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August 7, 2026
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) handled a total of 11,920,851 passengers in the first half of 2026, 1.2 percent fewer than in the same period last year. While domestic traffic…
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Some (French) critics will say it's more German than Franco-German — and they'd be wrong! The best-selling Airbus Helicopters H145M continues its integration into…
Danish airline DAT is adjusting its flight times on the Saarbrücken–Berlin route from 31 August. The afternoon flight will be moved forward by one hour, so that the last…
Berlin Brandenburg Airport recorded a total of 2.46 million passengers in July 2026. This represents an increase of around 95,000 passengers, or four percent, compared to…
The American-German space company Planet Labs is building a new production site for satellite components and optical systems in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The facility…
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic, passenger numbers in Germany have fallen again in a first half of the year: 97.7 million passengers – 0.8 percent fewer than in the same period…
Since Jörg Mendel's departure at the end of January, the top post at Germany's highest aviation authority had been vacant. Alexander Schott, a lawyer, now takes over leadership of the LBA, which…
In Germany, the investigation into the explosive drone at Leipzig Airport is proceeding at full speed. Experts suspect the terror state Russia is behind the attempted bombing…
Sgt. Ryan Minton’s concerns about soldiers’ survival in the drone-dominated combat of the future initially led him to his basement, where he started tinkering with electronics he bought online. Now…
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August 6, 2026
In a more than discreet manner, the German naval company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, TKMS, has delivered what is now the most modern and powerful submarine of the Israeli navy, the "Drakon", with…
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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo — A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 carrying passengers from South Africa to Germany declared an inflight emergency on Thursday evening, forcing the crew to divert to…
TUPPER LAKE, NY — Space hardware provider OHB SE of Germany said Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket… The post OHB to European governments: Invest now in Europe’s spaceport to capture demand and industry will…
<p>Police investigators work on the tarmac with a robot that is capable, amongst other things, of defusing explosives, near to Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 5, 2026…
Following the collapse of Skyhub PAD, the route to Munich is once again history. Now the Hungarian city of Pécs is trying to recover at least part of the subsidies from the insolvent…
Flughafen München GmbH relies on technology from Munich-based software company Celonis to manage its ground and logistics processes. As the operator of Germany's second-largest…
The bulk carrier 'Emil', commercially managed by the Hamburg shipping company Johann M.K. Blumenthal, was reportedly attacked multiple times by Russian drones … read more...
A drone suspected of carrying explosives was found near an Antonov Airlines An-124-100 at Leipzig/Halle Airport, in Germany, triggering a major…
Vini, the passenger brand of Flyvbird GmbH, is planning, with Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, to trial a flight connection to the Berlin region starting October 2026. The…
The industry association "Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft" (BDL) states in its current half-year report that domestic passenger volume declined by 0.8…
German air traffic lost further momentum in the first half of 2026. According to the German Aviation Association (BDL), 97.7 million passengers used…
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Credit: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe. In addition to Mexico, the exercise involved Germany, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Spain, the United…
Brazilian aerospace company Aeromot S.A. and German electric aircraft developer Volocopter Technologies GmbH have signed an exclusive agreement to introduce advanced air mobility (AAM) solutions to…
Emirates does not want to accept the first ten Boeing 777X aircraft because they are already too old. Lufthansa also has such examples - and the German carrier is now negotiating over them with…
Wildfires are raging across Europe, but firefighting aircraft are in short supply – including in Germany. In response, a sensation is quietly being prepared: two Transall C-160D, once with the…
German authorities have launched a counterterrorism investigation after a drone carrying an explosive device was discovered near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of Europe’s…
German authorities recovered a drone loaded with explosives at an airport, prompting an active investigation into the security breach.
The Lowdown German bomb disposal experts defused an explosives-laden drone found on the tarmac beside a Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig Airport — the first confirmed armed drone in Europe’s…
ORCRIST Technologies, a specialist in military data fusion and AI analysis, has acquired the intelligence-tech startup Lancelot Systems. Through the merger, the two German…
A counterterrorism investigation was opened by the German authorities yesterday after a drone carrying explosives was found near a runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport overnight. Areas of the site, which…
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