Findel Airport

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Europe
Consumer rights
EU keeps three-hour delay rule in new air passenger rights deal
EU lawmakers struck a provisional deal on 15 June 2026 to revise Regulation 261, retaining the three-hour delay threshold and €250–€600 payouts while tightening claims, care and rerouting duties for travellers at Luxembourg's Findel and across the Greater Region.
By Camille Reuter6 days ago
Society
Findel Airport
Vintage Antonov biplane's crash-landing shuts Findel runway, disrupting dozens of flights
A vintage Antonov An-2 biplane came down hard and ground-looped while landing at Luxembourg's only international airport on Sunday 21 June, damaging the runway and forcing it to close. All 12 people aboard escaped unhurt, but the shutdown of Findel's single runway diverted, delayed or cancelled dozens of flights before crews reopened it the same evening.
By Tom Schmit23 June 2026