The Lufthansa Group is threatening to massively reduce its flight offerings within the EU due to the lack of relief on ticket taxes and other fees. Germany. Jens Knight, the head of the Lufthansa Airlines, expressed in the newspapers of the Funke mediengruppe his deep disappointment with the draft budget for 2026, which does not provide any relief for aviation.
The German government had previously promised the industry that it would return the ticket tax to its previous level. The airline is now recalculating its routes at seven German airports. If these connections prove unprofitable, they face cancellation, which would have far-reaching consequences for the connectivity of German economic regions.
According to information from Ritter seven airports: Bremen, Dresden, Cologne, Leipzig, Münster, Nuremberg and StuttgartThese are important regional airports that serve as feeder airports for the major hubs Frankfurt and Munich The threatened cuts are a direct reaction to the high costs in GermanyThe airline argues that it is forced to deploy aircraft on more profitable routes abroad if domestic routes are no longer economically viable.
The Lufthansa has already discontinued several domestic routes in the recent past, including the routes Munich-Leipzig and Münster-Frankfurt. Airports like Paderborn and Friedrichshafen are no longer used by the Lufthansa The impending further cancellations would significantly weaken connections to important economic regions and make intercontinental destinations more difficult to reach. This could impact not only business travel but also tourism.
