German airline Lufthansa said it delayed the departure of a flight from Minsk to Frankfurt on Monday after it received a
"security warning", one day after a forced landing over Belarus.
Germany is frequently updating its travel rules to try and stem the spread of Covid-19 and variants in the country. Here's what you should know about foreign travel, testing and quarantine.
Anyone wanting to arrive in Germany by plane must from Monday onwards show a negative Covid test before boarding, the health
ministry said, amid concerns over German tourists flocking to Mallorca over the Easter holidays.
Should Germany introduce even more travel restrictions? That's the question as the country considers whether air travel should be cut to "almost zero" to deal with new Covid variants.
The operator of Frankfurt airport said Monday that passenger numbers in 2020 plunged to their lowest since the
1980s as the coronavirus pandemic devastated the travel sector.
Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn wants to impose tougher entry restrictions on people travelling from areas where Covid-19 variants are spreading fast, as well as those with high infection rates.
German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it has
reached a deal with a union that heads off any forced redundancies of pilots
to March 2022, as the aviation giant struggles to stay solvent in the pandemic.
Germany joined a growing number of European countries to suspend travel links with the UK over fears of a new strain of the Covid-19 virus. Here's what it all means for you.
A woman who arrived at Hanover Airport on Sunday evening has told The Local that she and other passengers are considering taking legal action against German authorities after they were held “illegally” overnight at the airport from Sunday to Monday.
Britons stranded in the UK have spoken of their confusion and panic after a travel ban means they are currently unable to get back to their home in Germany.
Germany has extended its ban on people travelling from Britain, Northern Ireland and South Africa until January 6th – but German residents will be able to arrive from January 1st.
As countries including Germany started banning flights from the UK after a new coronavirus strain was detected, the atmosphere became tense at the borders.
Children 6 and over and all adults will have to wear face masks on all European flights after EU transport ministers agreed new security measures to battle the spread of coronavirus.
The EU's top competition authority approved the massive bailout of Lufthansa by the German government on Thursday, saving the airline from bankruptcy, but under conditions.
Coronavirus-stricken carriers
Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines will close the German branch of their
SunExpress joint venture, placing 1,200 jobs under threat, the company said
Tuesday.
German airline Lufthansa said Thursday that it would have to slash 22,000 full-time jobs as it predicts a muted recovery
in demand for travel following the coronavirus pandemic.
Lufthansa said Thursday it has placed 87,000 workers – more than 60 percent of its workforce – on government-backed shorter hours schemes, as air travel idles amid the coronavirus crisis.
German airline giant Lufthansa said
Thursday it was cancelling all flights to Israel until March 28th, after the Jewish state barred entry to almost all non-resident arrivals from five European nations including Germany.
German airline Lufthansa on Friday announced that it expects to reduce its flights by up to 25 percent in the coming weeks due to the increasing spread of the new coronavirus.
German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it would prolong its suspension of flights to the Chinese mainland
until March 28 over the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa said Wednesday it was cancelling all flights to mainland China until February 9th, as fears mount over the deadly coronavirus.
