At the request of the signing associations, Aviation Direct is publishing the following open letter free of charge. This is not part of the editorial offer. The signing authors are solely responsible for the content: “Dear Chancellor Kurz, Dear Vice Chancellor Kogler, Dear Finance Minister Blümel, Dear Tourism Minister Köstinger, we are stunned, appalled and more than desperate! Travel companies have been calling us continuously since Friday evening, and this morning we learned from the WKO that the travel industry will apparently not be closed by the authorities from November 17.11.20th, 2500 and will therefore not receive any compensation for sales. The travel industry, with over 19 companies, has refunded ALL MONEY to customers for trips canceled due to Covid 95. This means that in addition to the 9% loss of sales since March of this year, the travel industry has also paid the costs from the previous year. For almost 18.06.2020 months, we, the representatives of the interest groups (ÖVT/ÖRV/WKO), have been in constant contact with the BMF and BMLRT, and we have also asked the Vice Chancellor's cabinet for support several times. Dear Chancellor, you personally promised us support specifically for the travel industry in a video call on June 5, 30. Since then, it has been a back and forth between the BMF and the EU Commission, with regard to the FKZ alone. Regardless of this, the travel industry has not yet had any sales, as trips cannot or may not be booked to date, and will not be able to generate any sales in the foreseeable future. This affects not only the outgoing business, but also the incoming sector. Of the almost XNUMX billion euros in sales, no less than XNUMX% comes from the