Flights were brought to a near standstill during the height of the coronavirus crisis. But many people in Germany are still waiting for refunds or vouchers for airlines. What's happening?
The German government on Wednesday extended a travel warning for countries outside the EU until August 31st over ongoing concerns linked to the coronavirus pandemic, in a blow to top summer destinations like Turkey.
German charter airline Condor, a subsidiary
of bankrupt British tour operator Thomas Cook, said Tuesday it had been
granted a €380 million state bridging loan.
Condor, the German airline
subsidiary of British travel giant Thomas Cook, said Monday it was requesting
financial aid from Berlin to help keep it in the air even after its parent
company declared bankruptcy.
Budget airline Germania has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the latest low-cost carrier to go under after the highly competitive industry suffered from rising fuel prices last year. We broke down some of the challenges facing low-cost airlines and asked if the industry can recover.
In Berlin alone, the budget airline expects to have 60 percent more passengers, or 5.6 million, in 2018 thanks to the bankruptcy of a former competitor last year.
The final flight of bankrupt Air Berlin is set to land in the German capital Friday evening, as the fate of thousands of employees of the stricken carrier remains unclear.
Germany's struggling budget airline Air Berlin on Tuesday said it had filed for insolvency proceedings after its main shareholder Etihad Airways said it "would not provide any further financial support".
Scientists at the University of Göttingen say they have found dangerous chemicals in blood and urine samples from aircrew, suggesting that they have been exposed while working on board.
Ryanair will begin flying out of Hamburg later this year, scrapping its service from Lübeck Airport which is 70 kilometres away from the city and was described as "Hamburg" by the budget airline.
Jet-setters should see plane ticket prices plummet this year and more options open up, as the budget airline industry gathers pace in Germany with new routes and destinations expanding the market.
Germany's transport minister on Friday appointed Hartmut Mehdorn, the former head of Air Berlin and the country's rail operator Deutsche Bahn, as the new chief of Berlin's much-delayed main new airport.
Security staff at Cologne-Bonn airport walked out early Friday morning, throwing the airport into chaos yet again with almost 50 flights cancelled before 9am. Berlin's Tegel Airport was also affected.
Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said on Friday it will cut back flights to and from Berlin in the face of the seemingly never-ending debacle surrounding the German capital's new airport.
A German administrative court has dealt a new blow to Berlin's already troubled airport project, ruling that one of the planned flight paths runs too close to a nearby atomic research reactor.
New Spanish budget airline Iberia Express is considering entering the German market, and could be flying from Berlin or Frankfurt to Spanish coastal resorts before the end of this year.
A German couple allegedly forced a Delta Airlines jet to make an unscheduled stop in Florida on Sunday – after making inordinate demands for champagne and food and refusing to sit down despite being told to by plane staff.
German airline Lufthansa said on Wednesday it would not start using biofuel despite positive results from a six-month testing period on flights between two German cities.
Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, is announcing dramatic savings plans to improve its results by €200 million a year, by reducing its fleet from the current figure of 170 to 152 by next summer.
Lufthansa pilots have shot down a rule which forced them to retire at 60, and can now continue to fly until they are 65, with a ruling from the European Court of Justice which said anything else would be discrimination.
Proponents of a bigger Munich Airport have cleared a major hurdle: Bavarian officials have approved the construction of a third runway to increase the capacity of Germany's second largest air hub.
