German airlines reacted angrily Thursday to details of a proposed new tax on passengers leaving the country's airports that could boost ticket prices for long-haul destinations by €26 ($33).
European aerospace giant Airbus has cut its prices in a bid to win a fight with US rival Boeing for a $40-billion US Air Force tanker contract, a German business daily reported on Monday.
The German office of Iran Air, the national carrier, dismissed Iranian reports Monday that Germany had refused to refuel Iranian passenger planes since Washington imposed unilateral sanctions.
German airline Lufthansa ended a long-running dispute with its pilots late on Thursday with an agreement that included a wage freeze, both parties announced.
Lufthansa, Europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers, said Wednesday it would raise the price of most flights but partially offset the increase by lowering fuel surcharges.
Two teenagers have been nabbed for attempting to blind pilots landing at the Hamburg Airport with a laser pointer this week after being hunted down by a police helicopter.
The Berlin Air Show welcomed the world's leading aerospace firms to the German capital on Tuesday, with Airbus's A380 superjumbo set to be one of the stars.
The head of the German airline Lufthansa called Monday for the European Union to pay carriers compensation for business lost owing to the closure of European airspace after the eruption of an Icelandic volcano.
European aerospace firm EADS will present the world’s first airplane that runs only on algae fuel next week at the ILA Berlin Air Show, the company’s technical director said on Friday.
Delays were expected at Berlin’s airports Thursday morning after some ground staff went on strike as a warning shot over failed wage negotiations, the trade union has announced.
German airline Lufthansa on Wednesday celebrated the handover of its first “superjumbo” A380 jetliner, which manufacture Airbus hopes will revolutionise long-distance air travel.
A second ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull currently drifting over southern Europe forced the closure of Munich and Stuttgart airports Sunday afternoon.
Lufthansa, the biggest European airline, said on Wednesday it expected stronger profits this year despite a sharp first-quarter loss, but stressed the environment was uncertain.
The cool and rainy weather this week might be a lousy start to May, but it does have the advantage of keeping German skies free from the volcanic ash currently crippling Irish air traffic.
The grounding of European flights from volcanic ash cost airlines US$1.7 billion in lost sales alone, the head of their main industry body said Wednesday, calling for "urgent" government help.
Many German airlines resumed service on Tuesday morning despite another extension on the flight ban until at least 8 pm due to volcanic ash still hovering over Europe.
Around 800 air passengers are stuck in transit at Frankfurt airport – with no visa for the European Union they are not allowed to leave the building, but no planes are allowed to take-off, leaving them stranded.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled her planned trip to Poland to attend Sunday’s funeral service for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria.
Germany’s air traffic controllers have decided to strike following failed negotiations with the country’s DFS air traffic authority, the group’s union GdF announced on Friday.
Pilots for Europe’s largest airline Lufthansa have called of their threat to strike following an agreement on negotiation guidelines between their union Cockpit and the carrier.
Two German women arrested in Britain after allegedly trying to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight to Berlin have insisted they thought the man was simply asleep.
Two women have been arrested at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport on suspicion of trying to smuggle their dead German relative onto a flight to Berlin, Greater Manchester police confirmed to The Local on Tuesday.
The odds of a further Lufthansa strike shortened Saturday with the pilots’ union vowing it would not back away from threats to walk off the job in just over a week.
