Deutsche Post has stopped sending letters by plane within Germany. The last plane took off from Berlin shortly after midnight and flew to Stuttgart.
A total of around 1.5 million letters weighing 53 tons were on board the six machines. The Swiss Post will no longer use transport aircraft in order to reduce costs and CO₂ emissions. The post office is still legally obliged to deliver 80 percent of the letters posted to the recipient on the next working day. But the company will continue to rely on airmail to some extent when writing abroad.