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January 14, 2022

Milos: Olympic's ATR42 makes a botanical excursion

Jan Gruber 14 January 2022 22:15

The ATR42-600 with the registration SX-OAY, operated by Olympic Air, took an involuntary excursion into the bushes on Friday at around 15:30 p.m. The turboprop aircraft veered off the runway on the Greek island of Milos and came to a stop on the grass next to it. According to local reports confirmed by Olympic Air, the ATR42-600 was caught by a strong gust of wind in the final phase of taxiing out on Runway 08 and was carried into the grass, which is located directly next to the runway. No damage is visible, but technicians from the Aegean subsidiary will check the aircraft carefully before it is used again and carry out repairs if necessary. According to Olympic Air, there were 20 passengers on board the turboprop aircraft, which was en route from Athens to Milos as the OA24. None of the passengers or crew were injured. All were able to leave the aircraft safely, but in the bushes next to the runway instead of in the parking position. At the time of the incident, the SX-OAY was 8,9 years old. This aircraft only joined the fleet of the Aegean regional subsidiary in August 2021.

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Lübeck Air and Swiss Flight Services with holiday flights from Bern

Jan Gruber 14 January 2022 19:34

Since the bankruptcy of the regional airline SkyWork Airlines, the offer from Bern-Belp Airport has shrunk considerably. In the 2022 summer flight schedule, tour operators will again offer some holiday routes. For example, Belpmoos Reisen will be offering non-stop flights to Olbia from May 14, 2022. These will be operated with Embraer 195 from German Airways. However, they are only a subcontractor, as they formally cooperate with Lübeck AIr and they with Air Alsie. The route is to be flown on Saturdays until October 15, 2022. Air Alsie's ATR72-500 will fly to Heringsdorf on Saturdays. Lübeck is on the flight schedule for Thursday and Sunday. Jerez de la Frontera will be served on Sundays on behalf of Belpmoos Reisen, but only between September 18 and October 23, 2022. These routes will be offered under the Lübeck Air brand. King Air turboprops will once again be flying to Elba. This route will be offered twice a week from the beginning of June 2022. Portoroz in Slovenia is a completely new destination that will be offered from Bern-Belp from August. The operating carrier for these two routes is SFS Swiss Flight Services.

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Leipzig and Dresden benefited from cargo demand

Amely Mizzi 14 January 2022 19:03

The German airports of Dresden and Leipzig were able to benefit primarily from the increased demand for freight last year, as the number of passengers was well below the pre-crisis level. Passenger volume at Dresden and Leipzig/Halle airports in 2021 was 1.001.270 percent higher than the previous year, with a total of 9,0 passengers. The picture is different at the two locations. Dresden airport, which is dominated by scheduled and business travel, counted 331.384 passengers, 14,1 percent fewer than in the previous year. At Leipzig/Halle airport, which is dominated by holiday travel, the number of passengers rose by 25,8 percent to 669.886. Cargo handling at Leipzig/Halle airport rose by 2021 percent in 15, from around 1,3 to almost 1,6 million tons. This marks a new record high. Growth increased particularly sharply in the fourth quarter. In October, November and December, volumes reached new record levels. In December, this figure was 149.123 tonnes, an increase of 5,8 percent compared to the previous year. "The steadily growing air freight volume not only contributes to the economic development of our group of companies. Rising freight volumes, employment growth and new settlements also provide sustainable impetus. All of Central Germany benefits from this. We also expect freight growth for 2022," says Götz Ahmelmann, CEO of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, adding: "For passenger traffic, we hope - depending on the pandemic - for a further recovery, which also includes business travel. In contrast to tourist flights to warm water destinations, demand here has so far fallen short of expectations."

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Budapest: Wizz Air announces route number 50

Amely Mizzi 14 January 2022 18:36

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air intends to increase its service from Budapest Airport to 28 routes as of March 2022, 50. A new addition is a non-stop connection to Chişinău. According to the airport, this will be the first time in ten years that there will be a direct connection between the two cities. Flights will be operated on Mondays and Fridays. The airline is obviously targeting weekly commuters. "Wizz Air's announcement of the launch of an unserviced route from Budapest is another big step for our positive start to 2022 for the airport. Filling a blank spot on our target map, especially while we are still away from the effects of the pandemic, is a testament to the ongoing solid relationship we have with our home airline and the continued hard work of everyone in Budapest," explains Balázs Bogáts, Head of Airline Development, Budapest Airport.

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Schauinsland-Reisen grants travel agencies in Saxony higher advertising cost subsidies

Granite Pireci 14 January 2022 18:02

The new Corona emergency ordinance has been in force in Saxony since today. It stipulates that travel agencies there can reopen. Schauinsland-Reisen's sales partners will receive higher advertising cost subsidies for the restart. Since the end of November, travel agencies in Saxony have not been allowed to receive customers in their business premises. The travel provider is now supporting its sales partners there with a special campaign: to mark today's reopening, travel agencies will receive higher advertising cost subsidies until the end of January. "Normally, we cover 50 percent of the advertising costs. We are now increasing this subsidy to 75 percent to support our sales partners in the reopening," says Sales Manager Detlef Schroer. The travel provider wants to show that the industry remains optimistic about the future despite the ongoing pandemic. "It is therefore a matter close to our hearts to offer our help to the affected colleagues in our sales offices," says Schauinsland-Reisen Regional Manager for the Central-East region, Sidney Anthony Kendricks. 

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Luxair won't be fooled by London City

Jan Gruber 14 January 2022 17:39

The airline Luxair does not want to lose its bread-and-butter route between Luxembourg and London City. The carrier is reacting to the announcement by competitor British Airways, which will send its subsidiary BA Cityflyer on this route, and is increasing the frequencies. Up to now, Luxair has operated the "shuttle service" between the two financial centers in a monopoly. BA Cityflyer will soon start this route with Embraer 170/190s, giving the current market leader serious competition. But Luxair is not going to let that happen and is increasing the London City route to up to five daily rotations as of March 1, 2022. While BA Cityflyer will fly with Embraer jets, Luxair will continue to rely on de Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft. The Luxembourg carrier even allows itself the expensive luxury of night stops at the inner-city airport of the British capital. Parking aircraft is particularly expensive here.

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Germany makes Austria and 35 other countries a high-risk area

Jan Gruber 14 January 2022 17:13

Once again, Germany has classified the Republic of Austria as a so-called Corona high-risk area. This classification was only lifted over the Christmas holidays. In addition to Austria, another 35 countries have received this negative designation. From January 16, 2022, the German Robert Koch Institute will consider the countries listed below as so-called high-risk areas. This is associated with an automatic travel warning, but more and more German tour operators are no longer recognizing this for free cancellations. The reclassification has no significant impact on vaccinated and recovered people, but unvaccinated people must be quarantined for ten days, but can test themselves free after five days at their own expense. Germany's additional high-risk areas: Albania Antigua and Barbuda Equatorial Guinea Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Burkina Faso Costa Rica The Dominican Republic Djibouti Eritrea France - the French overseas territory of St. Pierre and Miquelon Gambia Guinea-Bissau Guyana Colombia Latvia Liberia Madagascar The Netherlands - the overseas part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands St. Martin Niger North Macedonia Austria - with the exception of the municipalities of Mittelberg and Jungholz and the Rißtal in the municipal area of ​​Vomp and Eben am Achensee Peru The Philippines St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Serbia Somalia Suriname Chad The Central African Republic

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DTM: Despite the pandemic, around 40 percent more passengers than in 2020

Granite Pireci 14 January 2022 17:02

 Last year, a total of 1.692.960 passengers used Dortmund Airport. That was 39 percent more than in 2020. Due to the pandemic, the airport has not yet been able to match the passenger numbers of the record year 2019. At that time, around 2,7 million passengers started or ended their journey in Dortmund. "We are pleased that the airport was able to achieve figures like in the pre-crisis year of 2019 in the summer months. This means that the airport recovered particularly quickly from the corona-related slump in spring compared to the rest of Germany. Nevertheless, the low passenger numbers in spring could not be offset over the whole year," summarizes airport managing director Ludger van Bebber. In the winter months, passenger numbers fell again due to the emergence of the Omicron virus variant. Passenger numbers rose significantly again during the North Rhine-Westphalia Christmas holidays compared to the previous year. 108.696 passengers used Dortmund Airport to travel around the holidays. Overall, the number of passengers approached the figure for 2019. At that time, the airport recorded 115.122 passengers. In 2020, the number of passengers had plummeted to 29.076 due to the pandemic. "The holiday figures are encouraging. The development in the summer also shows that people want to travel more again. We hope that the pandemic situation will ease as quickly as possible so that we can soon return to more everyday life - including in the form of travel. We are pleased that we have already been able to significantly increase passenger numbers again this year," said airport boss Ludger van Bebber, looking confidently to the future. 2022 destinations in 53 countries have already been confirmed for the coming summer of 25. Dortmund Airport thus offers

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Delta expects a profitable year

Granite Pireci 14 January 2022 16:02

In the final quarter of 2021, the US airline had a turnover of just over 8,45 billion US dollars (the equivalent of just under 7,4 billion euros). Nevertheless, the red pen has to be used. Because the bottom line was a loss of 408 million dollars. Despite foreseeable losses due to the spread of the Omikron variant, Delta Air Lines wants to be profitable again from March. After a weak start to the year with the expected loss-making months of January and February, the company expects a good result for all subsequent quarters and a "significant profit" for the full year, said CFO Dan Janki in a press release. Around the Christmas holidays and New Year, Delta, like other airlines in the USA, had canceled several hundred flights. The reason was the spread of the Omikron variant of the coronavirus and bad weather. The former also had a drastic impact on the company's workforce, said CEO Ed Bastian. "Omikron is expected to delay the recovery in demand by 60 days," he said. Delta's flight operations have now returned to pre-Christmas levels. Bastian expects increased demand for travel, especially in spring and summer.

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Air Astana resumes flights from Almaty

Granite Pireci 14 January 2022 15:02

The state of emergency in Kazakhstan has affected the operations of the Air Astana Group. Between January 5 and 12, 2022, a total of 178 international and 621 domestic flights by Air Astana and FlyArystan had to be canceled. After air traffic in Nur-Sultan and other Kazakh airports was able to resume on January 7, 2022, flights to and from Almaty have also been taking place since yesterday. Since the resumption of international flight operations, more than 7.500 passengers have already been able to return to their home countries: on scheduled flights to Istanbul, Antalya, Dubai, Sharjah, Kyiv, Moscow, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Frankfurt, Tashkent and Kutaisi, as well as on special flights from the Maldives, Phuket, Colombo, Antalya, Tbilisi, Baku and Goa, according to the carrier. New rules for entering Kazakhstan New rules for entering the Republic of Kazakhstan will apply from tomorrow. Accordingly, both unvaccinated and vaccinated passengers must present a negative PCR test that must not be older than 72 hours at the time of entry into Kazakhstan. In addition, the PCR test result must be in English, Russian or Kazakh. These rules do not apply to children younger than five years. As before, these newly issued regulations will be checked in advance by the respective airlines. Air Astana emphasizes in this context: "Passengers who cannot present a negative PCR test will be denied entry to the aircraft."

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