Tag: Transport and traffic
Board examines cuts in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
Board examines clearcutting in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
Lack of staff and long working hours – the risks are growing in air traffic
Lufthansa Airbus A380 In order to be able to meet the high demand for tickets, Lufthansa has even reactivated the double-decker. The summer of 2023 is a major effort for…
Italian Post significantly increases stake in logistics unicorn
Sennder boss and co-founder David Nothacker Nothacker co-founded Sennder in 2015 and also initiated the joint venture with Poste Italiane. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Berlin The Italian Post is significantly expanding…
Low water slows down freight shipping – what the economy is now threatened with
Berlin The drought in Germany is becoming a burden for inland shipping. The reason: the water levels of many rivers are so low that ships can only navigate them more…
Who is behind Deutsche ReGas?
Ingo Wagner, Olaf Scholz, Manuela Schwesig, and Stephan Knabe The Federal Chancellor, the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the ReGas founders were present at the opening of the Neptune…
Who is behind Deutsche ReGas?
Ingo Wagner, Olaf Scholz, Manuela Schwesig, and Stephan Knabe The Federal Chancellor, the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the ReGas founders were present at the opening of the Neptune…
Delivery problems slow down cabin modernization at Lufthansa
This is what the new business class at Lufthansa looks like In the premium class, customers will soon be able to choose between eight different seat configurations. (Photo: IMAGO/HMB Media)…
Delivery problems slow down cabin modernization at Lufthansa
This is what the new business class at Lufthansa looks like In the premium class, customers will soon be able to choose between eight different seat configurations. (Photo: IMAGO/HMB Media)…
How air traffic is changing in Europe
Airplanes at Frankfurt Airport The face of the European aviation industry is likely to change in the coming years. (Photo: IMAGO/Jochen Tack) Frankfurt The aviation industry has overcome the worst…
How air traffic is changing in Europe
Frankfurt The aviation industry has overcome the worst crisis to date – triggered by the corona virus. The airline association Iata assumes that global capacity in 2023 will reach almost…
CSU toll plan costs taxpayers 243 million euros
Andreas Scheuer (CSU) The transport minister at the time was apparently certain that his toll plans would withstand an examination by the ECJ. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The infrastructure tax that…
CSU toll plan costs taxpayers 243 million euros
Car toll The toll should primarily ask foreign drivers to pay. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The infrastructure tax that failed in 2019, also known as the “foreigners’ toll”, is costing taxpayers…
Deutsche Bahn: works council fights against split plans
Hamm The employees of Deutsche Bahn (DB) are resisting new demands to separate the rail network from the state-owned company’s operations. “If the integrated group were to be split up,”…
Maritime economy: Traffic light coalition wants to stop the downward trend
Berlin With a 66-point package of measures, the traffic light coalition wants to counter the concern that the increasing dominance of Asian countries in shipbuilding, waterway infrastructure and energy transport…
Lindner saves on the railway network
Berlin Deutsche Bahn AG will receive far less money than planned from the federal government to modernize the rail network. As the Handelsblatt learned from government circles, the federal company…
Monopolies Commission calls for the group to be broken up
ICE The Monopolies Commission had previously recommended dividing the railways into an infrastructure and a transport division. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Berlin The Monopolies Commission, a body that advises the federal…
Eurowings Discover is to be given a new name
Frankfurt Eurowings Discover was a confusing annoyance for many passengers right from the start. Because although the name of the low-cost subsidiary is emblazoned on the jets, customers can neither…
Eurowings Discover is to be given a new name
Frankfurt Eurowings Discover was a confusing annoyance for many passengers right from the start. Because although the name of the low-cost subsidiary is emblazoned on the jets, customers can neither…
Airbus is testing intelligent drone swarms with start-ups
Connected Fighter Plane The combat aircraft of the future should be accompanied by drones and be able to communicate in real time via satellites. Dusseldorf Combat aircraft are to be…