Two German fighter jets crashed Monday in the north of the country after colliding, an airforce spokesman said, with the reason for the collision unclear.
An Austrian Airlines plane flying from Vienna to Frankfurt had to turn back shortly after take-off due to smoke in the cockpit, the carrier said on Tuesday.
A German passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday following a bomb threat which a passenger reportedly found written on a receipt.
Ryanair said it will cancel 250 flights to and from Germany on Friday after German pilots announced they were
joining Europe-wide strikes against the carrier, in a spiralling row over pay and conditions.
The German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has broken off the collective bargaining negotiations with Ryanair, increasing the likelihood of strikes on the budget airline’s German routes.
In light of growing competition with low-cost airlines, this summer Lufthansa has plans to roll out its new “Economy Light” ticket for travellers on long-distance flights to North America looking to pinch a few pennies.
The pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) announced on Tuesday that pilots on Ryanair would take part in the first industrial action in the budget airline’s history.
German police said Sunday that no explosives were found aboard a London-bound easyJet flight from Slovenia that was diverted to a west German airport after passengers overheard three men on
board talking about "terrorist" activities.
Germany's second largest airline has sold its last remaining aeroplane due to financial problems made more complicated due to Britain's recent vote to leave the EU.
State prosecutors in Koblenz raided Ryanair crew rooms in six airports across Germany, accusing the discount airline of tax evasion and unfair labour practises, it was reported on Wednesday.
Drones are becoming an increasing blight on air traffic, private landowners and neighbours. In Lower Saxony authorities are going on the offensive with a new force of traffic cops for the skies.
UPDATED: A flight from Berlin to Hurghada, Egypt was forced to land early in Budapest after receiving a bomb threat, but no explosives have been found on board.
A woman flying to Vienna from Frankfurt has been charged with a breach of the peace after joking to security officials at the airport that she had a bomb in her bag.
In 2014 over 300 laser attacks on planes and helicopters were reported. The attacks put aircraft at risk at the most vulnerable points in a flight - take-off and landing.
Twice authorities have intercepted drones being used to deliver contraband into prisons, leaving German states are planning new ways of keeping criminal activity away from criminals. But is the law behind the curve on this new technology?
His name is most associated outside Germany with the Nazi air force that laid waste to European cities. But Hugo Junkers, scion of a wealthy landed family turned socialist pacifist, was one of the great engineers of his day who lost everything to Hitler's dictatorship.
UPDATE: Four Germans were among the 298 passengers and crew members killed on Thursday when a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into pro-Russian separatist territory in eastern Ukraine, believed to be shot down. Germany has called on Russia to help de-escalate the crisis.
