German Airline Employees Worry About Losing Global Competitiveness

lufthansa a350 at frankfurt airport

Lufthansa has suspended operations from Frankfurt to Beijing.

Credit: Kurt Hofmann/Aviation Week Network
Berlin's aviation tax regime, combined with ambitious sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) regulations and competition from Chinese carriers, has engendered fear among airline employees in Germany. On Oct. 30, trade union Verdi and representatives from Lufthansa signed a petition calling for a swift...
Kurt Hofmann

Kurt Hofmann has been writing on the airline industry for 25 years. He appears frequently on Austrian, Swiss and German television and broadcasting…

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