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 Germany's leading airline has seen three different worker strikes in the past week, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of flights each day. We asked passengers about their experiences – some say they're calling it quits. https://www.thelocal.de/20260417/messy-breakup-travellers-in-germany-frustrated-with-ongoing-lufthansa-strikes Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:01:07 +0200 messy-breakup-travellers-in-germany-frustrated-with-ongoing-lufthansa-strikes Germany's biggest airline has been hit by back to back to back workers' strikes this week, in addition to facing a looming jet fuel shortage. Now its announced the closure of its regionally-focused subsidiary. https://www.thelocal.de/20260416/germanys-lufthansa-to-close-cityline-unit-over-strike-jet-fuel-prices Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:43:59 +0200 germanys-lufthansa-to-close-cityline-unit-over-strike-jet-fuel-prices Pilots at Lufthansa were already on a two-day strike when the company's cabin crew workers announced another two-strike to follow. Why is Germany's biggest airline seeing so many strikes, and where are travellers affected? https://www.thelocal.de/20260414/travel-to-and-from-germany-disrupted-by-back-to-back-lufthansa-strikes Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:17:15 +0200 travel-to-and-from-germany-disrupted-by-back-to-back-lufthansa-strikes Flights to and from Germany haven't been severely impacted by jet fuel supply issues yet, but that could change quickly if the war in the Middle East continues. We asked airlines what passengers can expect. https://www.thelocal.de/20260408/will-travellers-in-germany-be-affected-by-europes-looming-jet-fuel-crisis Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:20:46 +0200 will-travellers-in-germany-be-affected-by-europes-looming-jet-fuel-crisis Lufthansa and union representatives sought a breakthrough on Thursday in talks on issues including pay and retirement benefits. Pilots have already delivered a clear mandate in favour of industrial action. https://www.thelocal.de/20251009/will-talks-between-lufthansa-and-german-pilots-union-avert-major-strike Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:33:25 +0200 will-talks-between-lufthansa-and-german-pilots-union-avert-major-strike German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it had reduced its net loss for the first quarter, as pent-up demand for travel is expected to further boost its bottom line in the upcoming summer months. https://www.thelocal.de/20230503/germanys-lufthansa-continues-to-recover-amid-travel-boom Wed, 03 May 2023 15:51:57 +0200 germanys-lufthansa-continues-to-recover-amid-travel-boom Lufthansa said Tuesday it had agreed a pay rise for 19,000 cabin crew members in Germany to help compensate for soaring inflation. https://www.thelocal.de/20221101/lufthansa-to-raise-salaries-for-german-cabin-crew Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:32:35 +0100 lufthansa-to-raise-salaries-for-german-cabin-crew The aviation giant has paid back a German government bailout it says saved 100,000 jobs at the height of the first Covid wave in 2020. But 3,000 more job cuts are still planned. https://www.thelocal.de/20211112/lufthansa-pays-back-german-bailout-early-but-job-cuts-still-stand Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:33:08 +0100 lufthansa-pays-back-german-bailout-early-but-job-cuts-still-stand German airline Lufthansa said Friday it was taking "extraordinary measures" to meet surging bookings for the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca, deploying a jumbo jet to ferry passengers from Frankfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20210611/lufthansa-fires-up-jumbo-jet-for-surge-in-german-tourists-bound-for-mallorca Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:16:59 +0200 lufthansa-fires-up-jumbo-jet-for-surge-in-german-tourists-bound-for-mallorca Airline companies said flights between Germany and Russia had resumed Wednesday evening, after each country blocked the other's incoming flights as part of the fall-out from tensions over Belarus. https://www.thelocal.de/20210602/germany-blocks-incoming-russian-flights-in-tit-for-tat-action Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:44:25 +0200 germany-blocks-incoming-russian-flights-in-tit-for-tat-action 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20210524/lufthansa-suspends-flight-from-minsk-over-security-warning Mon, 24 May 2021 17:53:31 +0200 lufthansa-suspends-flight-from-minsk-over-security-warning Germany's foreign minister on Wednesday urged his countrymen to think twice about rushing to Mallorca over the Easter holidays after the sun-soaked Spanish island was taken off the coronavirus risk list. https://www.thelocal.de/20210317/not-an-invitation-to-go-there-germany-urges-against-mallorca-holiday-following-lifting-of-travel-warning Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:45:25 +0100 not-an-invitation-to-go-there-germany-urges-against-mallorca-holiday-following-lifting-of-travel-warning German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it had flown 80 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Britain after other links were cut over fears of a virus variant detected in the UK. https://www.thelocal.de/20201223/german-airline-giant-lufthansa-flies-food-to-britain-amid-channel-chaos Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:23:31 +0100 german-airline-giant-lufthansa-flies-food-to-britain-amid-channel-chaos 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20201223/germanys-lufthansa-avoids-pilot-layoffs-amid-struggle-to-stay-solvent Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:37:37 +0100 germanys-lufthansa-avoids-pilot-layoffs-amid-struggle-to-stay-solvent German airline giant Lufthansa will soon start the first trial run to test all passengers for the coronavirus before their flight takes off. https://www.thelocal.de/20201106/lufthansa-begins-offering-free-covid-19-tests Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:53:55 +0100 lufthansa-begins-offering-free-covid-19-tests German giant Lufthansa has warned that 30,000 jobs are under threat as it scaled down its winter schedule to levels not seen since the 1970s as demand for travel collapses because of the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.de/20201026/harder-than-ever-germanys-lufthansa-says-30000-jobs-at-risk-over-pandemic Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:47:56 +0100 harder-than-ever-germanys-lufthansa-says-30000-jobs-at-risk-over-pandemic Lufthansa said Monday it will slash more jobs on top of 22,000 previously announced cuts, as well as put more planes out of service, because it is currently losing some €500 million a month. https://www.thelocal.de/20200921/lufthansa-to-slash-more-jobs-as-it-loses-500-mn-euros-a-month Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:48:19 +0200 lufthansa-to-slash-more-jobs-as-it-loses-500-mn-euros-a-month Tourism giant TUI and the German government agreed on Wednesday to a second massive aid package, in a sign of how the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are still battering the industry. https://www.thelocal.de/20200812/coronavirus-german-tourism-giant-tui-to-receive-12-billion-aid-package Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:04:32 +0200 coronavirus-german-tourism-giant-tui-to-receive-12-billion-aid-package German airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday it made a net loss reaching €1.5 billion in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on travel. https://www.thelocal.de/20200806/lufthansa-predicts-2024-return-to-pre-crisis-air-traffic-amid-record-net-loss Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:36:45 +0200 lufthansa-predicts-2024-return-to-pre-crisis-air-traffic-amid-record-net-loss Pandemic-hit Lufthansa says it will need "another four to six weeks" to process refunds for flights cancelled through the end of June. https://www.thelocal.de/20200720/lufthansa-needs-four-to-six-more-weeks-to-process-flight-refunds Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:07:05 +0200 lufthansa-needs-four-to-six-more-weeks-to-process-flight-refunds