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25 years outstanding onboard delights: GIC International Catering celebrates its anniversary

Success story of a family-owned company in second generation – Up to 5,000 daily meals for over 20 airlines. With a strong entrepreneurial mindset and a lot of courage, the brothers Talat and Ferat Yildirim started their own path to self-employment over 25 years ago and founded GIC International Catering (GIC) in Kelsterbach, right next to the Frankfurt Airport. What started with a smal...

Wisk selects Liebherr-Aerospace as strategic supplier for Gen 6 actuation system

Wisk Aero and Liebherr-Aerospace announced an agreement for the development and supply of the actuation system for Wisk’s Generation 6 autonomous eVTOL aircraft.Wisk selected Liebherr to provide a comprehensive electro-mechanical actuation system, which provides control of the aircraft’s flight surfaces—including flaperons, elevators, and rudders—as well as...

Munich Airport offers flights to 184 destinations worldwide

Parallel to the time change at the end of October, the new winter flight schedule will take effect. From October 26, 2025, to March 28, 2026, travelers will have a total of 184 destinations in 68 countries to choose from. Eleven of these destinations are in Germany, 119 are medium-haul destinations, and 54 are long-haul destinations. A total of 81 airlines will operate these routes during the wint...

100 million passengers at BER - milestone reached shortly before fifth anniversary

BER Airport celebrated welcoming its 100 millionth passenger today. Jessica Metag boarded an Air France flight from BER to Paris. István Szabó, Chief Operations Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, and Bas 't Hooft, Director of Air France-KLM Germany, congratulated her before departure and surprised her with an Air France flight voucher for two people from BER to Paris....

Expleo and Deutsche Aircraft sign strategic agreement for engineering services

Expleo, a global provider of engineering, technology and consulting services, and Deutsche Aircraft announce the signing of a cooperation agreement to deliver engineering services for the aircraft programme. Under this agreement, Expleo will become one of four First Tier Suppliers, playing a central role in Deutsche Aircraft’s supply chain. Expleo is a long-standing partner of Deutsche Aircr...

Akkodis and Deutsche Aircraft sign strategic agreement for the next generation of future-ready regional aircraft

Akkodis and Deutsche Aircraft signed a cooperation agreement that marks the beginning of a strategic partnership. The goal is to significantly advance the development and production of innovative regional aircraft in Germany, with a focus on technological excellence and strengthening the local aerospace ecosystem. Under the agreement, Akkodis will become a first-tier supplier, playing a central ro...

Lufthansa Technik celebrates 100th CFM LEAP engine induction into its Hamburg shop

Lufthansa Technik and partners recently celebrated the induction of the 100th CFM LEAP* engine at its Hamburg headquarters. The latest so-called Quick Turn Shop Visit (QTSV) of a LEAP-1B engine from the Brazilian airline GOL Linhas Aéreas finally brought the tally up to the long-awaited triple-digit figure. By assuming a constantly growing proportion of the inductions in Hamburg, the l...

Deutsche Aircraft and DLR successfully complete ground vibration test on D328 UpLift demonstrator

Deutsche Aircraft, in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center Institute of Aeroelasticity, has successfully completed a Ground Vibration Test on the D328 UpLift flying testbed, D-CUPL. This achievement marks a significant step forward in the UpLift programme, an initiative funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to accelera...

Rotortrade delivers AS350 B3+ utility helicopter to MERAVO Luftreederei Fluggesellschaft, Germany

Rotortrade delivered a AS350 B3+ utility helicopter to Meravo Luftreederei Fluggesellschaft, a long-established German operator with deep expertise in the AS350 platform. The transaction exemplifies Rotortrade’s end-to-end capabilities in sourcing, maintenance coordination, and aircraft delivery across borders. The helicopter, originally operated by Air Greenland, spent its entire opera...

Do228 NXT with modern wing coating - maximum durability and reliable corrosion protection

General Atomics AeroTec Systems is currently manufacturing the new Do228 NXT special mission aircraft, a new version of the reliable Do228, in Germany. Many of the aircraft's main components, including the wings, are now being manufactured in-house. The German aircraft manufacturer is using a new surface treatment process called Tartaric Sulfuric Acid Anodizing in production. This process...

Grand Caravan on-demand flights to start in Germany thanks to flyvbird and flYellow partnership

A new, operations-led partnership announced between flyvbird, the German AI-driven aviation start-up reshaping regional air travel, and flYellow, a seasoned air operator based in Passau, Germany. This collaboration will provide the foundation for the launch of flyvbird’s flexible, on-demand flight services from Germany - on schedule to start from next month, with Cessna Grand Caravan aircraf...

70 years of German Airways: from WDL to European regional aviation icon

German Airways, Germany's second oldest airline, is celebrating: exactly 70 years ago, the then fledgling Federal Aviation Authority granted the company, under its former name Westdeutsche Luftwerbung GmbH (WDL) and led by its founder Theodor Wüllenkemper, the second operating licence in the Federal Republic of Germany. This marked the beginning of an eventful company history at Essen-M&u...