Overview

• Operations resumed around 05:50 local time after flights were halted Thursday night when drones were reported over and near the airport.
• Seventeen departures were canceled and fifteen arrivals were diverted, with roughly 3,000 passengers affected, according to the airport.
• Bavarian police deployed searches, including helicopters, yet reported no confirmation of the drones’ number, type, or origin.
• Lufthansa said 19 flights were diverted or canceled, including three long‑haul services, as the disruption coincided with Munich’s Oktoberfest finale and Germany’s national day.
• Germany is advancing plans for a national anti‑drone center and legal changes to allow military shoot‑downs, as EU and NATO partners heighten vigilance while attribution remains unproven and Moscow denies involvement.