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About 600 flights cancelled. Two major hubs shut down. Hundreds of thousands of passengers left scrambling. The Lufthansa strike March 2026 hit German aviation hard on March 12 and 13, after the Vereinigung Cockpit union called roughly 5,000 pilots at Lufthansa Passage, Cargo and (for the first...
Tobias Weßling
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More than 3,400 flights grounded. Around 30,000 German travellers affected. And you're staring at your phone right now wondering if your trip is still happening.
Lena Brandt
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Lufthansa flies more than 50 fewer domestic routes per week starting late March. Not eventually. From March 29, 2026, right now. If you've booked one of the affected routes, here's what you need to know: which Lufthansa domestic flights were cut for summer 2026, what you're actually entitled to...
Miriam Kohl
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33.4 million bags ended up at the wrong airport in 2024. According to SITA Baggage IT Insights 2025, that costs the airline industry roughly $5 billion a year. Europe is the worst region for it, too. 12.3 mishandled bags per 1,000 passengers, nearly triple the Asia-Pacific rate.
Tobias Weßling
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You've probably heard that the 100ml liquid rule is being scrapped. And that's true. Sort of. The new carry-on liquid rules in 2026 only apply at a handful of screening lanes in Frankfurt and Munich, where you can now bring up to 2 liters through security. But at most German airports, the old...
Miriam Kohl
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75 euros. That's what Ryanair charges when your carry-on fails the gate check. And honestly, it's not even the worst offender.
Lena Brandt
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Starting March 27, 2026, the European Sleeper runs a night train from Berlin to Paris three times a week. The Belgian-Dutch rail company is picking up the route after ÖBB's Nightjet dropped it in December 2025. Tickets for a shared couchette start at €79 according to European Sleeper, with budget...
Lena Brandt
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The FAA counted 89 lithium battery incidents on aircraft in 2024. A record. 16% more than the year before. And probably the most important reason your smart suitcase might not make it past the check-in counter in 2026 — even if you think you've done everything right.
Tobias Weßling
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Five centimeters. That's the difference between breezing through a Ryanair gate and getting slapped with an 80-euro fee. I wish I were making this up.
Lena Brandt
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Violinist Carolin Widmann flew from Helsinki to Leipzig in November 2025. She had her Guadagnini violin with her, built in 1782, worth several million euros. At the gate, staff rejected her violin case. 80 cm long, maximum allowed was 55. So she flew the entire route with a bare, unprotected...
Lena Brandt
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Airlines don't usually say thank you when they get a tax break. But Germany's aviation tax cut, roughly 350 million euros in annual savings starting July 2026, is producing something travelers can actually feel: a lot of new direct routes. The summer flight schedule 2026 Germany is seeing is more...
Tobias Weßling
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800 cancelled flights. 100,000 stranded passengers. That was the Lufthansa pilot strike on February 12. And it's probably about to happen again. Twice, actually.
Tobias Weßling
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