Politicians criticized German flight operators for "surrendering to terror" after they refused on Thursday to resume flights to Tel Aviv, despite a US decision to lift a two-day flight ban to the Israeli city.
The German air force said on Wednesday it believes a fatal military plane crash on Monday was the fault of the dead pilot. Police are now almost certain both pilot and passenger were killed.
UPDATE: At least one person is dead after a plane crash in Sauerland on Monday evening. Emergency services are still searching for light aircraft's second passenger.
Berlin's overdue, over-budget airport needs a further €1.1 billion of taxpayers' money, it was reported on Tuesday. The current budget would only last until the end of the year, bosses said.
UPDATE: Lufthansa pilots began the biggest strike in the airline's history on Wednesday, grounding most of its flights for the next three days and leaving as many as 425,000 passengers without a connection.
UPDATE: Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said on Monday it will be forced to cancel most of its flights later this week, grounding as many as 425,000 passengers, due to a pilots' strike.
UPDATE: The situation at Germany's main airports was returning to normal on Thursday afternoon after strikes by ground staff, baggage handlers and maintenance workers had earlier grounded hundreds of flights.
Just four percent of the delayed Berlin-Brandenburg BER airport is ready, despite new measures to get the building process off the ground, it has emerged.
Hundreds of asylum seekers attempt to get into Germany each year using fake or stolen passports – a practice highlighted by two Iranians on missing Malaysian flight 370 who were reportedly heading to Europe.
One of the passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 travelling with a stolen passport was an Iranian going to Germany, probably to see his mother, police said on Tuesday.
UPDATE: Strikes hit Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt, on Friday as staff fought for higher wages, the airport's operator Fraport said. Passengers were advised not to turn up for flights.
Bavarian authorities gave the green light on Wednesday for a much-disputed third runway to be built at Munich airport, rejecting the results of a city referendum.
A bodybuilder who boarded Chancellor Angela Merkel's government jet in his underpants and threw a one-man party told a court on Thursday he could not remember the incident and had never been on a plane before.
Berlin’s old Schönefeld airport is likely to remain open as a destination for budget airlines despite a multi-billion airport being built next to it, as the new international hub is too small.
Berlin's much-delayed international airport will not open this year, the city's mayor said on Tuesday, dispelling hopes the troubled venture could at least partially begin flights in 2014.
The Germany-based European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Wednesday it would be allowing passengers to use a range of mobile electronic devices in flight with very few restrictions.
The cost of Berlin's much-delayed BER airport has rocketed by another €1.1 billion, bringing the expected bill to nearly €6 billion - three times the initial estimate, it was reported on Friday.
A suitcase which caused police to shut down Düsseldorf airport in fear it was a bomb contained nine kilos of flour and cinnamon. Over 10,000 passengers were affected and 140 flights cancelled.
Berlin's new international airport took another step towards never being finished on Tuesday when it emerged that more than 66,000 problems still need to be fixed.
Five of Germany's 29 main airports have "serious safety defects", the country's pilot union said on Wednesday. Among the worst offenders were Weeze, near the Dutch border, and Memmingen near Munich.
