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 city government has announced plans to build 5,000 apartments - all made of wood - on the site of Tegel airport, which was closed down for good at the beginning of November. https://www.thelocal.de/20201207/biggest-wooden-building-district-on-planet-to-be-built-on-berlins-former-tegel-airport Mon, 07 Dec 2020 13:13:30 +0100 biggest-wooden-building-district-on-planet-to-be-built-on-berlins-former-tegel-airport Berlin's beloved Cold War-era Tegel airport finally closed its doors Sunday after a last flight took off, one week after a much-delayed replacement hub opened on the other side of the German capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20201108/berlins-tegel-airport-closes-following-last-flight-to-paris Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:07:19 +0100 berlins-tegel-airport-closes-following-last-flight-to-paris Drab and outdated but beloved for its convenience and quirky hexagonal design, Berlin's Tegel airport will finally close for good on Sunday after more than 60 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20201105/take-a-bow-tegel-five-things-about-stalwart-berlin-airport Thu, 05 Nov 2020 09:55:52 +0100 take-a-bow-tegel-five-things-about-stalwart-berlin-airport After several years of delays, the new BER airport is finally opening on Saturday October 31st. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.de/20201030/what-you-need-to-know-about-berlins-cursed-new-airport Fri, 30 Oct 2020 10:17:12 +0100 what-you-need-to-know-about-berlins-cursed-new-airport Nine years late and eye-wateringly over budget, the Berlin region's new international airport will finally open on Saturday – in the middle of a global pandemic that has crippled air travel. https://www.thelocal.de/20201028/berlins-ill-fated-new-airport-finally-ready-for-take-off-after-long-delay Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:03:48 +0100 berlins-ill-fated-new-airport-finally-ready-for-take-off-after-long-delay On November 8th, a plane will take off from Tegel for the final time. Could this finally be the end of the line for the 60-year-old airport? Not quite. New plans are in the works to regenerate the area. https://www.thelocal.de/20201012/whats-next-for-berlins-tegel-airport-when-it-closes-in-november Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:55:56 +0200 whats-next-for-berlins-tegel-airport-when-it-closes-in-november Berlin's new international airport can open next month after an embarrassing nine-year delay despite the coronavirus pandemic taking a big bite out of air travel, its chief manager said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200929/berlin-airport-to-open-after-a-nine-year-delay Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:14:17 +0200 berlin-airport-to-open-after-a-nine-year-delay Berlin’s long-delayed BER airport is set to go bankrupt by the end of October 2020 unless it receives a cash injection of €300 million, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.de/20200907/berlin-airport-bankrupt-by-october-without-300-million-cash-injection Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:43:54 +0200 berlin-airport-bankrupt-by-october-without-300-million-cash-injection Berlin's long-awaited BER airport is set to finally open in October. We spoke to one of the volunteers who tested out the airport. https://www.thelocal.de/20200904/ready-for-take-off-inside-berlins-long-delayed-ber-airport-before-it-opens Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:10:23 +0200 ready-for-take-off-inside-berlins-long-delayed-ber-airport-before-it-opens Money talks, they say, but for some, money also smells. https://www.thelocal.de/20200812/meet-the-german-airport-dog-sniffing-out-huge-bundles-of-cash Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:58:02 +0200 meet-the-german-airport-dog-sniffing-out-huge-bundles-of-cash The inner-city Berlin airport Tegel will close temporarily in mid-June, it was announced on Wednesday, a decision which could later be made permanent. https://www.thelocal.de/20200520/berlins-tegel-airport-to-close-in-mid-june-due-to-collapse-in-passenger-numbers Wed, 20 May 2020 12:22:22 +0200 berlins-tegel-airport-to-close-in-mid-june-due-to-collapse-in-passenger-numbers The long-delayed new international BER Airport is set to open, nine years late. https://www.thelocal.de/20191129/berlins-ber-airport-to-finally-open-in-october-next-year Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:06:43 +0100 berlins-ber-airport-to-finally-open-in-october-next-year Many holidaymakers will find themselves without a car as they return to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, after a car park fire damaged 65 cars on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20191015/police-investigate-car-park-fire-munster-osnabruck-airport Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:57:05 +0200 police-investigate-car-park-fire-munster-osnabruck-airport After several years of delays, the controversial Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) will open next fall following a last series technical tests, said its CEO Lütke Daldrup. https://www.thelocal.de/20190729/ber-on-track-to-open-in-october-2020 Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:39:11 +0200 ber-on-track-to-open-in-october-2020 No long-distance trains are to stop at Düsseldorf Airport for six weeks and a key route will be completely closed as part of rail upgrades which will affect tens of thousands of people. https://www.thelocal.de/20190710/disruption-expected-as-major-railway-construction-project-set-to-start-in-western-germany Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:06:05 +0200 disruption-expected-as-major-railway-construction-project-set-to-start-in-western-germany A sniffer dog named Luke has tracked down huge bundles of cash from passengers at Düsseldorf Airport in the last six months. https://www.thelocal.de/20190513/customs-dog-sniffs-out-12-million-in-cash-at-dsseldorf-airport Mon, 13 May 2019 11:01:15 +0200 customs-dog-sniffs-out-12-million-in-cash-at-dsseldorf-airport Frankfurt airport was shut down for nearly an hour on Thursday morning as operators halted flights over a drone sighting, in the latest such incident affecting a busy European hub. https://www.thelocal.de/20190509/disruption-after-frankfurt-airport-halts-flights-due-to-drone-sighting Thu, 09 May 2019 10:34:23 +0200 disruption-after-frankfurt-airport-halts-flights-due-to-drone-sighting A total of 66 flights have been cancelled at Frankfurt airport so far on Monday due to technical difficulties with air traffic control software. https://www.thelocal.de/20190325/more-than-30-flights-cancelled-at-frankfurt-due-to-air-traffic-software-problems Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:16:54 +0100 more-than-30-flights-cancelled-at-frankfurt-due-to-air-traffic-software-problems Police in North Rhine-Westphalia are on the hunt for three masked attackers who robbed an armoured vehicle at the Cologne-Bonn Airport. A security guard was seriously injured in the incident. https://www.thelocal.de/20190306/police-begin-manhunt-after-cologne-bonn-airport-robbery Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:17:47 +0100 police-begin-manhunt-after-cologne-bonn-airport-robbery On Thursday morning, ground staff at Düsseldorf Airport have taken to the picket lines, leading to 56 cancelled flights. https://www.thelocal.de/20190206/dsseldorf-airport-staff-to-strike-on-thursday-affecting-140-flights Wed, 06 Feb 2019 18:14:38 +0100 dsseldorf-airport-staff-to-strike-on-thursday-affecting-140-flights