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February 22, 2022

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February 22, 2022

Frankfurt: Condor takes on Johannesburg

Amely Mizzi 22. February 2022 19:36

The German holiday airline Condor plans to offer a total of 2022 long-haul destinations in the 23/21 winter flight schedule. Johannesburg is a new destination from Frankfurt am Main, which will be served every Monday and Friday. In addition, connections to New York, Toronto, Los Angeles and Seattle will continue in winter with a total of twelve weekly flights from Frankfurt. In addition to Africa and North America, the Caribbean is also strongly represented again: Mexico, Cuba and Jamaica are also in the program, as are the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Tobago. The program also includes destinations in the Indian Ocean such as the Seychelles, Maldives and Mauritius. According to Condor, further destinations and departure airports for additional routes in winter 22/23 are currently being examined. Overview of Condor long-haul flights from Frankfurt, from November 1, 2022: Cape Town, South Africa: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Cancún, Mexico: Daily Grenada: Sunday Havana, Cuba: Monday, Thursday Holguin, Cuba: Wednesday, Sunday New York (JFK), USA: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Johannesburg, South Africa: Monday, Friday Los Angeles, USA: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday Mombasa, Kenya: Friday, Sunday Montego Bay, Jamaica: Wednesday, Sunday Male, Maldives: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Mauritius: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic: Wednesday, Sunday Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: Daily Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Wednesday, Sunday Seattle, USA: Monday, Thursday, Saturday Seychelles: Friday Tobago: Sunday Varadero, Cuba: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday Toronto, Canada: Wednesday, Sunday Zanzibar, Tanzania: Friday, Sunday

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UFO criticizes the AOC relocation of the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings Europe

Granite Pireci 22. February 2022 19:02

The cabin crew union Independent Flight Attendants Organisation (UFO) criticises the Lufthansa Group's decision to relocate Eurowings Europe to Malta. "We suspect that the group is trying to copy Ryanair's tax avoidance strategies. You would think that after being rescued by the state crisis package, the Lufthansa Group should show that it stands for fair competition and working conditions," said Anja Bronstert, deputy chairwoman of UFO. The employer Eurowings Europe informed employees in an internal letter that this step to relocate operations abroad was merely to avoid double taxation and would have no impact on working conditions. "For Eurowings Europe employees working in Germany, who have been confronted with closure plans for more than two years, such news is a slap in the face," Bronstert continued. Last week, an internal company circular stated that employees would be allowed to continue working at their current base in Munich until the end of the summer flight schedule. However, the future prospects were left open. "There are many signs that the company will close. Employees fear that they will have to give it their all again in the highly productive summer and then leave," explains UFO tariff officer Maximilian Kampka. Eurowings Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and initially benefited primarily from the lack of tariffs.

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Edelweiss flies to Pisa and Ponta Delgada this summer

Granite Pireci 22. February 2022 18:03

Edelweiss is expanding its offering in summer 2022 with two new holiday destinations. From June 3, 2022, the Swiss holiday airline will now fly directly from Zurich to Pisa in Italy every Tuesday and Friday. In addition, from July 11, 2022, there will also be direct flights from Zurich to Ponta Delgada in the Azores every Monday. With the new holiday destinations, Edelweiss will be offering 59 destinations in 19 countries on short and medium-haul routes and 19 destinations in 13 countries on long-haul routes this summer. The Edelweiss fleet consists of four Airbus A340-313s for long-haul routes and ten Airbus A320s for short and medium-haul routes. If necessary, the carrier can also rely on the help of its sister company Swiss, which can provide various aircraft types including crew.

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Wizz Air, Ryanair and AUA continue to fly to Ukraine

Jan Gruber 22. February 2022 17:32

The airlines Wizz Air, Austrian Airlines and Ryanair want to maintain their flights to Ukraine until further notice. In some cases, these are only offered on a reduced scale, as AUA is temporarily no longer flying to Kyiv-Borispil and Odessa. Ryanair has already canceled Kherson and Kharkiv. A spokeswoman for Wizz Air explained when asked: "Wizz Air continues to monitor the situation in Ukraine closely. We have currently made no changes to our flight schedule and all of our flights to and from Ukraine will continue to operate as usual. All passengers with booked flights to and from Ukraine are advised to check their email accounts regularly for further information on the booked flights." Competitor Austrian Airlines currently only serves Lviv in Ukraine. This will also remain temporary, according to a spokeswoman: "Due to the current situation, flights to Kyiv-Borispil and Odessa are currently suspended. No further restrictions on our flights are known." Ryanair currently plans to continue flying to Ukraine, apart from Kherson and Kharkiv. A media spokesperson said: "We are still flying, but we are keeping an eye on further developments around the clock and will react at short notice if necessary." It was also pointed out that Ukraine has not issued a NOTAM and that EASA has still not issued any recommendations to airlines and pilots.

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Skopje Airport has a good start to the new year

Granite Pireci 22. February 2022 17:04

Skopje Airport welcomed 112.895 passengers in the first month of the year, doubling its result from last year. With these figures, the airport has now reached 74 percent of its pre-pandemic traffic volume, as reported by Ex-Yu Aviation. The number of flight movements was 954, an increase from 601 last year, but still a decrease of 28,2 percent and 23,3 percent compared to January 2020 and 2019 respectively. Skopje Airport will be in operation 24 hours a day before the fifty-day runway maintenance work begins from March 28 to May 16, 2022. During this period, air traffic can only be maintained in a limited form. Airlines will have to adjust flight times, as the airport can only be served from 17:30 p.m. to 09:00 a.m. the following day. Austrian Airlines, for example, will not take off from VIE at 12:40 as usual during these weeks, but at 16:05.

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The supervisory board appoints Annette Mann as the new AUA boss

Jan Gruber 22. February 2022 16:33

The Supervisory Board of Austrian Airlines has officially appointed Lufthansa manager Annette Mann as the new General Director. She will take up her post on March 1, 2022. CCO Michael Trestl and COO Francesco Sciortino will remain on the Executive Board. The latter two managers are currently acting ad interim as equal CEOs, as Alexis von Hoensbroech has left the company and has since started his new job at the Canadian company Westjet. Annette Mann will also take over the financial fortunes of Austrian Airlines. The previous division of agendas will thus be maintained and the CEO will also be responsible for finance. Incidentally, Mann is the first woman in AUA's history to head the carrier. The six members of the Supervisory Board would like to thank the two Executive Board members Michael Trestl and Francesco Sciortino for the smooth transition period. Supervisory Board Chairwoman Christina Foerster: “Michael Trestl and Francesco Sciortino have managed the company excellently during this phase too, despite the ongoing pandemic. This means that all the conditions are in place for Annette Mann to have a good start. With Annette Mann, Austrian Airlines has a top manager with broad expertise at its helm. We are certain that together with the Austrian team and soon with more passengers on board, the upturn will be a success and we look forward to working together!”

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Tui Austria: Airports in popular destinations are already scarce

Granite Pireci 22. February 2022 16:03

Easter holiday time is travel time, and this is also reflected in the current booking figures: the flights to the popular medium-haul destinations are almost fully booked. On medium-haul routes, Hurghada is currently ahead of Mallorca and the Canary Islands, while on long-haul routes Dubai is ahead, followed by the Maldives and Mexico - this is the current booking ranking at Tui Austria. Due to the high demand for trips to the Red Sea, a second additional Easter flight with Austrian Airlines from April 9 to 16, 2022 from Vienna to Hurghada was added to the original flight program. Despite the increase in medium-haul airspace, some destinations will be tight during the Easter holidays. "We can see that the main holiday dates are again in high demand this year," says a delighted David Szabo, Head of Operations at Tui Austria. "We are even seeing a strong volume of bookings for the autumn holidays at the end of October. We have reacted accordingly and have already increased the number of seats to Cyprus and Hurghada by 2.000." For the Easter holidays, there are currently seats available on the additional flight to Hurghada from Vienna on April 9, as well as remaining seats with departures from April 8 to 11 to Crete, Antalya, Mallorca, Cyprus and the Canary Islands. Tui guests from Salzburg can still choose between Sardinia (Olbia), Mallorca and Gran Canaria, and there are still seats available to Mallorca from Linz.

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Also in the DA-CH region: Air Canada announces a big comeback

Amely Mizzi 22. February 2022 15:39

Canadian Star Alliance member Air Canada announces that the flight connection between Toronto and Vienna will be reactivated effective March 26, 2022. The carrier will gradually resume flights to a whole range of destinations from March 1, 2022. Routes to Zurich and Frankfurt will also be served again. The following destinations will be reactivated from Toronto: Tel Aviv (March 1, 2022), Paris-Charles de Gaulle (March 2, 2022), Amsterdam (March 2, 2022), Lisbon (March 26, 2022), Vienna (March 26, 2022), Athens (March 27, 2022), Rome-Fiumicino (March 27, 2022), Venice (April 15, 2022), Tokyo (April 27, 2022), Copenhagen (May 2, 2022), Budapest (May 3, 2022), Barcelona (May 4, 2022), Madrid (May 19, 2022), Edinburgh (May 30, 2022), Manchester (May 30, 2022), and Keflavik (June 1, 2022). From Vancouver, Air Canada will fly to Frankfurt am Main again from May 1, 2022. Dublin is to be reactivated on June 1, 2022. Zurich will be back in the program from June 17, 2022. From April 30, 2022, the carrier plans to fly from Halifax to London Heathrow again. Air Canada also plans to reactivate numerous routes from Montreal. The destinations are: Rome (26 March 2022), Lisbon (27 March 2022), Athens (28 March 2022), Venice (16 April 2022), Tel Aviv (1 May 2022), Cairo (3 May 2022), Casablanca (4 May 2022), Barcelona (6 May 2022), Nice (12 May 2022), Milan-Malpensa (21 May 2022), Keflavik (2 June 2022), Dublin (2 June 2022), Tokyo (4 June 2022) and Algiers (8 June 2022). “This is very exciting news

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Lufthansa brings German Olympic team back home

Granite Pireci 22. February 2022 15:02

Back home: The last athletes of the successful Team D (a total of 725 medals) arrived in Germany on Monday with Lufthansa flight LH27. At 15:45 p.m., the Boeing 747-8 with the registration D-ABYA and the name "Brandenburg" landed at Frankfurt Airport. Around 50 athletes with their gold, silver and bronze medals were on board this flight from Beijing, including the successful bobsleigh pilots around double Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich as well as Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl, who won silver in the cross-country women's relay and gold in the sprint relay. Due to the Corona rules, the athletes, whose competitions had already ended in the first week, left after their competitions. In total, Lufthansa transported 605 athletes and their support teams to the Olympic Games and back.

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Cockpit Association mourns the loss of Gail Halvorsen

Granite Pireci 22. February 2022 14:03

It is with deep sadness that the Cockpit Association bids farewell to one of the most famous pilots of the Berlin Airlift, Colonel Gail Halvorsen. He was 101 years old. "We bow to Gail Halvorsen. With him we bid farewell to one of the great pilots who was closely associated with the Cockpit Association. His actions are still an example of reconciliation and international understanding. We will miss him," said VC President Stefan Herth. Gail Halvorsen actively supported the Cockpit Association in bringing the world conference of international pilot associations to Berlin for the 70th anniversary of the airlift. The conference, with participants from over a hundred countries, was named "Building Bridges" in his spirit. As a pilot of the airlift, Colonel Halvorsen was the first to start dropping candy on parachutes made of handkerchiefs for Berlin children during the approach to Berlin. His action soon led to "Operation Little Vittles", in which over 1948 tons of sweets were dropped over Berlin between September 1949 and May 23. Halvorsen was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and was, among other things, commander of the 7350th Air Base Group at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport.

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