Berlin Schoenefeld Airport

Ground staff at Berlin's two airports will begin a 25-hour strike on Monday, their trade union said on Sunday, stepping up action in a pay dispute that has already caused the cancellation of around 1,000 flights.

The scheduled opening of Berlin's new main airport next month has been delayed indefinitely due to problems with fire protection measures, authorities said on Tuesday. Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport, designed to replace the city's current two hubs, Schoenefeld and Tegel, was scheduled to welcome its first flights on June 3.

A Russian Aeroflot plane was evacuated at a Berlin airport Monday after authorities received a bomb threat only minutes before the plane's scheduled departure.Police searched the plane, luggage and passengers destined for Moscow but found no explosive substances, a spokesman said. They gave the all-clear in the early afternoon.Several news outlets ...

Ground staff at Berlin's two airports will begin a 25-hour strike on Monday, their trade union said on Sunday, stepping up action in a pay dispute that has already caused the cancellation of around 1,000 flights.

The scheduled opening of Berlin's new main airport next month has been delayed indefinitely due to problems with fire protection measures, authorities said on Tuesday. Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport, designed to replace the city's current two hubs, Schoenefeld and Tegel, was scheduled to welcome its first flights on June 3.

A Russian Aeroflot plane was evacuated at a Berlin airport Monday after authorities received a bomb threat only minutes before the plane's scheduled departure.Police searched the plane, luggage and passengers destined for Moscow but found no explosive substances, a spokesman said. They gave the all-clear in the early afternoon.Several news outlets ...