Tag: Travel
Airlines and rail: Massive increase in complaints
Board at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Thousands of connections had to be canceled last year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Complaints from consumers about airlines and Deutsche Bahn have increased massively in 2022. This…
Travel fever in Brussels and Berlin – the editor-in-chief’s review
welcome back Regarding my look at the most important topics of the past week: And with that straight to Brussels, where the travel bug broke out. A few days ago,…
Why travel is becoming a luxury and why so many are giving up vacations
Vacationers at the pool The gap between high earners and people who can only afford vacations on their own balcony is widening. (Photo: Stone/Getty Images) Berlin This message is likely…
Farewell to the holiday dream? Travel is becoming more and more expensive
Good morning dear readers, Have you already decided where you want to go on vacation this year? Should it be a dream holiday in Bali, a trip through New Zealand…
Travel is increasingly becoming a luxury good
Berlin This message is likely to shock Germany’s package holidaymakers just in time for the start of the world’s largest tourism trade fair ITB this Tuesday: “The Mallorca holiday”, announced…
What’s next for space travel without Russia?
Russian Soyuz capsule at the ISS 58 percent of the previous supply flights to the International Space Station took place with Russian rockets. That is likely to change in view…
After the flight chaos, operations will initially start normally
Lufthansa plane in Frankfurt Operations are largely back to normal on Thursday morning. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt After the flight chaos at Lufthansa caused by a construction work breakdown in Frankfurt,…
After the flight chaos, operations will initially start normally
Frankfurt airport Thousands of passengers with connections via the Frankfurt hub were affected by delays and cancellations on Wednesday as a result of the cable damage. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After…
Travel start-up Barely Digital is fighting Google in court
Hamburg, Dusseldorf Google is one of the most powerful bouncers in the world. The search engine largely decides who can be found on the Internet – and who cannot. This…
The economics ministers of Germany and France travel to the USA on a joint industrial policy mission
Robert Habeck The Federal Minister of Economics on his way to Washington DC (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin, Paris Robert Habeck and Bruno Le Maire are flying to Washington separately on…
Defense Minister Pistorius plans to travel to Ukraine soon
USA does not want to supply Abrams tanks “Ukraine will get all the help it needs,” US President Joe Biden said when asked by journalists in Washington whether he supported…
Defense Minister Pistorius plans to travel to Ukraine soon
USA does not want to supply Abrams tanks “Ukraine will get all the help it needs,” US President Joe Biden said when asked by journalists in Washington whether he supported…
Defense Minister Pistorius plans to travel to Ukraine soon
USA does not want to supply Abrams tanks “Ukraine will get all the help it needs,” US President Joe Biden said when asked by journalists in Washington whether he supported…
Previous conviction for fraud catches up with boss Ralph Schiller
FTI CEO Ralph Schiller The manager rose to FTI boss in 2021. Just months earlier, a court had sentenced him to seven months in prison for fraud. (Photo: dpa) Cologne…
Previous conviction for fraud catches up with boss Ralph Schiller
Cologne The investigators came in civilian clothes, but the operation was too big to go unnoticed. A dozen vehicles drove up to the Munich headquarters of the travel group FTI,…
When it comes to the restructuring of the travel group FTI, the state only has the choice between two bad solutions
tour operator The Rewe subsidiary DER Touristik wants to take over FTI. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Dusseldorf Rewe’s takeover bid for the financially troubled holiday operator FTI puts the German state…
DER Touristik wants to take over rival FTI
Logo of the tour operator FTI The Munich FTI Group is the third largest tour operator in Europe. The company has billions in debt. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The second largest…
Brussels makes Airbnb & Co. deputy sheriff
Dusseldorf The EU has identified a problem that costs member states billions a year: VAT evasion on short-term rentals. EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni estimates the total revenue that the…
A new feature from Spotify that will make you travel in time!
The world’s most popular music streaming platform Spotify, serving dozens of countries and over 50 languages. The company, which periodically surprises its users, adds another very interesting feature to the…
EU does not want corona tests for visitors from China
Hong Kong Airport Because Japan only wants to let people from China into the country via individual airports, thousands were stuck in the special administrative region. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels For…