The German government has purchased three
new Airbus 350 long-haul planes for official trips after a series of
embarrassing technical failures with its current fleet, including one which
grounded Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The German government is mulling buying three new Airbus planes to renew its fleet after a series of technical incidents led to delays, the Defence Ministry announced.
As hurricane "Friederike" swept through Germany on Thursday, it had a massive impact on public transportation. Here’s what to know if you plan on travelling on the rails or in the sky in the next few days.
Germany's biggest airline Lufthansa will buy up more than half of the aircraft of its bankrupt competitor Air Berlin, chief executive Carsten Spohr said on Thursday.
Lufthansa announced that 933 services would be cancelled on Thursday as cabin crew entered their sixth day of strikes, leaving 107,000 passengers scrambling to find alternate transport to their destinations.
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.
The biggest strike to hit Lufthansa in its history entered its second day on Thursday with no sign of compromise in sight. Passengers at Berlin’s Tegel airport told The Local they found pilots’ grievances difficult to understand.
Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said on Thursday that its bottom-line profit nosedived in 2013, but it will resume dividend payments to shareholders.
Lufthansa will go to court to attempt to stop a strike by German air traffic controllers on Wednesday, which is set to lead to delays and the cancellation of flights.
Eight people including four children were killed on Saturday afternoon when two small planes crashed into each other in central Germany, leaving investigators sifting through a snowy field looking for clues.
A teenage glider pilot died on Saturday after crashing into a house in Lower Saxony. Four more people died on Sunday when their single-engine plane crashed and caught on fire in Bavaria.
Two pilots flying what they thought was a routine trip to Germany to take a private jet for servicing were more than surprised when two Luftwaffe planes appeared at their side and escorted them to the ground.
The German government was embarrassed this weekend following revelations that an Iranian airline bypassed trade sanctions to acquire an aeroplane formerly used by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel.
International flight safety authorities found 545 faults in German planes in just over a year, according to a report published on Sunday. Opposition parties say the government is cutting costs at the expense of safety.
Aviation authorities and carrier Air Berlin are testing a new system of steeper landings and curved flight patterns to avoid residential areas in a bid to reduce ground noise by up to 40 percent, allowing more flights to land at night.
Seven people were injured on Saturday when a historic plane used in the Berlin Airlift made an emergency landing shortly after taking off for a pleasure tour around the city.
