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Strike extends to buses and trains

Strike extends to buses and trains

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The strikes at French refineries, which have been going on for about three weeks, are to spread on Tuesday to the railroads, Paris public transport, schools and daycare centers, and the public sector. Several unions and left-wing opposition politicians have called for cross-industry protests against high prices and planned pension reform in the midst of the tense situation. This was triggered by the government's intervention in strikes at refineries that have been going on for some time. The...

Second pilots' strike slows down Eurowings

Second pilots' strike slows down Eurowings

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Pilots of the airline Eurowings went on a three-day strike on Monday morning. The industrial action began as planned, said a spokesman for the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots' union. No further offer had been made, he added. The Lufthansa subsidiary expects more than 230 of Monday's 400 or so scheduled flights to take place despite the industrial action. Eurowings also expects to be able to operate more than half of its planned flight schedule on Tuesday and Wednesday. Düsseldorf Airport was...

Red-red-green wants to subsidize a nationwide ticket

Red-red-green wants to subsidize a nationwide ticket

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The SPD, the Greens and the Left want to offer the 49-euro ticket, which the federal and state governments agreed on Thursday, as cheaply as possible in Berlin - but they set different accents. The governing mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) praised on Friday the agreement on the 49-Euro-Ticket - that was a "good decision". However, Giffey then referred in particular to Berlin's 29-euro ticket, which is still valid until the end of December, and hinted at an extension. Berlin needs "mobility for one...

Deutsche Bahn presents timetable for 2023

Deutsche Bahn presents timetable for 2023

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Whether from Cologne to Munich, from Hamburg to Frankfurt or from Berlin to Warsaw: With the change in Deutsche Bahn's long-distance timetable, passengers are to travel more frequently and faster on important routes from mid-December. A new night train line operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) between Prague, Berlin and Zurich will also be launched then, Deutsche Bahn announced on Monday. In particular, the completion of the new Wendlingen-Ulm line, which along with Stuttgart 21 is part...

Massive disruption to rail traffic in northern Germany

Massive disruption to rail traffic in northern Germany

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

According to Deutsche Bahn, a technical malfunction is currently causing a complete standstill in long-distance traffic in northern Germany. Rail traffic in the four German states of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg is directly affected. However, the train cancellations will have consequences for all long-distance traffic in Germany, Deutsche Bahn says. In addition to long-distance traffic, regional traffic in northern Germany is also disrupted, at least in part....

Eurowings pilots strike on Thursday

Eurowings pilots strike on Thursday

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The pilots' union VC has announced a 24-hour strike at the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings for Thursday. The union Cockpit (VC) announced that the labor dispute at the low-cost airline lasted from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. The negotiations on the collective agreement at Eurowings had failed. Ten rounds of talks had not led to any significant convergence. The VC's central demand is to ease the burden on employees, for example by reducing maximum flight duty times and increasing rest periods. There...

Cash payments on the bus

Cash payments on the bus

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Berlin's House of Representatives is pushing to allow the purchase of tickets on buses with cash again. During a debate on Thursday, five of the six parliamentary groups called on Berlin's public transport company (BVG) to reintroduce the option of paying with coins and banknotes, which was abolished two and a half years ago due to the pandemic, as soon as possible. The practice of only allowing cashless payment to the bus driver excludes people from mobility, several speakers argued. It also...

Lufthansa pilots receive 980 euros more per month

Lufthansa pilots receive 980 euros more per month

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

When the Vereinigung Cockpit union called for the second round of strikes in the wage dispute with Deutsche Lufthansa last week, it seemed clear that not all the points of contention between the union and the company would be resolved in the near future. Both sides then came together at least to the extent that the strike - which had already been announced - did not last several days. Instead, negotiations were resumed, which have now led to a partial result. The pilots of the core Lufthansa...

Lufthansa pilots begin strike

Lufthansa pilots begin strike

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Lufthansa pilots plan to paralyze their company's flight operations this Friday with an all-day strike. At shortly after midnight, they laid down their work. After announcing the strike, the airline canceled almost the entire program of the core company. Affected are about 130,000 passengers of more than 800 flights canceled at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs. Passengers have been asked not to come to the airports, but to switch to trains or flights on another day. They are entitled to refunds...

Lufthansa calls for abolition of mandatory masks in air travel

Lufthansa calls for abolition of mandatory masks in air travel

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Lufthansa has spoken out in favor of abolishing mandatory masks in air travel. "We rely on the personal responsibility of our guests. Passengers should be free to decide whether or not they want to wear a mask," Christina Foerster, who is responsible for customers, IT and corporate responsibility on the Group's Executive Board, told the German newspaper Bild on Thursday. In airplanes, she said, the air is cleaned by high-performance filters. "In this respect, it is difficult to understand why...

Okavango Delta Mobile Safari - Part III

Okavango Delta Mobile Safari - Part III

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

This article is continued from Part I, and Part II.  Ending our stay in Savuti with a lantern-lit dinner under the stars and before finally heading off to Chobe National Park (NP) early the next morning, we had the chance to see the rock paintings of the San bushmen on one of the small hills surrounding Savuti. For that we were allowed to step out of the vehicle and climb up a small rock formation with our guides. Besides a stunning view over the Savuti channel and the giant baobabs in the...

On Mobile Safari in the Okavango Delta - Part II

On Mobile Safari in the Okavango Delta - Part II

March 17, 2025 • 12:00 AM

This article is continued from Part I, located here. On day 4 of our mobile safari, the camp was broken up by the staff and all the equipment was trucked ahead of us to the next camp in Savuti. As soon as we left Moremi, the landscape around us changed completely again several times. From lush impenetrable green to dusty bush land, then awe-inspiring savannah and suddenly back to green with red rock formations and more bush again. Being driven from Camp Moremi to Camp Savuti brought several...

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