Unauthorized pro-Kurdish protest escalates at Düsseldorf Airport. Pro Kurdish protesters started an unannounced demonstration against the Turkish government at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) on Sunday noon. The demonstration was against Turkey’s military offensive in northern Syria. Violence broke out when Turkish counter-protesters joined. A video of the escalation was posted on Twitter: Germany’s police forces used…
Lufthansa is making changes to its brand new aircraft livery. The German flag carrier officially unveiled a new livery and brand design on February 7th, now the airline has confirmed it is modifying the new look. “The blue color on the aircraft livery will get adjusted once again“, Lufthansa told AIRLIVE.net. “The task is to…
Lufthansa has unveiled its new livery & brand design. The German flag-carrier held ‘#ExploreTheNew’ events at both Frankfurt and Munich Airport on Wednesday (the iconic crane’s 100th birthday), showing the new livery & design to selected employees and media (including AIRLIVE). A Boeing 747-8i (the first aircraft in the new livery) was presented at the…
Lufthansa has announced a standardised A320 cabin configuration for all group airlines, around 100 new A320neo will be delivered to them by 2025. The new configuration will have identical cabins, including seats and luggage compartments which only differ in branding and color of the seat cover. An A320 has 180 seats in the new configuration.…
Lufthansa has just confirmed the airline’s new livery. The German flag-carrier will officially unveil it on February 7th. Yellow was removed from the livery, but the color remains an important part of the Lufthansa design. A Boeing 747-8i (registration D-ABYA) is currently in Rome (FCO) for paint. It will be flown to Frankfurt tomorrow morning.…
The right engine on flight #PC8622 gave full thrust after landing, which caused the aircraft to overrun the runway. After the Boeing 737-800 (registration TC-CPF) touched down at Trabzon Airport in Turkey, the thrust reverse on the right engine did not activate. Instead the engine was switched into ‘go-around’ mode and gave full thrust, this…
Racing star Niki Lauda wins bid for Niki assets against British Airways holding IAG. The previously agreed sale of Niki to IAG fell through after German courts ruled that Austria is responsible for the insolvency proceedings. Niki’s creditors met on Monday to pick the best bid. “Laudamotion GmbH emerged from a transparent bidding process as…
A small propeller aircraft has collided with a rescue helicopter near Philippsburg, Germany at around 1 PM local time. The small sport aircraft was flying from Basel to Speyer when it collided with a rescue helicopter, operated by DRF Luftrettung, Germany’s civil air rescue service, which was currently on a test flight. Karlsruhe police has confirmed…
A mass brawl involving around 180 people broken out at Hannover Airport on Monday, police says. German Newspaper Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) reports the fight broke out at the Turkish Airlines check-in area in Terminal B at 16:10 local time. A protest over Turkish military action in Syria was taking place in the city, and…
A Pegasus Boeing 737-800 on flight #PC8622 overran the runway during landing at Trabzon Airport in Turkey. After overrunning runway 11 at the airport, the Boeing 737 slid downhill towards the Black Sea with 168 passengers and crew on board. The Crew was able to safely evacuate the Boeing 737. Trabzon Governor Yucel Yavuz said that…
Warsaw Airport is closed after a LOT Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 on flight #LO3924 landed without front landing gear. The aircraft with registration SP-EQG was flying from Krakow to the Polish capital, the pilots reported landing gear issues via ATC. No injuries were reported, the flight was evacuated immediately after landing on runway 11 at…
