agreement. The strike has not been scheduled, and could…

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Born in flight, he now flies for a living

Erkan Geldi, a Turkish Airlines flight attendant has a possibly unique distinction. He may be the world’s only airline employee actually born on an airplane. He was born midair on a Turkish Airlines flight to Frankfurt in 1990.

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German operator to run 14 big Greek airports

Corfu International Airport, one of those to be managed by Fraport .       Photo: Jean Housen / Wikimedia   In one of the first effects of the Greek bailout deal, which requires Greece to privatize many public facilities, Fraport,…

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Berlin: New scandal, but no new airport yet

Germany’s reputation for precision, quality work and punctuality has already taken big hits because of construction delays and engineering errors at its still-under-construction new Berlin-Brandenburg airport for Berlin now has the additional…

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Lufthansa pilots on strike today

Lufthansa’s pilots are on a one-day strike today, the 13th time in two years they have walked out in long-standing disputes over wages, pensions, and outsourcing, as well as Lufthansa’s plans to register portions of its fleet in countries where wages…

Read More

Lufthansa pilots could strike anytime

Lufthansa pilots during earlier strike in March   Lufthansa’s pilots, who already called one strike this year, in March, are now threatening to strike again over failure to reach a contract agreement. The strike has not been scheduled, and could…

Read More

Born in flight, he now flies for a living

Erkan Geldi, a Turkish Airlines flight attendant has a possibly unique distinction. He may be the world’s only airline employee actually born on an airplane. He was born midair on a Turkish Airlines flight to Frankfurt in 1990.

Read More

German operator to run 14 big Greek airports

Corfu International Airport, one of those to be managed by Fraport .       Photo: Jean Housen / Wikimedia   In one of the first effects of the Greek bailout deal, which requires Greece to privatize many public facilities, Fraport,…

Read More

Berlin: New scandal, but no new airport yet

Germany’s reputation for precision, quality work and punctuality has already taken big hits because of construction delays and engineering errors at its still-under-construction new Berlin-Brandenburg airport for Berlin now has the additional…

Read More