Sunday, April 19, 2026

19 Apr 2026: Germany: Three Things

 1.  Emergency meeting  for tomorrow (Monday).....Federal Economics Minister Katherina Reiche....Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil.

Meeting players?  German airlines, suppliers, and associations.

Concern?  Jet-fuel problems within four to six weeks.

Some people discussing  worst case  scenario.....lot of mid-May flights probably to be curtailed.

2. Josie Rath....wrote an interesting summary for WELT....concerning how things in Germany are now be politicized to a maximum degree.  Worth a read.

From hobbies, to clothing styles....there's now  a creation machine to make something 'rightist' or 'leftish'.

I have to admit...if you walked around Germany in the 1990s....there was nothing like this in existence.  Past ten to fifteen years....it's created out of thin air.  It feels like a on-going 24-hour lecture.

3.  The wife and I ended up at the Frankfurt Flughafen last night....early turn-in of bags (24 hours prior to the flight).  

I was pretty shocked...20 min drive over....easy park (4 Euro)....walked in....NO line....got the boarding pass after swiping my passport....bag 'tag' pumped out....put the bags through the system....took a total of 20 min to walk and  accomplish the process.  At 7 PM....weren't that many people in the airport.

Saved about an hour if I'd waited till this afternoon to drag the bags over.

Will be in Berlin for a couple of days (if you don't see updates, that's the reason). 

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