Tag: Flight safety
Lufthansa has to cancel almost all flights on Wednesday due to warning strikes
Frankfurt The warning strike by Lufthansa ground staff on Wednesday will have massive consequences. The airline is canceling almost its entire flight schedule at the two hubs in Frankfurt and…
Security checks at airports: don’t nationalize them straight away!
Hamburg Airport At the airports, the rush is particularly high in the summer travel season. (Photo: dpa) Chaos reigns at many security checks at German airports. That is why the…
Security checks at airports: don’t nationalize them straight away!
Hamburg Airport At the airports, the rush is particularly high in the summer travel season. (Photo: dpa) Chaos reigns at many security checks at German airports. That is why the…
Air traffic controllers under constant stress due to travel chaos
Tower at Bremen Airport Long Good news in the travel chaos at Germany’s airports: Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) sees itself well prepared for the increased demand. “DFS is building capacity and…
Air traffic controllers under constant stress due to travel chaos at airports
Tower at Bremen Airport Long Good news in the travel chaos at Germany’s airports: Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) sees itself well prepared for the increased demand. “DFS is building capacity and…
SPD wants to nationalize passenger controls again
“The experiment, with which sovereign aviation security tasks were placed in private hands decades ago, has finally failed,” said the SPD rapporteur for passenger rights in the Bundestag’s legal committee,…
Ukrainian cargo plane crashes over Greece
Remains of the Antonov An-12 Residents and politicians are wondering what the machine was loaded with. (Photo: Reuters) Athens “We saw a ball of fire rushing out of the sky…
Ukrainian cargo plane crashes over Greece
Remains of the Antonov An-12 Residents and politicians are wondering what the machine was loaded with. (Photo: Reuters) kavala A special unit of the Greek army began on Sunday morning…
Ukrainian cargo plane crashes over Greece
Remains of the Antonov An-12 Residents and politicians are wondering what the machine was loaded with. (Photo: Reuters) kavala Windows closed, air conditioning off, do not leave the house –…
Cargo plane crashes in Greece
crash site The aircraft is said to have been the Antonov An-12. (Photo: AP) An Antonov An-12 cargo plane crashed near the northeastern Greek city of Kavala late Saturday evening.…
Cargo plane crashes in Greece
crash site The aircraft is said to have been the Antonov An-12. (Photo: AP) A cargo plane with eight people on board crashed late Saturday near the northern Greek city…
Lufthansa is canceling another 2,000 flights by the end of August
Lufthansa plane in Frankfurt At the largest German airport, the expected peak loads for the summer have not yet been reached. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt Because of the current handling problems,…
Mountains of suitcases are growing at airports
Baggage delivered later is backing up at Hamburg Airport Some suitcases and bags only end up with their owners via detours. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt In view of the handling problems…
If you want to fly, you have to be friendly
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. If you want to get out of Germany these days, you have serious problems. Unfortunately, there are not…
More and more overtime at German airports
The number of overtime hours has increased drastically among civil servants working at German airports. This emerges from a response from the Federal Ministry of the Interior to a request…
Where it is particularly chaotic at the moment
strike in Spain Debts at the two low-cost airlines Ryanair and Easyjet are currently making life difficult for quite a few travelers. (Photo: Reuters) Athens, London, Madrid, Paris A series…
Flight chaos puts the federal government under pressure to act
Berlin In view of the tense situation at the airports with numerous flight cancellations and delays, the Union has called on the federal government to act. “Transport Minister Wissing and…
Lufthansa is considering reactivation of the A380
Frankfurt The rumor alone is causing a stir in the aviation industry: is the giant jumbo Airbus A380 coming back to Lufthansa? There has been speculation for months, but now…
US wants to confiscate two of Oligarch Abramovich’s planes
Roman Abramovich The oligarch has been criticized for his closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: dpa) As a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, US authorities…
The military should help out at airports
Michael O’Leary The Ryanair CEO is known for his pithy words. (Photo: dpa) London After several days of long queues at several British airports, the head of Irish low-cost airline…