▷ Germany will provide financial assistance to airports affected by COVID.

Germany agreed on Friday to offer more aid to its airports to try to save jobs and preserve infrastructure as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the aviation industry.

Berlin will discuss with the states financial options for airports over the next two weeks, according to a joint statement from the government and representatives of the aviation industry seen by Reuters ahead of an aviation summit in Berlin, Reuters reported.

“Additional joint efforts by the federal and state governments are required to secure the economic basis of the airports in the medium term,” the document said.

Plummeting passenger numbers mean 25-30% of the roughly 180,000 jobs at Germany’s airports are at risk, Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer earlier told Deutschlandfunk radio.

In this challenging context for the industry due to the collapse of demand, the new Berlin airport opened after a long delay last Saturday. It is not expected to earn enough revenue to pay its debts.

The German aviation industry has demanded compensation of up to 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to help cover the costs of keeping the airports open.

By Klaus Lauer

(Additional reporting by Laurence Frost; Writing by Caroline Copley; Editing by Mark Potter)

Germany will provide financial assistance to airports affected by COVID-19.

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