Deutsche Post Ends German Letter Airmail 63 Years On

Germany’s national postal carrier Deutsche Post AG has stopped using aeroplanes to transport letters domestically, a step that will reduce CO2 emissions as use of letter mail dwindles.

The last overnight flights by Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Eurowings unit and Tui Fly carrying letters to and from northern and southern Germany took place in the early hours of March 28, Deutsche Post said in a statement on Thursday. It marks the end of 63 years of overnight airmail service launched in 1961, when letters and telegrams dominated written communications.