Overview
- Lufthansa CEO Jens Ritter said the airline is ready to expand cooperation with the Bundeswehr in a NATO Bündnisfall as part of Germany’s Operationsplan Deutschland.
- Lufthansa highlights existing ties with the military, noting Lufthansa Technik services the government fleet and pilots from the flight readiness and, since November, the Navy are being trained.
- A recent study by Quadriga Hochschule Berlin, BwConsulting and MHP warned that logistics capacity would fall short in a large-scale crisis.
- Ritter called for nationwide deployment of drone-detection technology, stating Frankfurt already uses such a system and proposing Munich as the next site based on traffic volume.
- Multiple drone incidents this summer and autumn disrupted German airports, including repeated shutdowns at Munich, and the federal government suspects Russian involvement.