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October 31th

Cargo Air expects an increase in the fleet

Bulgarian Cargo Air, which specializes in cargo flights under wet lease agreements, will be expanding its fleet in the near future. A 23-year-old Boeing 737-400, which has previously flown on an ad hoc passenger charter basis, is currently being converted into a freighter at Aeronautical Engineers Inc. in Dothan, Alabama/USA and will soon return to Europe. In addition to the eighth Boeing 737 Classic, Cargo Air is also about to integrate its first Boeing 737-800BCF. Its takeover was recently delayed due to the flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX, but the Corona pandemic has made inexpensive second-hand Boeing 737-800s available on the market. A Boeing 737-800 Winglets, which was previously parked in Lourdes and was previously part of the Danish Primera Air and most recently Travel Service Airlines, will also soon be fitted with a cargo kit at AEI. With 11 AAA standard containers and an AKE position, the Boeing 737-800BCF can accommodate an additional loading unit than the Boeing 737-400F. According to information from the airline, a second Boeing 737-800BCF will join the fleet next year. Cargo Air has been using two Boeing 2007-737SF and seven Boeing 300-737SF since 400, mainly for DHL in their route network. However, one B737 operates on the Cluj-Cologne/Bonn route as a connection from Romania to UPS's international network. In Austria, Cargo Air has been operating the DHL freight route Belgrade-Linz-Brussels four times a week for several years.

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From Tuesday: Night curfew in Austria

Austria is tightening its corona measures with effect from November 3, 2020 and is introducing a night-time curfew between 20:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Due to the legal situation, the main committee of the National Council still has to give its approval. The "house arrest" is initially limited to November 12, 2020, all other measures apply until at least November 30, 2020. The Ministry of Health defined a list of reasons that allow the night-time curfew to be broken. According to the official announcement, these are as follows: Averting an immediate danger to life, limb and property Caring for and assisting people in need of support as well as exercising family rights and fulfilling family responsibilities Covering the necessary basic needs of daily life Professional purposes and training purposes, if necessary Staying outdoors for physical and mental relaxation (e.g. walking, jogging, walking the dog) Trade: Trade will remain open, but the number of customers allowed to enter the store will be limited. In future, only one customer per ten square meters will be allowed to enter a store. Employers are generally encouraged to switch to home office where possible. In addition, the start of work should be staggered in order to avoid crowds. Means of transport: The minimum distance must be maintained on public transport and on airplanes, but can be reduced in exceptional cases. Wearing a mouth and nose mask is compulsory. Wearing a mouth and nose mask also remains compulsory in subway stations, platforms, stops, train stations and airports as well as their connecting structures. Carpooling, taxis and taxi-like services can still be used if only two people are transported in each row of seats, including the driver. This also applies to training trips,

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Embraer shows turboprop project

For the first time, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is providing insights into its turboprop project. Despite the failed takeover of Boeing, this is to be realized with new partners from Asia for commissioning by 2027. While the cabin is closely based on the E-Jet, the rest of the shape of the aircraft is reminiscent of a revival of the company's former regional aircraft, the Embraer 120. With a passenger volume of between 80 and 100 seats, Embraer wants to position itself above the competing models of competitors from ATR, Bombardier and Ilyushin. Insiders expect an official project launch under the name "E3" in the coming months in order to enter into concrete sales talks with potential buyers soon. In view of the global aviation crisis with massive passenger declines and shifts in the air traffic markets due to the corona pandemic, Embraer's turboprop project could arouse great interest among airlines. In the Spotify podcast, Embraer's deputy marketing director, Rodrigo Silva e Souza, provides further insights and perspectives on the project: Link to Spotify

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Photo report: BER is open!

All eyes on Berlin: The new Terminal 1 of Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) opened today. Planning and the BER, that's a tricky thing. Because while the capital's airport was opened a full nine years late, not everything went according to plan on the day it opened. The first two aircraft from Lufthansa and Easyjet were actually supposed to land in parallel. On the northern runway, an Easyjet plane with the special flight number EJU 3110 came from Berlin-Tegel and was therefore only a stone's throw away. And on the southern runway, Lufthansa 2020 with the special "Capital Airplane" livery took off from Munich. But the weather thwarted plans: rainy, the cloud base was at 1.000 feet - and thus below the required 3.000. So safety came first. First the Easyjet plane was granted permission to land, then the AUA parent company was allowed to land. The BER Terminal 1 in the slideshow: There can be no talk of a lack of attention here. The BER, which cannot boast of the well-known German punctuality, opens exactly when the Federal Republic closes. Therefore, the expectations of those responsible for the airport are limited. The focus is on the future: "Finally, the capital is getting a modern airport that reflects people's desire to travel," says airport boss Engelbert Lütke Daldrup. Not everyone is enthusiastic about this: Several climate activists loudly expressed their displeasure at the opening. Police officers had to be deployed to calm the demonstrators. In addition, Berlin's taxi drivers also went on strike. The BER demonstration in the slideshow: Nevertheless, the participants were greatly relieved that the (probably) last major event

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Carsten Spohr: “Berlin performs better than any other destination”

On Saturday evening, with the opening of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, an event occurred that many thought was impossible. After a long delay marked by various scandals, BER Terminal 1 went into operation. Easyjet made the first landing, closely followed by Lufthansa. The BER launch comes at the worst possible time for aviation, as Germany plans to implement a new lockdown from Monday. However, Johann Lundgren, Managing Director of Easyjet, believes that the population will not be deterred from traveling and that better times will come. In his opinion, with the new airport, Berlin will take pole position. Nevertheless, the airline boss admitted that the entire industry will face extremely difficult weeks and months ahead and that recovery will take several years. Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr pointed out that the airline he heads and competitor Easyjet made their respective first landings at BER with Airbus A320neos. Addressing airport boss Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, he said: "If you had opened the new airport on time, we would have landed with planes that require around 25 percent more fuel, are louder and emit more pollutants. So much has happened in this direction in the last decade and further development is going in the right direction." However, Spohr does not want to offer any long-haul flights from Berlin for the time being because, due to the corona pandemic, among other things, it is currently not foreseeable when and if these could become profitable. "In Berlin, the problem was Tegel Airport. It was not really suitable as a hub and could not meet our premium standards.

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