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AIRPORT CRISIS: "Field test? Driving is becoming difficult. Flying is unaffordable. Trains are becoming an adventure." German airports in crisis mode: airlines are cutting back on their services due to high costs. Ryanair is cancelling flights. Eurowings and Condor are considering the same. Columnist Henryk M. Broder sees a pattern behind this. Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr expects further cuts to the flight schedules of the aviation industry in Germany. "I am very worried about the connections to our business location," Spohr told "Bild am Sonntag". "The extremely high state costs in air transport are leading to a further shrinking service. More and more airlines are avoiding German airports or cancelling important connections." Most recently, the Irish budget airline Ryanair and the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings cancelled numerous flights. Both airlines cite the high cost burden at German airports as the reason for the cancellations. For months, the aviation industry has been complaining about high costs such as flight fees and the air traffic tax that was increased in May, as well as fees for security checks and air traffic control. #worldnewschannel #germany #airport #airlines #eurowings #condor #lufthansa Subscribe to the WELT YouTube Channel / weltvideotv WELT DOKU Channel / weltdoku WELT Podcast Channel / weltpodcast WELT Netzreporter Channel / dienetzreporter The WELT news livestream http://bit.ly/2fwuMPg The top news on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2rQQD9Q The media library on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2Iydxv8 WELT news channel on Instagram / welt.nachrichtensender WELT on Instagram / welt On a personal note: Due to the high volume of irrelevant and offensive posts, we are currently unable to accept any more comments. Thank you for your understanding - the WELT team created Video 2024