In a statement, Lufthansa clarified that safety of passengers and crew is their highest priority. Affected passengers were provided with accommodation in Frankfurt.
The region is on high alert anticipating an attack by Iran following the bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria allegedly by Israeli warplanes on 1 April.
Among the airports affected were Dusseldorf, Nuremberg and Dortmund, but sites for Germany's biggest airports, in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin, were operating normally.
Photos and videos from several airports across Germany showed chaos with thousands of stranded passengers waiting to be checked in. Lufthansa said Wednesday the cause was still unclear.
At a press conference, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri said while he was all for foreign carriers there should be some parity under the regulated air bubble arrangements.
The falling-out, which shatters an accord in place for months, shows how attempts to reopen international routes are being frustrated by parallel efforts to halt the virus’s spread.
Lufthansa said it 'sincerely urges' Indian authorities to work together with the German government to establish a temporary travel agreement between both countries.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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