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The German government just handed airlines a 350 million euro annual tax break. Starting July 1, 2026, the Luftverkehrssteuer (Germany's aviation tax) drops back to pre-May 2024 levels. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his CDU/CSU-SPD coalition are fully rolling back the tax hike from two years ago.
Lena Brandt
Community
42% of German travelers have paid unexpected baggage fees. Not a typo. Almost half. According to an AirHelp survey, 83% find baggage rules stressful. Honestly, I get it.
Lena Brandt
Guides
Germans took 94 million short trips in 2024. That's a record, according to the FUR Travel Analysis 2025. And yet, every single weekend, thousands of travelers pay up to 80 euros in gate penalties because their bag was 3 centimeters too deep.
Lena Brandt
News
On March 30, 2026, a Ryanair plane touched down at Saarbruecken airport for the very first time. The flight came from Trapani, Sicily. Arrived at 08:20, turned around at 08:45.
Lena Brandt
News
Lufthansa carry-on baggage allows 55 x 40 x 23 cm, and Turkish Airlines carry-on baggage allows the same 55 x 40 x 23 cm. Ryanair's standard fare covers only a small bag of 40 x 30 x 20 cm (Ryanair Bag Policy). Every airline plays by its own rules, and the numbers are impossible to keep straight.
Lena Brandt
Guides
59% of carry-on suitcases on the market don't meet their advertised dimensions. That's what TÜV Rheinland found in a 2022 study. Budget models miss the mark by an average of 2.8 cm.
Tobias Weßling
A typical scenario: family on a flight, 30 minutes after takeoff. The three-year-old dumps an entire cup of apple juice onto his father's lap. Panicked grab for the backpack. Spare clothes? In the checked luggage, of course. 300 kilometers below the plane.
Miriam Kohl
Four weeks of work, multiple countries, zero checked luggage, one backpack around 10 kg. Straight past the check-in queue, through security, and at the gate in 20 to 25 minutes. That's the promise of carry-on only travel for digital nomads — and it holds up when the system behind it is right.
Lena Brandt
Bangkok, Hanoi, Siem Reap. Five airlines, three countries, zero checked bags. A route that can turn into simultaneously one of the best and riskiest travel decisions around, especially the first time.
Miriam Kohl
News
94 percent. That's how many Eurowings pilots voted in favor of strike action in a formal ballot, with 82% turnout. The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit announced the result on March 17, 2026. No strike date has been set yet. But the Easter holidays starting March 30? Those are very much at risk.
Tobias Weßling
Guides
A bag measuring 55 × 40 × 20 cm is too big for Ryanair on a standard fare. The same bag is too big for easyJet on a standard fare. On Lufthansa it fits. On Ryanair with Priority it fits to the millimetre.
Tobias Weßling
News
Frankfurt's brand-new Terminal 3 opens on April 22, 2026. Twenty-one security lanes, every single one with a CT scanner. Laptop stays in your bag, liquids stay in your carry-on (up to 2 liters per bottle). No unpacking, no zip bag.
Lena Brandt
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