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June 26

Lauda terminations now also available in front of the office

The Austrian Ryanair subsidiary is resuming flight operations in its new role as a wet lease provider in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Palma de Mallorca. At the same time, large-scale notices of termination are being handed out in front of the office in Vienna. On Thursday, the airline Lauda began handing out notices of termination. According to current information, at least 22 employees who previously worked at the company headquarters have been given notice of termination. The departments affected are marketing, sales, finance, technology and purchasing. The company also laid off crew trainers. A pregnant employee was even given notice of termination and asked to leave the office. The airline announced last Friday that it would lay off the 94 flight crew members who did not agree to the new collective agreement. They were summoned to a staff meeting this Friday. According to those affected, this never took place because they were denied access to Lauda's premises. Instead, the termination letters are said to have been handed over right in front of the entrance door. Meanwhile, Lauda resumed commercial flight operations in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Palma de Mallorca. Flights are no longer being operated under the OE code, but under that of its sister company Ryanair DAC. From Stuttgart, the destinations Palma de Mallorca and Naples will be served with Airbus A320s on behalf of the Irish low-cost airline. A wet lease flight to Palma is planned from Düsseldorf. The restart in Vienna is to take place on behalf of Ryanair from July 1, 2020.

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Wizzair takes on Varna-Salzburg

The low-cost airline has not yet taken off from Salzburg, but another destination has been announced: the Bulgarian coastal town. On July 25, 2020, the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizzair will start another route from Salzburg. The carrier will fly to the Bulgarian destination Varna on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The route will be served with Airbus A320 aircraft. "It is a great pleasure for me to announce the launch of the new route from Salzburg to Varna, so soon after Wizz Air began operations at Salzburg Airport. Today's announcement underlines our long-term commitment to Salzburg and the Austrian aviation market. Our goal is to offer our Austrian passengers more and more affordable travel options. We invite all travelers to discover these and other great European destinations with one of the youngest and most modern aircraft fleets and to enjoy the low fares and services on board Wizz," said WIzz spokesman András Rado.

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Level Europe: AK and trustee inform the workforce

The Lower Austrian Chamber of Labor and insolvency administrator Michael Lentsch gave the employees of the insolvent Level Europe GmbH information about the current state of affairs in two works meetings and informed them about how to apply for insolvency pay. The bankruptcy of the airline Level Europe affects around 200 employees at the Vienna location. The Lower Austrian Chamber of Labor has now informed them that both the June salaries and the holiday pay are still outstanding. Experts from the Chamber of Labor are now providing information on how those affected can register their wage claims with the insolvency pay fund. Two works meetings were also held at Vienna Airport for this purpose. The works council, the Chamber of Labor and insolvency administrator Michael Lentsch provided information about the current state of affairs and the options for receiving payments from the insolvency pay fund. Due to the current Corona protection regulations, the information event had to be split into two groups. According to AK NÖ, the fact that Level Europe had its entire workforce on short-time work in the months before the bankruptcy proceedings were opened presents some challenges with regard to the calculation of the insolvency pay. "Until two days ago, nobody knew how to do this," explains AK insolvency expert Felix Hochedlinger. "The details of the Corona short-time work were constantly being changed and it was only a few days ago that the calculation basis for such cases was regulated by ordinance." The June salary and the pro rata special payments, i.e. the pro rata holiday and Christmas bonuses, are still outstanding for the Level Europe workforce until the bankruptcy proceedings are opened. AK Lower Austria is bringing these claims together for the employees to the insolvency pay fund and the Korneuburg regional court. "Of course, we cannot promise it, but the fund normally works very quickly, especially in the case of large-scale insolvencies. We are therefore assuming

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