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March 1, 2021

Bulgaria: Gulliv Air is significantly expanding its fleet

Jan Gruber March 1, 2021 17:03

The Bulgarian airline Gulliv Air plans to expand with ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft and A330 long-haul jets. Three props and two long-haul aircraft are to be added to the fleet. Gulliv Air currently has an Airbus A330-200 in operation. The carrier specializes in providing charter and ACMI services. The Bulgarian airline confirmed to the portal CH-Aviation.com that one of the two new additions to the long-haul fleet will have the registration LZ-AWY. It is an A330-200. The other aircraft is the current EI-DAZ, which is currently registered to Aer Lingus. The A330-300 will have the registration LZ-AWZ. At the same time, Gulliv Air also wants to cover the regional market and has organized three ATR 72-600s from DAE Capital. The turboprop aircraft have been given the registrations LZ-DAH, LZ-DAI and LZ-DAJ. These have since been transferred from the Dutch Woendsrecht to Sofia. The three aircraft were previously in use by Nesma Airlines, but have been parked since September 2019.

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From April 12, 2021: Eurowings flies to Germany from Graz and Linz

Jan Gruber March 1, 2021 16:32

The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will launch two new routes in Graz and Linz from April 12, 2021. These are routes that were previously served by Austrian Airlines. Both airlines confirmed to Aviation Direct that operational operations will in future be under the commercial responsibility of Eurowings. From Linz, Eurowings will offer the destination Düsseldorf. This will be served with Airbus A319 aircraft from April 12, 2021. However, there will be no night stop; instead, the aircraft will fly according to the Düsseldorf-Linz-Düsseldorf pattern. Eurowings will also take over the Graz-Stuttgart route from April 12, 2021. This will also be served without a night stop. This means that the Airbus A319 will fly from Baden-Württemberg to Styria and then back again. A spokesman for Lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary told Aviation Direct: "We can confirm today that Eurowings will be serving the Graz-Stuttgart and Linz-Düsseldorf routes from April 12, 2021. The flights will be activated in the booking systems from tomorrow, March 2, 2021. Austrian Airlines will then no longer serve these routes." For business travelers, the switch to Eurowings means that departures from Graz and Linz will be later. Since both routes have previously been served with Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft, the capacity offered per flight will increase significantly. It remains to be seen whether Eurowings can fill the aircraft and thus fly economically successfully. Graz-Düsseldorf remains with Austrian Airlines The Graz-Düsseldorf route will remain with Austrian Airlines and will in future be served with Embraer 195 instead of DHC Dash 8-400. No aircraft will be stationed in Styria, but

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Mallorca attracts airlines with cheap fees

Amely Mizzi March 1, 2021 16:24

Slowly but surely, those in charge in Mallorca are getting nervous that the 2021 holiday season could be really difficult due to the slow progress of Covid vaccinations in the EU. Now the airport operator Aena is reacting and wants to reduce fees. Company boss Maurici Lucena announced that the airlines will save a total of around 23,8 million euros. The aim of this measure is to give the carriers a helping hand and at the same time boost tourism. According to Mallorca Zeitung, Lucena expects that significantly more tourists from the United Kingdom and Germany will come to the Mediterranean island from May 2021. The infrastructure has been prepared accordingly. Last year, the airport made a loss of 126,8 million euros. In 2019, it still had a profit of 1,442 billion euros.

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KLM flew over Europe for three hours after a bird strike

Jan Gruber March 1, 2021 15:59

There are only a few species of bird that can fly at an altitude of 35.000 feet, but a KLM Boeing 777-200ER appears to have encountered just such an animal on Sunday. The plane was en route to Zanzibar and was turning back over Crete. According to official information, the PH-BQD suffered a bird strike at cruising altitude after about three hours of flight. However, since there are very few flying creatures at an altitude of around 36.000 feet, such incidents are extremely rare. Dutch media are even speculating that the bird strike may have occurred after takeoff from Amsterdam. A photo shows that the affected engine has a small dent. This suggests that it had collided with an object, such as a bird. However, it is a mystery why KLM flew three hours back to Amsterdam after the bird strike, which is said to have occurred at an altitude of 35.000 feet, instead of landing at one of the numerous nearby airports. The incident was particularly annoying for the passengers, as they were in the air for around six hours and arrived back in Amsterdam instead of in the longed-for Zanzibar. According to the current information, there was no risk to safety. The passengers were rebooked on other flights.

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Linz: AUA pauses Düsseldorf route even longer

Amely Mizzi March 1, 2021 15:21

The Lufthansa Group will stay away from the Upper Austrian Linz-Hörsching airport for even longer, as Austrian Airlines is extending the temporary suspension of the Düsseldorf route until at least May 31, 2021. This route will then be suspended for well over a year. The parent company Lufthansa, which actually operates the connection to the Frankfurt am Main hub, is also leaving Linz unserviced. There is currently no date for a possible reactivation, but this should not take place before June 17, 2021. This route has also been suspended since March 2020. The Upper Austrian airport will therefore continue to have no regular scheduled flights on the routes to Düsseldorf and Frankfurt am Main. However, there is an upturn in the holiday flight segment, as the first flights are scheduled to take place from May 2021, reports Aviation Direct.

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No boom: freight volume in Austria collapsed

Jan Gruber March 1, 2021 14:55

Airlines keep talking about a real "cargo boom" that has occurred as a side effect of the corona pandemic. In some markets, considerable growth has actually been achieved, but in Austria everything is different. Both the number of cargo flights and the volume of cargo fell rapidly in 2020. A few days ago, Austrian Airlines celebrated the fact that it had operated its 100th cargo flight with the "Preighter" OE-LPA. At first glance, this is a pleasing number, but on closer inspection it quickly becomes clear: the Boeing 777 was literally sitting on its feet for most of 2020 because the aircraft was literally underused. For AUA, entering the cargo business was a necessary decision in order to be able to earn at least a little money. You can earn money with pallets, packages or whatever on board, but on the ground, exorbitantly high costs arise every day with zero income. In this respect, the decision was certainly not wrong, but AUA was unable to benefit from a "demand boom" in the cargo sector. 2020 was an extremely weak cargo year The "bare numbers" speak for themselves, because in 2020, 99.640.513 kilograms of cargo arrived in the Alpine republic. A year earlier, it was 113.053.073 kilograms. Despite many Chinese imports in the medical sector, 12 percent less cargo arrived in Austria. The industry had to take a big hit in exports: In 2020, outgoing cargo volumes fell by 41 percent to 58.884.900 kilograms. In 2019, it was 99.108.834 kilograms. There was also a 14 percent decline in transit handling to 29.796.050 kilograms.

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Labor market: poor prospects for pilots

Amely Mizzi March 1, 2021 14:27

Before the Corona crisis, pilots were in greater demand than ever, as many airlines were desperately looking for pilots. That changed abruptly from March 2020, as many carriers now have too many pilots and too little work for them. The pilots' association EPA assumes that around 18.000 pilots will remain permanently unemployed. The European professional association's assessment is based on the assumption that demand will remain low. According to the EPA, there are currently around 65.000 captains and first officers in Europe. The Cockpit Association estimates that around 1.200 of the 5.500 cockpit positions at Lufthansa alone will be eliminated. While it was very easy to change employers "before Corona" and, ideally, there was a bonus just for signing the contract, vacant cockpit positions are so rare that they are almost like winning the lottery for those affected. The EPA assumes that around 18.000 pilots will not be able to find a job in the next few years and will therefore be permanently unemployed in their profession. Not flying can also have fatal consequences for licenses, because after a certain time they are frozen. Reactivating or maintaining a license in the simulator is very expensive and only a few pilots can afford it. Young pilots in particular, who often still have to pay off the mountain of debt from their training, are literally forced to work in other industries and thus end their dream of flying. If the aviation industry recovers, the current situation could lead to an acute shortage of pilots in a few years.

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Survey: Austrians reject compulsory vaccinations for vacation trips

Jan Gruber March 1, 2021 13:55

A few days ago, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) surprised everyone by announcing his intention to introduce a kind of "privilege pass" for vaccinated people. There was certainly agreement at the EU level, and recently German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) even said that such a solution must come and that discrimination against unvaccinated people also seems realistic. But what do travelers actually think of the proposals? The Austrian portal Urlaubsguru conducted a survey and, according to managing director Daniel Frick, it showed that the desire to travel is very high this year. However, 73 percent of the 1.800 respondents could not come to terms with the fact that holidays should only be possible with vaccination. The main argument cited is the freedom to decide whether to be vaccinated. The decision should not automatically lead to restrictions. Around 33 percent of those surveyed would get vaccinated in order to be able to visit countries with possible vaccination requirements for entry. When asked whether they would wait to travel until they had been vaccinated themselves, 72 percent of participants answered no. Only 21 percent can imagine waiting until they are fully vaccinated before their next trip. Around 7 percent are undecided. And would it be okay if fellow citizens who have already been vaccinated were allowed to travel again while they themselves are still waiting for the vaccination? The answer is clear. Around 68 percent do not want people who have already been vaccinated to enjoy different travel privileges than those who are not vaccinated. The respondents are also against travel privileges for domestic trips. Almost three-quarters of those surveyed are of the opinion that hotels should also receive unvaccinated guests. Vaccination progress in holiday countries is not decisive for travel plans It is not only your own vaccination that can protect against infection with the coronavirus abroad. The vaccination progress in the population in the holiday country

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Swiss startup wants to establish package tours in private jets

Jan Gruber March 1, 2021 13:25

Last year, the business jet sector was able to achieve considerable growth in some cases, as companies and wealthy private individuals attached great importance to minimizing theoretical risks of infection when planning their trips. Now a Swiss startup is launching package tours and scheduled services with private jets. Initially, the company plans to fly to various warm water destinations from Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf and Zurich. Some of these will be offered twice a week. Amsterdam is also being considered from Switzerland's largest airport. The aircraft will be chartered by Travelcoup Schweiz AG, which was founded in summer 2020. "Travelcoup Deluxe offers a business model that is unique in all of Europe: a package tour with a private jet sold individually - this finally makes traveling and flying a real experience again," explains Niclas Seitz, CEO of Travelcoup Deluxe. "After the successful product launch in Switzerland last year, expanding to Germany was the next logical and strategic step for us. The private jet is the clear winner of the crisis, and our growth plans are accordingly ambitious: We want to double our routes and frequencies in the first year of business if possible." The exclusive first-class travel experience at a business-class price is affordable with Travelcoup Deluxe, as travelers share the private jet with other passengers. However, a maximum of eight passengers are on board, which provides an additional feeling of security and comfort in current times. Seven days in Mallorca including a premium hotel, flight in a private jet with luxury catering and two transfers can be booked from Munich, for example, from just 2.320 euros per person. "Especially now, when so many people are longing for their next well-deserved vacation due to the deprivations caused by Corona,

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For a fee: Emirates offers empty seats

Jan Gruber March 1, 2021 12:45

Effective March 3, 2021, Gulf carrier Emirates Airline is increasing frequencies between Vienna and Dubai to six rotations per week. A new feature is a rotation on Wednesday, which will be offered again this week. For an additional charge, passengers of this airline can also book up to three adjacent seats, which will then remain free during the trip. The carrier wants to appeal to people who want to have more distance from fellow travelers. Each empty seat costs between 55 and 165 US dollars - excluding taxes. Booking and payment can initially only be made at the check-in counter. Emirates says that availability depends on capacity occupancy. The paid extra is available to travelers in economy class. Booking the "empty seat" can also be used to have more space for small children, for example.

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