Discover Airlines Adds Seychelles & Punta Cana to German Long-Haul Map
EU Immigration Committee Meets, Germany Pushes for ‘Return Hubs’ & EES Fine-Tuning
easyJet Opens Berlin–Seville Route, Expands Capital’s Winter Network
Dernières nouvelles
Lufthansa Inaugurates Riyadh–Munich Nonstop, Strengthening Gulf-Germany Corridor
Lufthansa’s new Riyadh–Munich flight, launched 27 October 2025, adds three weekly A350 rotations, supporting German-Saudi business links, talent mobility and Bavaria’s hub strategy. The service provides fresh options for Gulf professionals entering Germany under the Skilled Immigration Act.
1,700 Flight Delays Across Europe Ripple Into German Itineraries
Severe knock-on delays on 27 October affected 1,700+ European flights and thousands of Germany-bound passengers. Corporate mobility teams should prepare for higher duty-of-care costs and brief travellers on EU261 compensation and EES re-enrolment issues when itineraries are re-routed.
Germany’s family-reunification freeze: 1,500 hardship visa requests, zero approvals after three months
A parliamentary reply shows that, despite 1,500 hardship applications, not a single visa has been issued since Germany suspended family reunification for refugees with subsidiary protection on 24 July. The revelation intensifies criticism that the two-year freeze was designed to deter migrants rather than relieve infrastructure pressure, and leaves companies scrambling to support separated employees.
SPD and Greens call for redeploying 4,000 border-police officers from internal borders to railway stations
Social-Democrat and Green MPs urged the Interior Ministry to pull thousands of Federal Police officers off Germany’s internal Schengen borders and redeploy them to rail stations, arguing that high-tech controls make manual checks redundant. Conservatives oppose the idea, so business travellers face continued uncertainty over border wait times.
400 flight delays and multiple cancellations snarl business travel at five major German hubs
A mix of staffing shortages, Entry/Exit System teething problems and bad weather triggered more than 400 delays and several cancellations at Germany’s five largest airports on 26 October, affecting Lufthansa, KLM, easyJet and Eurowings passengers. Companies should expect continued weekend volatility while the new border-control technology beds in.
Clocks go back: Germany’s switch to winter time triggers timetable, payroll and compliance checks
Germany set clocks back one hour at 03:00 on 26 October, marking the start of CET. The change affects transport schedules, payroll calculations and compliance systems—issues that global-mobility and travel teams must address even as 70 % of Germans tell pollsters they want to scrap the seasonal time shift.