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February 5, 2021

Austria: Free rapid tests also in pharmacies in the future

Jan Gruber 5. February 2021 15:45

The Austrian government wants to offer free rapid corona tests in selected pharmacies in the future. The President of the Chamber of Pharmacists, Ulrike Mursch-Edlmayr, said that this will not be the case at all locations. The government primarily wants to use the pharmacies to cover regions where there are no federal state testing stations. The professional association plans to publish a list of pharmacies where free rapid tests will be possible on its website on Monday. From that day on, the offers of the pharmacies then listed should already be available. According to Mursch-Edlmayr, around 20 percent of pharmacists currently offer rapid tests that have to be paid for themselves. She assumes that the tests, which will then be largely free of charge, will be available nationwide by the end of February 2021. A list of pharmacies that are currently authorized to carry out antigen tests can be found in the form of an interactive map at this link. Government wants to lure companies into the rapid test business with 10 euros Economics Minister Margarete Schramböck (ÖVP) and Health Minister Rudolf Anschober also announced on Friday that companies should be motivated to offer rapid antigen tests to the population with a bonus. The state wants to pay ten euros for each test carried out. The government is apparently counting on large companies in particular, which may already be offering tests for their own employees, to also open these up to the general public. They also want to encourage smaller companies to get into the rapid test business. However, appropriately trained medical staff is required in any case. The results should be reported to companies that have a company doctor. Smaller companies should do this through the respective local doctor.

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Ireland: Cityjet and Stobart Air should move closer together

Jan Gruber 5. February 2021 15:16

The Irish regional airline Stobart Air is to be sold shortly. The operation of the franchise routes under the Aer Lingus Regional brand is to be discontinued on February 28, 2021, a spokeswoman told the Irish Independent. The parent company Stobart gave itself a new name, effective February 3, 2021: Esken Limited. Now the company wants to withdraw completely from the airline subsidiary. According to reports, the leasing company Falko Regional Aircraft is to take over. This is already owned by Cityjet. This route could also continue the wet lease contract for Aer Lingus until at least 2022. Esken is also the owner of London Southend Airport and also has a subsidiary that operates in the ground handling sector. Cityjet has said that it is considering setting up a branch in the United Kingdom and merging with Stobart Air in Ireland if the sale to Falko is completed.

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Friedrichshafen Airport files for bankruptcy

Jan Gruber 5. February 2021 14:49

Friedrichshafen Airport filed for bankruptcy with the Ravensburg District Court in a special form of protective shield proceedings. According to a media statement, the court granted the application and appointed lawyer Alexander Hubl as administrator. In a press release, the airport wrote that the scrapping had become necessary despite support from politics and business. Due to the second wave of corona and the associated restrictions, air traffic is hardly taking place, contrary to what was expected in September 2020. Despite the vaccinations that have begun, no significant improvement is to be expected well into 2021. To support the management, lawyer Alexander Reus from Anchor will be appointed as an additional managing director. Reus has been active in the reorganization and restructuring of companies for many years. "With the results of the Roland Berger report and the resolutions of our shareholders for the further financing of the airport, the basis has been laid to continue the financial restructuring of the company in protective shield proceedings. The renewed extensive standstill in air traffic has exacerbated the situation again and made the initiation of protective shield proceedings unavoidable. I am certain that together with our shareholders we will achieve the goal of leading the airport safely out of this crisis. I would like to thank our customers and service providers, the shareholders, the region's economy and especially our employees for their support on this path we have now taken. Only with their help will this restructuring be successful," said Claus-Dieter Wehr, Managing Director of Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH.

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Passenger rights portals: first provider throws in the towel

Amely Mizzi 5. February 2021 12:25

There is a consolidation in the area of ​​passenger rights portals. Refund Me is being taken over by competitor Airhelp. The orders and customer data are to be transferred to the buyer. The debt collection industry, which specializes in collecting compensation payments in accordance with EU Regulation 261/2004, has come under considerable pressure due to the corona pandemic. Since significantly fewer flights were made, there were also significantly fewer claims submitted by passengers. This also means that some providers who were previously highly profitable have slipped into the red. "The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a lasting and possibly long-lasting blow to the air travel industry and passengers. These are extraordinary times that require extraordinary measures to continue to help passengers. We are pleased that our customers can continue their journey with Airhelp, the leading provider in this market," explains Refund Me Managing Director Andreas Berger in a press release.

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Cyprus tightened entry regulations

Amely Mizzi 5. February 2021 11:49

With effect from February 6, 2021, Cyprus is tightening its entry regulations. People coming from countries in this category must observe a three-day quarantine and then take another PCR test at their own expense. As before, entry registration ("Cyprus Flight Pass") is still required. The requirement to present a negative PCR test, which must not be older than 72 hours upon arrival, also remains. Cyprus classifies countries of origin into three categories. A means that no PCR test is required, B means that a negative result must be presented upon arrival and a three-day quarantine followed by a test must be observed. If the country is classified in C, entry is only permitted in certain exceptional cases. Austria and Switzerland are currently classified as C, Germany as B. Useful links: Cyprus Flight Pass Classification of countries

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Austrian Airlines expects demand to remain low

Jan Gruber 5. February 2021 11:38

Due to the inflationary expansion of entry and quarantine regulations in various countries as well as the delivery difficulties in the area of ​​vaccines, Austrian Airlines assumes that demand will increase more slowly than originally expected. This means that the supply will be smaller. For the 2020/2021 winter flight schedule, which is valid until the end of March, an offer of up to 50 percent compared to the pre-crisis period was originally planned. However, the Lufthansa subsidiary is currently only at around 15 percent. At an employee event today, the Executive Board gave the Austrian Airlines team an overview of the current developments and talked about long-term prospects. "The short-term outlook for the next few months is clouded and is well below original expectations. The ongoing travel restrictions and partially tightened quarantine regulations are unfortunately having a noticeable impact on flight demand. However, we are currently still expecting a noticeable market recovery in the summer," said the new Austrian Airlines CCO Michael Trestl. "We are currently working hard to put together an attractive range of holiday destinations," he explains. Catch-up effects are expected for the warmer season, especially in the tourism sector, and the organisation is now preparing for this, it says. The need for cargo flights is also still high. "We will try to further expand our involvement in the cargo business in the coming months in order to be able to serve the international supply chains to and from Austria in the best possible way." DHC Dash 8-400 and A319 are going away - whatever the cost. Regardless of this, the management board of Austrian Airlines is sticking firmly to its decision to take the last

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Cuba imposes quarantine on travelers

Granite Pireci 5. February 2021 11:10

Cuba is tightening its entry regulations. Travelers will be quarantined for up to a week from February 6. The government has now announced this. In addition, air traffic is also in for a tough time. Flights from the United States and some other countries will be reduced to no more than one per week per airline. Travelers will have to show a negative test upon arrival, as abouttravel.ch reports. As if that wasn't enough, air travelers will then have to undergo another corona test. In addition, tourists must go to a hotel at their own expense until the test result is available. In some resorts that are isolated from the population, looser rules are possible.

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Russia: Alrosa also fleets Ilyushin Il-76TD

Amely Mizzi 5. February 2021 11:02

The Russian airline Alrosa is ending the operation of the Ilyushin Il-76TD aircraft. A spokesperson for the parent company explained in a TV interview with Yakutia24 that customers are asking for models that are cheaper to operate. The company also points out that the Il-76TD has comparatively high maintenance costs and is therefore no longer competitive to operate. Most recently, only the RA-76360 was still in use. According to CH-Aviation.com, the aircraft is now being prepared for handover to an unspecified new operator. This aircraft has not been actively used since 2019 anyway. The RA-76373 and the RA-76420 were also part of Alrosa's fleet. Both freighters have been in so-called long-time storage since 2018 and are no longer registered to Alrosa Airlines. These two aircraft are also being prepared for handover to a new operator. The three Il-76TDs are leased. Alrosa attracted worldwide attention in October 2020 when the carrier became the last airline to end operations of the Tupolev Tu-154M trijet aircraft. Read more in this article.

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Lufthansa takes it into its own hands: Eurowings loses Munich as a hub

Granite Pireci 5. February 2021 10:35

The crane airline is taking over almost all Eurowings routes from Munich - only five destinations will remain with the Lufthansa subsidiary. Eurowings will only serve its three hubs from Munich, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne, as well as two other European cities, Pristina and Mallorca. All of the other 30 routes that the airline has built up from Munich over the years will go back into the hands of the AUA parent company. This will also mean that some aircraft will leave the Eurowings fleet, which were at least originally intended to be replaced by a few new A320neos, reports reisetopia.de. A few years ago, Lufthansa completely reorganized itself in Germany. Apart from domestic routes to and from Frankfurt or Munich, all other connections were handed over to Eurowings. 

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Curious: the smuggler had cacti in her socks

Granite Pireci 5. February 2021 09:52

A strange smuggling attempt has now been uncovered in New Zealand. A woman tried to smuggle cacti through customs at Auckland airport on her body. But the attempt failed - or rather, in her socks. The socks must have had a few holes in them, as the woman hid some plants in them. What went unnoticed during departure in China was tracked down by a dog's nose in New Zealand. The perpetrator then went to the toilets as quickly as possible to flush her goods down the toilet. Attentive investigators were able to stop her in time, however. And so they confiscated almost 1000 cacti and other succulents, some of which were even found in the woman's socks. The entire find is worth almost 10.000 US dollars, as derbund.ch reports. The court found the smuggler guilty, and she was ultimately given a twelve-month suspended sentence and 100 hours of community service.

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