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AUA increases frequency to Klagenfurt

Granite Pireci 8 October 2021 19:57

From January 17, 2022, Austrian Airlines will significantly increase the number of flights between Klagenfurt and Vienna. Up to three flights a day will be offered. Since September, AUA has been flying up to twice between Klagenfurt and Vienna. From January 17, 2022, up to three flights a day are planned, using Embraer 195 jets with 120 seats. Eurowings is also increasing the frequency for the route to Cologne. The city in North Rhine-Westphalia will be served twice a week, and the frequency will be gradually increased to five weekly connections by March next year. The Dutch airline Transavia Airlines is also offering direct flights to Rotterdam - initially limited to seven dates in January and February. "These are encouraging signals. They show that the dry spell caused by corona is behind us. We assume that the work of our airline marketing will bear further fruit," explains Nils Witt, Managing Director of Klagenfurt Airport.

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Brussels publishes summer flight schedule

Granite Pireci 8 October 2021 19:02

Brussels Airlines is noticing a recurring demand. Not only that: customers' booking behavior is changing permanently. That is why the carrier is expanding its 2022 summer flight schedule. Due to the uncertainty brought about by the Corona crisis, airline passengers usually booked their tickets shortly before departure. This trend of last-minute bookings is gradually disappearing. The airline has been seeing a change for a few weeks now, with an increasing number of bookings for next year's summer holidays in recent weeks in particular. "This shift in the booking trend enables us to better adapt our offer to the needs of our customers. In recent weeks we have seen a growing number of bookings for spring and especially for the upcoming school holidays. This is a very positive sign that shows that our customers are also seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and are starting to plan their holidays for next year," says Jan Derycke, Head of Network and Planning. New routes too Next summer, the airline will relaunch two destinations for the first time since 2019: Chania in Greece will join the network from May 7 with two flights a week. From March 29, the airline will fly three times a week to Antalya in southwest Turkey. 29 European destinations: Dubrovnik, Split, Bordeaux, Nice, Athens, Corfu, Chania, Heraklion, Kos, Rhodes, Zakynthos, Bari, Catania, Florence, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Faro, Lisbon, Porto, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg, Alicante, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Malaga, Palma, Tenerife and Valencia. Three connections to the Middle East: Yerevan, Tel Aviv and Antalya. 18 flights to Africa: Luanda, Cotonou, Bujumbura, Douala, Yaoundé, Kinshasa, Banjul, Accra, Abidjan, Monrovia, Marrakech, Nador, Tangier, Kigali, Dakar, Freetown, Lomé, Entebbe. Two destinations in the United States: New York and Washington.

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Air Dolomiti is renewing the interior of its fleet

Granite Pireci 8 October 2021 18:02

Air Dolomiti's entire Embraer 195 fleet is getting a cabin upgrade. The Italian AUA sister company announced that it had opted for the Essenza seat model from Geven. This brings the airline closer to the Lufthansa Group. The same company is also responsible for the economy class seats of Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines, which are installed in the medium-haul fleets (A320 and A321). The colors will be in the Air Dolomiti style - as with the other Lufthansa subsidiaries. From December, all of the regional airline's E195s will be gradually converted. The first aircraft with the new cabin is scheduled to take off in January, and the conversion is scheduled to be completed in March. "The new Essenza RJ seats are not only more comfortable, they are also the result of innovative projects. Their design has allowed us to increase the number of seats installed while maintaining the same level of passenger comfort, and they will give our cabin a more pleasant and relaxing atmosphere thanks to the colours, materials and, above all, the high quality that is a key feature of Air Dolomiti. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the teams who have carried out this project with determination, despite the logistical difficulties caused by the pandemic," said Marzio Caneva, Vice President of Technical Operations at Air Dolomiti. 

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Air Asia: Compulsory vaccination for passengers and agreement with Airbus

Jan Gruber 8 October 2021 16:04

Air Asia and Airbus have been wrangling over the future of existing orders since the beginning of the Corona pandemic. An initial agreement has now been reached, as the Kuala Lumpur group will not take delivery of the remaining 13 Airbus A320s, but will instead receive A321neos. As a result, Air Asia expects to take delivery of 2035 aircraft of this type by 362. The aircraft will be distributed among the subsidiaries based on demand. In general, the A320 fleet is to be converted to A321neos. "We have always worked closely with Airbus and look forward to a complete conversion of the A321neo fleet, which will further consolidate our lowest cost base and lean cost structure. The A321neo will revolutionize the flying experience for our guests as we accelerate our business to meet a resurgence in air traffic after COVID-19," said Air Asia President Bo Lingam. Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer confirmed that a solution for the large order had been found with Air Asia. "It is a further confirmation of the A321neo as the most efficient and popular single-aisle aircraft in the world. It is also an example of how we at Airbus have worked with our customers to find solutions to adapt to the effects of the pandemic," said the manager. At times, the group's large order was in jeopardy because, for financial reasons, the company stopped making the installment payments that have to be made depending on the progress of construction. This not only led to disagreements, but Airbus also took some aircraft intended for Air Asia off the production line. Air Asia introduces compulsory vaccination for passengers The Malaysian group sees itself well positioned for the

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Zurich: Chair presents summer flight schedule 2022

Jan Gruber 8 October 2021 15:09

The holiday airline Chair will fly to Mykonos from Zurich-Kloten in the 2022 summer flight schedule. According to the company's statement, three flights per week are planned. The carrier will also fly to the Balearic Islands more frequently. Palma de Mallorca will be flown to daily in the future. There will be five flights to Ibiza per week. Head of Commerce Florian Tomasi explains that this would meet a major customer need. They would like additional flexibility through more flight options. Otherwise, the Chair 2022 summer flight schedule includes many well-known destinations such as Rhodes, Kos, Crete, Larnaka, Hurghada and Marsa Alam. The Belkan destinations Podgorica, Ohrid, Skopje and Pristina are also on the program. Like many other carriers, the airline is also increasingly focusing on Beirut. More and more airlines are discovering the latter destination for themselves.

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Norwegian reactivates three bases

Amely Mizzi 8 October 2021 14:02

The Corona pandemic brought the heavily indebted Norwegian Group back down to earth. The provider downsized massively as part of insolvency proceedings that were conducted in various countries. Now the signs are pointing towards expansion again, as several bases are being reactivated in Norway. Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim are specifically affected. Pointing out that the government wants to relax travel rules, the carrier announced the comeback of the bases mentioned. There has been a sharp increase in new bookings and it is now daring to restart at the three Norwegian airports. The carrier sees itself as well positioned and also rules out the possibility of any "rumors of insolvency" over the winter of 2021/22. In the past, this was indeed different, because even before the Corona pandemic, industry circles were speculating whether Norwegian would "make it through next winter".

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Spicejet plans to purchase up to 40 additional aircraft

Amely Mizzi 8 October 2021 13:06

The Indian airline Spicejet wants to continue to grow and acquire ten to 15 wide-body aircraft. Overall, the carrier is planning to acquire 30 to 40 additional aircraft, in addition to the 133 Boeing 737 Max 8s that it is still waiting for. Company boss Ajay Singh also told Bloomberg News that he expects air traffic in India to recover quickly. At the same time, he expects demand to be particularly strong. The airline obviously wants to position itself against the Tata Group and is therefore focusing on expansion.

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Avanti Air: In the middle of the floodplain

Stephen Steiner 8 October 2021 12:22

The German charter and ACMI specialist Avanti Air will soon be getting rid of its last Fokker 100 and replacing it with a more modern aircraft model. A fleet change is nothing new for Avanti Air, as one of the two managing partners recently told Aviation.direct. 27 years ago, Avanti Air (now known externally as avantiair) was founded by the two pilots Markus Baumann and Stefan Kissinger. Since then, the airline from Siegerland Airport has undergone a number of changes, but the two founders are still on board as a constant. It started with a Piaggio P.180 Avanti (hence the company name), with various small business jets and turboprops to follow in the next few years. Two years after the company was founded, the first regional aircraft was acquired in the form of a Beech 1900C, which was soon supplemented by a Beech 1900D. Both aircraft sometimes flew crew shuttles for Britannia Airways. From 2001, the airline began operating scheduled flights for various providers. In 2002, the first ATR42-300 was also used, followed three years later by a larger ATR72-200. Well-known airlines such as Air Berlin, Bangkok Air, Darwin Airline, Intersky and Meridiana also relied on Avanti Air's services. First larger jet aircraft From 2015, the turboprop fleet was completely replaced by the Fokker 100. Avanti Air sometimes had up to three of these XNUMX-seaters in operation. After having already sold two aircraft, the airline is now looking at replacing the last aircraft from the former Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. The aircraft, registered as D-AOLG, is due to be delivered to Avanti in just under a week.

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Comment: Duel Ryanair vs. Wizz Air continues - and intensified

Jan Gruber 8 October 2021 12:06

Even before the Corona pandemic, the low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air were not giving each other much space at the Vienna-Schwechat location. While they initially avoided each other a little, they increasingly switched to "doubling routes". During the crisis, this has become even more severe. Wizz Air announces a new route and just a few days later its competitor Ryanair makes the same announcement. Or vice versa. Although the Irish group largely stays out of traffic to former Soviet republics, the overlaps to the south and west are enormous. This is no coincidence, but pure intention. The two companies also make no secret of the fact that they want to push the other provider out of Vienna. Wizz Air puts it much more diplomatically than Ryanair, because its group CEO also believes he has to act as deputy substitute press spokesman for the Hungarian carrier and announced the closure of the Wizz Air base in Vienna. Of course, the pink budget airline could not let this go and also invited people to a press conference. They announced the stationing of another aircraft and the addition of Sharm el Sheik. Admittedly, Ryanair did not announce any “breaking news” a week earlier, because most of the “new routes” were either already known or at least announced for summer 2020. It is also noteworthy in this context that both providers are acting as if they are stationing more aircraft in Vienna than ever before. Wizz Air is ignoring the fact that they had planned to operate up to nine aircraft in summer 2020 and Laudamotion wanted to go far

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Agreement: BA Gatwick subsidiary is coming

Jan Gruber 8 October 2021 11:05

In the aviation industry, people have now almost become accustomed to the fact that the closure of a base is announced first and only then do the union and management seriously negotiate. This is also the case with British Airways, where a collective agreement for London-Gatwick was agreed at "five past twelve". The "low-cost subsidiary" for the second largest airport in the British capital is coming after all. Recently, things looked very different, as British Airways announced the closure of the short- and medium-haul base after fruitless negotiations with the pilots' union Balpa. However, this was apparently more of a starting signal for serious negotiations. A new collective agreement has now been concluded. This is the basis for a new subsidiary that is to operate from London-Gatwick. British Airways stressed a few days ago that it had been making losses on short- and medium-haul flights from this airport for years. The low-cost airline is now expected to take on competitors Ryanair and Easyjet. "We will continue to develop our concept for a fully-fledged short-haul subsidiary airline in Gatwick that will offer our customers competitive fares," British Airways said in a media statement. It is not yet clear whether the subsidiary will fly under the BA brand, following the example of BA Cityflyer, or whether a new brand will be developed. Theoretically, it is possible that the airline will operate as Level, but this brand flopped in Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris-Orly.

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