https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Berlin's troubled international airport project, already five years behind schedule, has been fraught by mismanagement, fraud and corruption, and a vicious streak of bad luck. https://www.thelocal.de/20150910/berlins-blighted-new-airport-becomes-tourist-magnet Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:04:09 +0200 berlins-blighted-new-airport-becomes-tourist-magnet Air Berlin, Germany's second-biggest airline, said on Friday it had cancelled orders with Boeing for 33 aircraft with a list price of about $5 billion. https://www.thelocal.de/20140927/air-berlin-scraps-5bn-aircraft-orders Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:22:00 +0200 air-berlin-scraps-5bn-aircraft-orders Germany and France will send military transport planes to West Africa to help efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel and military officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140920/germany-plan-air-lifts-to-help-fight-ebola Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:45:00 +0200 germany-plan-air-lifts-to-help-fight-ebola New Spanish budget airline Iberia Express is considering entering the German market, and could be flying from Berlin or Frankfurt to Spanish coastal resorts before the end of this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20120424/42137 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0200 42137 A computer glitch on Wednesday caused widespread delays on German airline Lufthansa, forcing passengers to check in with handwritten tickets. https://www.thelocal.de/20090930/22255 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:08:00 +0200 22255 Tired of buying perfume or chocolates for your spouse while flying home? Looking for a special and safe investment in these turbulent times? AFP's William Ickes reports on Frankfurt airport's new gold vending machine. https://www.thelocal.de/20090622/20101 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:18:00 +0200 20101 Nostalgic Germans on Thursday night bade a fond farewell to Tempelhof, the fabled hub of the Berlin Airlift, as it closed to make way for a major new airport to serve the reunified capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20081031/15245 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:46:00 +0100 15245 Two Lufthansa flights made emergency landings in Poland on Monday due to unruly passengers, including a man from Russia, apparently drunk, who began shouting that he was a terrorist, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20080325/10871 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:02:00 +0100 10871