Germany Faces a Flying Crisis of Its Own Making: Chris Bryant (Correct)

Planning a trip to Germany this year? Good luck finding an affordable flight. Unlike much of the rest of Europe, where flying has fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, air traffic is still only around 85% of the 2019 total. The gaping hole in Germany’s flight schedule looks increasingly untenable.

After criticizing the country’s defunct three-party coalition for jacking up aviation taxes and fees, airlines are reducing services, and shifting aircraft to more profitable locations.

An imbalance of supply and demand has helped push up domestic air fares and sowed fearsthat Germans’ annual summer pilgrimage to the Mediterranean will ...