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June 12

Germany: Lauda only flies wet leases

Jan Gruber June 12, 2020 18:39

In future, Lauda will no longer operate flights on its own account, but will only operate ACMI services for Ryanair from Stuttgart and Düsseldorf. According to management, this should have no impact on Vienna and Palma de Mallorca. The airline Lauda will cease scheduled flight operations in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart with effect from July 1, 2020. Instead, it will act as a wet lease provider for Ryanair at these two locations. Managing directors David O'Brien and Andreas Gruber announced this to Lauda's German employees on Friday. One of the reasons for this step is that Germany is granting Lufthansa around nine billion in state aid. The company plans to conclude a new collective agreement with the Verdi union by June 21, 2020, which, according to the circular, should help ensure that the A320 bases in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart can remain open and provide "efficient, competitive wet lease services" for Ryanair. It also writes that this could minimize the number of layoffs. It is interesting to note that the Vienna crews already have a new collective agreement and have "managed" to save their base. However, due to the reduced flight schedule in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, staff will be laid off. They are now being asked to inform the HR department in Vienna of their personal circumstances by Monday, 17 p.m. It is not clear from the letter whether the take-off and landing rights held at the two German airports have already been transferred to Ryanair and/or Malta Air. There is also no mention of whether the conversion into an ACMI provider for Ryanair only applies to Düsseldorf and Stuttgart or also to Palma de Mallorca and Vienna.

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Boeing 737-Max takes off for test flight

Granite Pireci June 12, 2020 13:13

The controversial aircraft is due to complete a so-called certification flight shortly for the purpose of re-certification. Boeing is getting ever closer to re-certifying the 737 Max: According to reports, an important certification flight by the US aviation authority FAA is to take place this month. In March last year, the aircraft manufacturer had to take the crisis-hit aircraft off the market. Work on a possible re-certification is in full swing. The systems of the affected model are said to have been reprogrammed and additional safeguards installed, as aero.de reports. The 737 Max was banned from taking off worldwide after two crashes within a few months in which a total of 346 people lost their lives.

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Time freight is out with Blue Air

Granite Pireci June 12, 2020 13:10

Aviation company Walter is insolvent. This means that only WDL remains. Zeitfracht no longer sees a future in the collaboration and has dissolved its stake in the Romanian airline Blue Air. Until recently, it held ten percent of the shares. The carrier had to cease scheduled flight operations due to the Covid 19 pandemic - only a few charter orders were carried out during this time. "Blue Air can confirm the decision of the Zeitfracht Group to withdraw from Blue Air Aviation," an airline spokesman is quoted as saying. Zeitfracht therefore wants to concentrate on its core business, the logistics business and B2B freight, as aero.de reports.

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Edelweiss starts the summer with 60 destinations

Granite Pireci June 12, 2020 13:07

The Swiss sister company will soon be flying to 29 countries again. Edelweiss is broadly positioned for this summer: The Swiss holiday airline based in Kloten will fly to over 60 destinations in 29 countries from July to October. This year, all previous destinations will be served - with the exception of Sun Diego. "Since the announcements of the opening of borders and the relaxation of entry regulations in various countries, bookings have increased noticeably. We are convinced that with our wide range of offerings, we will be able to fulfill many of our guests' holiday dreams this summer," says CEO Bernd Bauer.

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2019: Red numbers in Friedrichshafen

Granite Pireci June 12, 2020 13:05

The bankruptcy of Germania had an impact on the finances of Friedrichshafen Airport last year. Things did not go as planned for the Lake Constance airport, as the unexpected insolvency of the airline Germania resulted in red figures: a loss of around 2,8 million euros was recorded in the last financial year. The demise of Germania meant that Friedrichshafen Airport lost almost three million euros in sales. A loss that could not be made up despite some gains from new airlines and routes. With the outbreak of the pandemic, both flight operations and the planned flight schedule extensions at Friedrichshafen Airport have come to a standstill. This has exposed the company to new challenges, including financial ones. But flights are scheduled to resume from the end of June: destinations such as Heraklion, Rhodes, Antalya and Hurghada are on the agenda. AUA's parent company Lufthansa also wants to take off again from July 1st. 

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Air Dolomiti is expanding its connections to Germany

Jan Gruber June 12, 2020 13:01

The Italian Kranich offshoot will gradually resume its route network on June 15, 2020. With Air Dolomiti, another Lufthansa subsidiary will gradually expand scheduled flight operations again on Monday. According to the announcement, the Italian carrier will fly under its own brand from Munich to Florence, Venice and Turin, and from Frankfurt am Main to Turin and Verona. On behalf of Lufthansa, the Frankfurt-Malpensa route was also served during the Corona crisis. In addition, the mainline will also fly from Germany's largest airport to Bologna and Venice. The frequencies and number of destinations are to be increased weekly.

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Flight offer in Munich is growing steadily

Jan Gruber June 12, 2020 12:44

The airlines are also increasing their services again at Germany's second-largest airport. Lufthansa and its subsidiaries are expanding particularly strongly. From July 1, 2020, around 90 destinations will be accessible from Munich's Franz Josef Strauss Airport. The airport announced that, given the lifting of many travel restrictions, the airlines have decided to gradually resume their international connections. From next week, Lufthansa will again be offering a large number of European destinations as well as other long-haul connections to America and Asia. The crane airline has been flying to Chicago, Los Angeles and Tel Aviv since the beginning of June. Connections to Delhi, Montreal, San Francisco and Seoul are also planned again in the second half of June. The airline Qatar Airways has maintained its flight operations in Munich over the past weeks and months and plans to fly to Doha daily again from July instead of four times a week. Lufthansa is expanding its flight schedule within Europe: In addition to Brussels, Milan, Rome, Vienna and Zurich, which have been regularly served since the beginning of the month, Lufthansa and its subsidiary Air Dolomiti will be offering up to 70 additional European destinations in the coming weeks. These include many popular holiday destinations such as Antalya, Catania, Dubrovnik, Lamezia Terme, Larnaka, Malaga and Nice. The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is already back in service on routes to Hamburg, Cologne, Palma de Mallorca and Pristina. From June 25, the airline will also be flying regularly to Olbia. Alitalia already operates daily flights to Rome, KLM to Amsterdam and Luxair to Luxembourg. Air France is suspending its flights to

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Wizzair and Lauda with new cheap tickets

Jan Gruber June 12, 2020 11:54

The reaction of the budget airlines to the planned minimum ticket prices was not long in coming. Probably out of spite, a particularly large number of tickets are now being thrown onto the market for 9,99 euros and less. The Austrian government announced at the beginning of this week that a minimum price of around 40 euros must be charged for tickets in the future. This is obviously aimed, under the guise of environmental protection, in particular at the business practices of Wizzair, but also Lauda. They are now reacting and will be putting countless 9,99 euro tickets on the market. The Ryanair subsidiary is even advertising with advertisements claiming that the Environment Minister wants to protect airlines with high ticket prices and claims that Lauda is fighting for cheap tickets. Wizzair is less loud-mouthed, but explicitly refers to the government's announcement in a press release. This is why they quickly started a "super sale" with tickets starting at 9,99 euros.

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FlyBair will take off on July 18, 2020 from Bern and Sion

Jan Gruber June 12, 2020 11:46

The Bern-Belp Airport's own brand, FlyBair, is scheduled to take off for the first time on July 18, 2020 to Palma de Mallorca. The flights will be operated by Helvetic Airways. The Mediterranean island will initially be served from Sion and Bern. "All the people behind the project, my team and I, have been eagerly looking forward to the first flight for months. It is the result of hard work. Now we can even celebrate in two Swiss regions - in German and French," says José González, CEO of FlyBair. Due to the corona pandemic, the launch date had to be postponed. In coordination with the tour operators, the flight schedule has now also been adapted. From mid-August, Crete and Rhodes will be served from Bern, and from September 2020, Jerez, Kos Menorca and Preveza will be served from Bern. Olbia, on the other hand, is no longer in the program.

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Kolba warns of travel agency bankruptcies

Jan Gruber June 12, 2020 11:31

Consumer advocate Peter Kolba warns that delayed refunds of flight tickets to travel agencies can also have consequences for end customers. It could happen that the agent itself has to file for bankruptcy, which can then lead to further inconveniences for the end customer. "This is customer money and the travel price must be paid back to them," emphasizes Peter Kolba, chairman of the Consumer Protection Association (VSV). If you book a package holiday with an operator in a travel agency, then the operator must pay the customer the entire travel price if the trip is canceled. If the payment flow goes through the travel agency as an agent and the agency does not pass the amount on to the customer because it is itself on the verge of bankruptcy, then the right to a refund remains; the operator may have to pay the customer directly for a second time. The situation is similar for flight-only bookings through the travel agency or booking platforms. If the travel agency puts together a package tour itself, the travel agency must pay the price back to the customer, regardless of whether the airline and hotel return money to the organizer, the VSV said in a press release. "The travel industry is struggling economically and more and more illegal practices are becoming established," says Peter Kolba. "The VSV is trying to counteract this and enforce consumer rights."

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