March 7, 2022

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March 7, 2022

Ireland: Entry without proof of CoV

Since yesterday, holidaymakers who want to enter Ireland no longer have to present corona travel documents. This means that there is no longer any obligation to prove that they have been fully vaccinated, recovered or tested negative for COVID-19. The Passenger Locator Form, the entry form for Ireland, also no longer has to be presented. Since no testing requirements need to be met upon arrival, entry into Ireland is now possible again as it was before the corona pandemic. An identity card or a temporary identity card is sufficient for entry. Anyone who develops cold symptoms should still be tested for infection with the coronavirus and isolate themselves until they receive the result. This is reported by Check24. If the test is positive, those affected must go into quarantine for seven days. In addition, the Irish government advises all people who have tested positive for the coronavirus to wear a medical mouth and nose mask or an FFP2 mask in public for three days after quarantine.

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Maldives: No more compulsory PCR tests for vaccinated people

Holidays in the Maldives will be easier for vaccinated people, as the PCR test requirement that applies to everyone has already been abolished. This means that only travelers who are not fully vaccinated must present a PCR test upon entry - no more than 96 hours old upon departure. This regulation also applies to children over one year old if they do not have vaccination protection, as rnd.de reports. People who have been vaccinated with a vaccine approved in the Maldives or by the WHO from the 15th day after the second vaccination are considered fully vaccinated. Booster vaccinations are not planned; with Johnson & Johnson, a single dose is sufficient for complete vaccination protection. Previously, tourists also had to present a negative PCR test if they visited an island inhabited by locals. The test when leaving the respective island is also no longer required.

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Qatar Airways returns to Sarajevo

Qatar Airways has announced the resumption of flights between Doha and Sarajevo from June 3, 2022. This marks the airline's return to the Bosnian capital after more than two years of pandemic-related hiatus. The Gulf carrier suspended flights to Sarajevo at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Although connections to Belgrade and Zagreb have since been reinstated in the flight schedule, Skopje and Sarajevo have been left out. No exact date has yet been given for the return of flights to the North Macedonian capital. The airline will fly to Sarajevo Airport three times a week - every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. This means that the frequency is almost at pre-crisis levels, as the airline operated four weekly flights on the route. An Airbus A320 aircraft will be used. This is reported by Ex-Yu-Aviation.

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FACC loses in court: Judgment is final

The Innviertel-based aircraft supplier will not receive any money in the damages lawsuit for a fraud case worth millions against a former board member. In 2019, the Ried Regional Court dismissed a claim for 10 million euros, and the Supreme Court (OGH) confirmed the judgment. In December 2021, the case in Ried again concerned the extension of the claim to 43 million euros, which was rejected on the last day of the trial, and thus 33 million euros that were not included in the initial judgment. The judge also dismissed the remaining claim on the grounds that the 2019 judgment was binding. FACC had allowed the appeal period against the written judgment to expire, the "OÖNachrichten" reported on Saturday, citing the company. It is therefore legally binding. At the end of 2015, FACC transferred 54 million euros in a "fake president fraud". Fraudsters had sent emails to a financial accounting employee, giving the impression that the board had given the order for the transfer. Only 10 million euros could still be frozen in a foreign account. After the fraud was discovered, the CFO and the company CEO were fired. FACC sued the former boss. The court, however, concluded that the former board had not violated his duty of care. A case at the labor court in Ried, in which the former board is taking action against FACC, is still pending, the newspaper said. It concerns employment law claims as a result of his dismissal, which the former board believes was unjustified.

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Wizz base Vienna shrinks to four aircraft: crews can switch to other bases

The 2022 summer flight schedule of the low-cost airline Wizz Air at Vienna-Schwechat Airport will be significantly smaller than previously announced. The carrier confirmed to Aviation.Direct that it will withdraw two aircraft. The staff will be offered alternative jobs at other bases. Shortly before Christmas 2021, it was announced that Wizz Air would permanently cancel twelve destinations from Vienna-Schwechat. Other destinations were secretly canceled, such as Milan-Malpensa. Last Friday, Aviation.Direct reported that the low-cost airline is canceling a further 15 destinations from Vienna-Schwechat. These include holiday destinations such as Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes and Heraklion. Wizz Air no longer denies the fact that it is significantly reducing its presence at Vienna-Schwechat Airport. The base will be reduced to four aircraft. Originally, six to seven aircraft were planned for the 2022 summer flight schedule. However, this will not happen. A company spokeswoman told Aviation.Direct: "We are constantly evaluating the Wizz Air network to ensure that our operations are in line with customer demand and remain economically viable. As a result, capacity is being adjusted and four aircraft will be stationed at the Vienna base next summer. Two of the aircraft currently stationed at the Vienna base will be deployed at other bases in the Wizz Air network next summer." The company did not answer the question of whether, in view of the repeated "cancellations", alternative destinations, i.e. "replacement routes" from Vienna-Schwechat, would be added. However, they did talk about the flying personnel stationed in Austria. Due to the reduction in the number of stationed aircraft, the Wizz Air Vienna base requires significantly fewer pilots and flight attendants. A spokeswoman explains their future as follows: "Our colleagues in the cabin and

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Verdi and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG reach collective bargaining agreement

The Verdi union and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG were able to reach a collective agreement on Friday evening after three rounds of negotiations. This includes, among other things, that employees will receive a Corona bonus of 2022 euros in March 700. In addition, wages will be increased by seven percent over a period of 24 months. The previously separate wage and remuneration groups are to be merged next year. For the 24-hour emergency service of the plant fire brigades in Dresden and Leipzig/Halle, there will in future be an option model consisting of a shift work allowance and an additional time allowance. In addition, employees in the three-shift system will receive a large shift allowance. "The negotiations were particularly challenging this time because we had to take various developments into account. These include the effects of the Corona pandemic, a strong development of the freight business in Leipzig/Halle and also the uncertainty caused by the current situation in Ukraine," said Dieter Köhler, chief negotiator for MDF AG. "It will require every effort to present the collective agreement in an economically viable manner. However, we are showing that we value the commitment of our employees, which makes our success possible in the first place.” Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG is the owner of the Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports.

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Hamburg: Enter Air took off for Tel Aviv Air for the first time

On Sunday, the Polish airline Enter Air operated the first flight from Hamburg to Tel Aviv on behalf of Tel Aviv Air. In future, two weekly rotations will be carried out, on Thursdays and Sundays. Contrary to what the name would suggest, Tel Aviv Air is not an airline, but a start-up that markets charter flights on its own account. The flights are operated by the Polish airline Enter Air using Boeing 737s. "The route from Hamburg to Tel Aviv closes a gap in Hamburg's route network. Anyone who wants to visit family and friends or explore the country can get to the Israeli city on the Mediterranean quickly and conveniently. The direct connection also promotes cultural and economic exchange between the metropolises. We are all the more pleased that Tel Aviv is once again connected non-stop to northern Germany," says Gesa Zaremba, Head of Airline & Traffic Development at Hamburg Airport. Behind Tel Aviv Air are Hamburg travel agency owner Shlomo Almagor and Paul Scodellaro, former head of sales at the airline Germania. Paul Scodellaro had already successfully set up the route to Tel Aviv for Germania. "We know the country, the route and our potential customers," Scodellaro sums up the founders' experience. "Our most important target groups are business travelers, vacationers in Israel, travel groups and ethnic travelers who will save five hours of flight time from Hamburg from today," says Paul Scodellaro, founder and managing director of Tel Aviv Air.

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Malta MedAir: A320 arrived for Medsky charter

Libyan newcomer Medsky already has two Airbus A320s in its fleet. The current M-ABNR was brought to Aviation Cosmetics Malta's hangar on February 18, 2022 and repainted in Medsky's colours. The Airbus A320 will be flown by Maltese charter operator Malta MedAir on behalf of the Libyan paper airline. Medsky intends to offer a twice-weekly service between Malta and Misurata, with the airline scheduled to commence operations in late March 2022. Medsky Airways' chairman is Abubaker Elfortia, who has extensive business interests. With 5A-registered aircraft still blacklisted, the connection with Malta MedAir will enable direct flights from Misurata to continental Europe without the need for stopovers in Istanbul, Cairo or Tunisia. This post was written by: Chris Cauchi / MAviO News

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From May 2022: Air Baltic will fly two A220s for Eurowings Discover

From May 2022, the Latvian airline Air Baltic will fly two Airbus A220-300s on behalf of Eurowings Discover under a wet lease agreement. The two medium-haul jets will be stationed at Munich Airport, a spokeswoman confirmed to Aviation.Direct. The agreement between the two airlines is initially limited to October 2022. A media officer from Eurowings Discover told Aviation.Direct: "We can confirm that Air Baltic will be operating two aircraft for Eurowings Discover next summer under a wet lease. The two Airbus 220s will be used on short and medium-haul routes from Munich from May to October. The two aircraft will be used in addition to be able to respond to the expected demand in the summer. As planned, Eurowings Discover's fleet will grow to 21 aircraft over the course of the year, with five Airbus 320s then being stationed in Munich." The sister company Eurowings is also relying on Air Baltic's wet lease services in the 2022 summer flight schedule. Five Airbus A220s will be used from Düsseldorf. Avion Express will also operate seven A320s from Stuttgart and three from the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia for Eurowings. Air Baltic will continue to fly two A2021s from Stuttgart for Eurowings until the end of the 22/220 winter flight schedule period.

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Credit card and GDS providers exclude Russian airlines

It is becoming increasingly difficult for Russian airlines to sell tickets because the major credit card companies, including Visa, Mastercard and American Express, are ceasing their services in the Russian Federation. In addition, the main GDS operators Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre are also ending their cooperation. Normally, booking airline tickets is very simple: select the desired route, enter a few details, enter your credit or debit card number and the ticket is bought. Russian providers such as Aeroflot must now look for alternatives because the major credit card providers are ceasing their services in Russia. This also hits normal private customers hard because most banks in Russia issue debit Mastercard or debit Visa as ATM cards. There is also a national system called Mir, but this has not yet been rolled out across the board and only works in a very few countries abroad. Mir was launched in the wake of the sanctions imposed in 2014. Sberbank, among others, announced that payments and cash withdrawals at ATMs are currently only possible with cards that display this logo, and almost exclusively in Russia. Similar to the German isolated solution Girocard, online payments with Mir are currently only possible to a very limited extent. Up to now, co-branding, for example the combination of Mir and debit Visa, has also been common. In Russia, work is being carried out in a real hurry on a solution that will enable online payments with the national system. For airlines, this is only an option for domestic sales, but internationally there is a problem. Aeroflot and S7 Airlines, among others, fly with this logo to

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