The German aviation industry fears large-scale flight cancellations during the winter season due to high costs.
According to a report in Touristik Aktuelle, Joachim Lang, the managing director of the BDL industry association, told the daily newspaper Welt: "Excessive location costs will cost us four million seats in the upcoming winter flight schedule." This is due, among other things, to the aviation tax that was increased in May.
In addition to the tax increase, the recent doubling of security checks and air traffic control fees in Germany are also driving up costs. Lang explains, "This means that airlines are starting to calculate whether it still makes business sense to fly to Germany," as these taxes are much lower in other countries.
