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May 27

Tel Aviv Air: Business operations permanently ceased

Initially, the insolvent Tel Aviv Air GmbH said that it would no longer be able to offer flights until May 21, 2022 for "technical reasons". The date has passed and now it has had to announce that business operations had to be permanently suspended due to the insolvency. At first, they were still confident that new financiers could be found. That now seems to have been dashed, because the provisional insolvency administrator has ordered the suspension of business operations. Tel Aviv Air states, among other things: "We very much regret that we cannot operate any more flights. All flight bookings have been canceled. We cannot offer you any alternatives for the flight cancellation. We can no longer respond to customer inquiries." The company had to file for bankruptcy in May 2022 after only a few chartered flights. For all inquiries, reference is made to the insolvency administrator appointed by the local court. Customers who have bought tickets for charter flights from Tel Aviv Air can register them, but the likelihood of there being more than a measly quota is low. There are also government-set fees for registering claims. The insolvency administrator wants to write to all creditors, including customers whose tickets are now worthless, in the next few weeks. The letter will then contain all the information and a form that can be used to register the claim. Only then can this be done legally, which is why you have to wait for the letter from the insolvency administrator. If you believe that the bankrupt company does not know your contact details, you can give them to the insolvency administrator.

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FRA: Condor flies back to Halifax

The German holiday airline is flying again from Frankfurt to Halifax in Canada. Condor has already resumed several flight connections from Frankfurt in recent days and weeks. Now it's Halifax's turn: the connection to the eastern Canadian Atlantic province of Nova Scotia is in the flight schedule three times a week. A Boeing 767 aircraft with a three-class configuration takes off every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Around 240 guests were counted on board the first aircraft, which took off yesterday evening, as Condor announced in a press release.

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Martinique removes mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated people

Unvaccinated travelers who want to visit the French Caribbean island of Martinique no longer have to go into quarantine. The regulation only applies to entries from countries classified as green, which also include Austria and Germany. In addition to the lifting of the seven-day quarantine requirement for unvaccinated travelers, travelers who are not or not fully immunized no longer have to provide a valid reason for traveling to Martinique. The authorities justified the decision, which also applies to other French overseas territories with the exception of Wallis and Futuna, with a significantly improved pandemic situation and a decline in new admissions of corona patients to hospitals. Nevertheless, unvaccinated travelers must present a PCR or antigen test that is no more than 24 hours old when they travel. However, the test requirement upon boarding has been abolished for fully vaccinated or recovered travelers. Martinique is part of the Lesser Antilles and is located in the Caribbean. As an overseas department of France, the island belongs to the European Union and its official currency is the euro. Martinique can be reached from the European continent in eight to nine hours.

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Japan is allowing tour groups back into the country

Japan is allowing tourists back into the country, but only if it is a group trip. This was announced by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a speech. The country recently allowed travelers from four countries - Australia, Thailand, Singapore and the USA - to re-enter the country for pre-booked tours in a test phase. From June 10, entry will also be possible for around 100 other nations, as the Swiss travel portal About Travel reports. In June, the daily limit of people allowed to enter the country per day will also be raised to 20.000 and the quarantine regulations upon entry will be relaxed. Visitors entering from a blue country with a tour group are exempt from the testing requirement and quarantine upon arrival, regardless of vaccination status. The list of blue countries includes Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy and France. Group trips are carried out in a 'travel bubble'; depending on the organizer's guidelines, vaccination may be mandatory for participation in a trip. Depending on how the pandemic develops, the numbers will be gradually expanded. However, it will be some time before individual travelers are allowed to return to Japan, the Japanese cabinet said.

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Amsterdam airport overcrowded: KLM no longer sells plane tickets over the weekend

Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport is heavily overloaded: Passenger queues sometimes stretch out onto the street. The few staff members can barely keep up with the processing. For this reason, KLM has pulled the emergency brake - the airline is no longer accepting bookings for flights up to Sunday. The company has stopped selling tickets for all flights departing from Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam. The airline does not want to further exacerbate the impending travel chaos at its Amsterdam-Schiphol hub. The short-term booking stop initially applies to all flights up to and including Sunday, the airline announced in a press release on Thursday. Customers who have already booked trips for the next three days should be able to switch to other flights. Amsterdam-Schiphol is short of staff at every turn just before the peak travel season. Passengers and aircraft cannot be processed in time - long queues form at the security checkpoints. Passengers sometimes have to wait for hours to be processed through the terminals. Many of them have missed their flights as a result. Since April, KLM has already canceled dozens of flights because of this. After the massive job cuts due to the pandemic, the recruitment of new employees cannot keep pace with the expected travel boom.

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ADV: Easter holidays and summer flight schedules are bringing back nearly two-thirds of travelers

In April 2022, passenger volumes at airports recovered: Compared to the pre-crisis level, around two-thirds of the travelers from 2019 (-35,8 percent) were already registered. 13,6 million passengers used German airports. Compared to April 2021, the volume has increased almost sixfold (+499,1 percent). With 1,64 million domestic German passengers (+372,7 percent compared to 2021), demand was only 2019 percent compared to the pre-crisis year 41,9. In European traffic, the volume increased more than sixfold compared to 2021: The 9,68 million passengers represent an increase of +555,3 percent compared to the previous year. Compared to the pre-crisis level of 2019, this is almost three quarters of travelers again (71,3 percent). Intercontinental demand grew by +423,7 percent year-on-year to over 2,24 million passengers. Compared to April 2019, almost two thirds of travelers are transported (61,6 percent). "In April 2022, volume increased significantly in all traffic segments compared to previous months. The elimination of corona restrictions, relaxed entry regulations, the significantly expanded flight offer in the summer flight schedule and two weeks of intensive Easter travel stimulated passenger demand. In European and non-European traffic, well over half of the travelers were welcomed again. The comparison with the previous year in particular shows that air traffic is recovering. The lack of traffic to Russia and Ukraine is not particularly significant due to the low volume of these destinations," says the press release from the airport association ADV. Cargo volume: Last year's dynamic will not be achieved Air freight demand was also at a high level in April, but has lost momentum. At 423.701 tonnes, 50.000 tonnes were imported compared to March.

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Pentecost holidays: Stuttgart Airport expects a wave of travel

At the start of the Whitsun holidays in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart Airport is expecting significantly more passengers again. According to preliminary information, almost 4.000 flights are planned for the two holiday weeks after Whitsun (period Friday, June 03.06.2022rd, 19.06.2022 - Sunday, June 260th, 370). The busiest day at the start is the Friday before the start of the holidays with around 300 take-offs and landings. With around 2 connections, the Turkish coastal city of Antalya is the number one most popular destination this year, followed by Palma de Mallorca with almost 8 flights, the airport said in a press release. Good preparation is important for a relaxed start Travelers are advised to always have all required travel documents to hand at the airport. At peak times in the early morning and in the afternoon, more time is needed for check-in or at the security checks. Passengers should therefore be at the airport at least two hours before departure in order to start their holidays as relaxed as possible. Travelers should find out whether wearing a mask is mandatory on their flight or in their holiday destination. Wearing an FFP2,50 mask is still strongly recommended in the terminals. The state airport is easily accessible by public transport. Anyone who is driving to their departure airport should note the new Kiss & Fly rule in front of the terminal: you can park there for a maximum of 30 minutes free of charge. Alternatively, you can park in the immediate vicinity of the terminal for EUR 0 for XNUMX minutes. The first hour in parking lot PXNUMX is still free.

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Business figures: Zeitfracht with a significant increase in sales

The Zeitfracht Group, which also includes the airline German Airways and Rostock-Laage Airport, was able to increase sales from EUR 556,5 million to EUR 817,8 million last year. The operating result (EBITDA) rose from EUR 23,3 million to EUR 62,1 million. The EBITDA margin rose from 4,2 percent to 7,6 percent. The group of companies led by Wolfram Simon-Schröter attributes the improvement in the figures to organic growth, among other things, but also to the acquisition of Adler Modemärkte AG. "2021 was a satisfactory financial year for us, in which we were able to benefit from our solid and broadly diversified market positioning in all business areas. Our good result is due in particular to the great commitment of our employees, who continued to work intensively to optimize our internal procedures and processes," says Wolfram Simon-Schröter, Managing Director of Zeitfracht Logistik Holding. "For the current financial year and beyond, we will continue to work on the consistent implementation of our strategic goals, in particular the digitization of loading and tour planning as well as the constant horizontal and vertical integration of all business areas. Both require investments with which we can further develop our grown company in its structures, and it is important to us to involve our employees in this." In order to implement the strategic growth plans, the management of Zeitfracht Logistik is continuously examining financing options, which also include the raising of debt capital such as the issue of another bond.

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European Sleeper: Night train project put on hold

The night train between Brussels/Amsterdam and Prague via Berlin announced by the startup European Sleeper is on hold for an indefinite period of time. The company actually wanted to launch in summer 2022 in cooperation with the Czech railway company Regiojet. The new night train will run from Brussels to Prague via Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hanover, Berlin, Dresden, Bad Schandau, Decin and Usti nad Labem. Since European Sleeper is not a railway company itself, it is cooperating with the Czech rail and bus company Regiojet. However, the service cannot be launched as originally announced. The Dutch provider announced, without giving a new start date, that it will not launch in summer 2022 for the time being. The sale of tickets has also already been stopped. No further reasons were given as to why the ambitious night train project is on hold for the time being. The operational railway company Regiojet also did not want to comment further and referred to the customer European Sleeper, who remained silent.

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Linz: Tui is experiencing strong demand in Upper Austria

The tour operator Tui is once again offering numerous holiday flights from Linz-Hörsching. This year, the portfolio includes 19 weekly flights to five countries. The start of the season was brought forward to May 1, 2022. The first trips were to Hurghada. On May 14 and 15, 2022, the Greek destinations Rhodes and Heraklion were added. A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operated by European Air Charter is again stationed in Linz. As part of the rotations, it will also be used again from Graz Airport this year. According to its own information, the tour operator Tui is experiencing particularly strong demand from Upper Austria. Among other things, it is citing the results of a customer survey it conducted itself. According to this, around 55 percent of Upper Austrian Tui guests want to travel at least twice this summer. According to Tui, booking numbers on the classic holiday routes in the Mediterranean region are expected to be above the level seen in 2019. However, the tour operator did not provide any detailed figures. Tui is offering the following destinations from Linz in summer 2022: Heraklion - five weekly flights Rhodes - five weekly flights Karpathos/Kos - one weekly flight Corfu - one weekly flight Hurghada - two weekly flights Palma de Mallorca - two weekly flights Burgas - one weekly flight Antalya - two weekly flights Larnaka - two weekly flights during the autumn holidays

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