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Yes, AirTags in checked luggage are allowed. Aviation authorities cleared Bluetooth trackers with CR2032 batteries back in May 2023, and they've been legal ever since. That part isn't news anymore.
Lena Brandt
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92 euros per ton of CO2. That's what airlines have been paying for their emissions since January 2026. The wild part? Until the end of 2025, they got most of those certificates for free. That's over now.
Miriam Kohl
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2.50 euros. That is how much you save per short-haul flight once Germany's reduced air travel tax kicks in this July. Sounds promising. But will that money ever appear on your booking confirmation? Probably not.
Lena Brandt
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A violinist boards a Lufthansa flight from Helsinki to Leipzig. Her violin case is 80 cm long. Too long, says the ground crew. The flight is fully booked. No spare seat available. So Carolin Widmann carries her bare Guadagnini violin, built in 1782, on her lap. Wrapped in a pullover. The...
Miriam Kohl
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On February 25, 2026, the grace period ended. If you're a German citizen heading to the UK without an ETA, you won't get past check-in. Your airline will turn you away. No backup flight, no refund. The German Federal Foreign Office has been flagging this for months, and now enforcement is real.
Tobias Weßling
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800,000 fewer seats. 24 routes gone. Three airports abandoned entirely. Ryanair slashed its German operations for winter 2025/2026 harder than almost any other country in Europe. And if you've been flying out of Dresden, Leipzig, or Dortmund, you're out of luck.
Tobias Weßling
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April 9, 2026. That's the date when the EES System (Entry/Exit System) becomes mandatory at every EU external border. Fingerprints, face scans, digital registration. If you're a non-EU citizen traveling to the Schengen area, this changes your airport experience. If you hold an EU passport? You...
Miriam Kohl
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Ten years of construction at Frankfurt Airport are coming to an end. Terminal 3 opens on April 22, 2026 – and if you're flying through Frankfurt in the coming months, one thing will immediately stand out: That annoying 100ml rule? Gone. Taking out your laptop? Not necessary. The new terminal has...
Tobias Weßling
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You're at the Frankfurt gate. That 1.5-liter water bottle in your carry-on sailed through security. Two weeks later, return flight from Barcelona: Same bottle gets confiscated.
Miriam Kohl
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Last winter I stood at 2,300 meters, bright sunshine, minus eight degrees Celsius. And burned my cornea. No joke. I left my ski goggles in the car, thought regular sunglasses would work.
Lena Brandt
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Picture this: 17 consecutive days off work, and you only need to use 9 vacation days. Sound too good to be true? It's not. Pentecost 2026 makes it possible.
Lena Brandt
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47°C in Portugal. Over 40°C in England. 70,000 heat-related deaths in 2022 alone. If you thought European summers were getting easier, bad news: The UK Met Office predicts global temperatures of 1.46°C above pre-industrial levels for 2026. That makes it the fourth consecutive year above 1.4°C.
Lena Brandt
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