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 Germania airlines today announced that over a quarter of a million flight bookings with the airline will not be reimbursed or refunded. The flights were cancelled after Germania declared insolvency earlier in the week. https://www.thelocal.de/20190208/germania-bankruptcy-260000-cancelled-flight-bookings-will-not-be-refunded-leaving-20000-passengers-stranded Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:29:27 +0100 germania-bankruptcy-260000-cancelled-flight-bookings-will-not-be-refunded-leaving-20000-passengers-stranded German airline giant Lufthansa reported record profits for 2017 on Thursday, celebrating a year that saw it bury a smouldering dispute with pilots and gobble up parts of defunct rival Air Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20180315/lufthansa-soars-to-record-profits-in-2017 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:05:40 +0100 lufthansa-soars-to-record-profits-in-2017 Germany's competition watchdog on Thursday rubbished Lufthansa's claim that recent price hikes on domestic routes were purely down to automated booking software, saying companies shouldn't "hide behind algorithms". https://www.thelocal.de/20171228/is-lufthansa-raising-prices Thu, 28 Dec 2017 12:42:24 +0100 is-lufthansa-raising-prices Compared to last year, airports across Germany forecast passenger demand to rise by 4.2 percent and cargo volume by 5.1 percent, the Airport Association said in Berlin on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171227/german-airports-to-expect-notably-more-passengers-in-2018-despite-air-berlin-insolvency Wed, 27 Dec 2017 12:44:11 +0100 german-airports-to-expect-notably-more-passengers-in-2018-despite-air-berlin-insolvency German carrier Lufthansa clinched EU approval on Thursday for its scaled back bid to snap up assets of bankrupt Air Berlin, a European Union statement said. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/lufthansa-eyes-eu-green-light-for-air-berlin-spoils Thu, 21 Dec 2017 10:01:33 +0100 lufthansa-eyes-eu-green-light-for-air-berlin-spoils Austrian former racing driver Niki Lauda on Sunday accused German carrier Lufthansa of trying to "destroy" the Niki airline which he founded. https://www.thelocal.de/20171217/lauda-says-lufthansa-wants-to-destroy-niki-airline Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:51:03 +0100 lauda-says-lufthansa-wants-to-destroy-niki-airline The EU approved Tuesday the purchase of bankrupt carrier Air Berlin's operations at the German capital's Tegel Airport by British low-cost carrier easyJet. https://www.thelocal.de/20171212/eu-gives-easyjet-green-light-to-take-on-lufthansa-in-german-skies Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:13:02 +0100 eu-gives-easyjet-green-light-to-take-on-lufthansa-in-german-skies Can the British budget airline ensure that prices don't rocket in the German skies? https://www.thelocal.de/20171206/easyjet-to-take-on-lufthansa-within-germany-starting-in-january Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:02:17 +0100 easyjet-to-take-on-lufthansa-within-germany-starting-in-january The Federal Cartel Office announced on Friday that it had its eye on Lufthansa, due to a dramatic increase in the price of domestic flights since Air Berlin went bust last month. https://www.thelocal.de/20171124/cartel-authorities-probe-lufthansa-after-domestic-flight-prices-explode Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:29:53 +0100 cartel-authorities-probe-lufthansa-after-domestic-flight-prices-explode It’s been over two weeks since the last ever Air Berlin flight landed on October 27th - and anyone who has bought domestic tickets since then has almost certainly noticed the difference. https://www.thelocal.de/20171114/domestic-flights-up-to-300-percent-more-expensive-after-air-berlin-bankruptcy Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:43:06 +0100 domestic-flights-up-to-300-percent-more-expensive-after-air-berlin-bankruptcy Germany’s biggest airline Lufthansa has announced it will add 1,000 new domestic flights per month in response to an increase in flight prices on some of the popular German routes as a result of Air Berlin’s bankruptcy. https://www.thelocal.de/20171113/lufthansa-to-add-1000-new-domestic-flights-in-light-of-air-berlin-insolvency Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:27:00 +0100 lufthansa-to-add-1000-new-domestic-flights-in-light-of-air-berlin-insolvency People who booked with Air Berlin back in July thought they were saving themselves money by planning ahead. Now, they have been left with the cost of buying flights close to departure day with no compensation in sight. https://www.thelocal.de/20171030/for-air-berlin-1400-is-nothing-for-me-and-my-family-it-is-a-huge-amount-of-money Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:33:52 +0100 for-air-berlin-1400-is-nothing-for-me-and-my-family-it-is-a-huge-amount-of-money The final flight of bankrupt Air Berlin is set to land in the German capital Friday evening, as the fate of thousands of employees of the stricken carrier remains unclear. https://www.thelocal.de/20171027/tschss-air-berlin-last-flight-for-insolvent-airline-to-land-in-berlin-on-friday Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:03:03 +0200 tschss-air-berlin-last-flight-for-insolvent-airline-to-land-in-berlin-on-friday Insolvent airline Air Berlin has long driven growth for airports in the capital city. After the final Air Berlin flights take off and land on Friday, Berlin airports will likely see growth slump. https://www.thelocal.de/20171027/berlin-airports-to-expect-fewer-passengers-after-air-berlin-ends-operations Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:54:07 +0200 berlin-airports-to-expect-fewer-passengers-after-air-berlin-ends-operations It is not just the collapse of Air Berlin that is likely to ensure Berlin remains a remote province of the skies. Plans for the new airport have left Lufthansa unconvinced that it can offer significant long-haul flights from the capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20171023/well-offer-berliners-connections-to-the-entire-world-through-munich-and-frankfurt Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:02:17 +0200 well-offer-berliners-connections-to-the-entire-world-through-munich-and-frankfurt The Icelandic airport operator Isavia on Thursday refused to let a plane belonging to Air Berlin take off, due to the bankrupt German airline still owing them money. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/air-berlin-plane-seized-in-iceland-over-unpaid-debts Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:08:48 +0200 air-berlin-plane-seized-in-iceland-over-unpaid-debts An Air Berlin pilot could be in hot water with the aviation authorities after he came down to land at Düsseldorf Airport on Monday... only to do something else at the last moment. https://www.thelocal.de/20171017/video-last-air-berlin-flight-from-us-pulls-of-spectacular-landing-maneuver Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:59:54 +0200 video-last-air-berlin-flight-from-us-pulls-of-spectacular-landing-maneuver 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20171012/lufthansa-snaps-up-81-planes-3000-staff-from-air-berlin-ceo Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:45:44 +0200 lufthansa-snaps-up-81-planes-3000-staff-from-air-berlin-ceo Bankrupt German airline Air Berlin must ground all flights by the end of October, the firm said Monday, as talks continue with prospective buyers Lufthansa and Easyjet. https://www.thelocal.de/20171009/air-berlin-to-ground-all-flights-by-end-of-october Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:41:00 +0200 air-berlin-to-ground-all-flights-by-end-of-october About 1,400 Air Berlin workers may soon be out of a job, some as early as the end of this month, according to a union paper obtained by AFP on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171007/1400-air-berlin-workers-to-lose-jobs-union Sat, 07 Oct 2017 18:38:04 +0200 1400-air-berlin-workers-to-lose-jobs-union