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January 19, 2023

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January 19, 2023

In the A350: Emirates wants to offer WiFi from Inmarsat

Amely Mizzi 19 January 2023 19:34

Gulf carrier Emirates Airline plans to offer high-speed Wi-Fi internet in 50 Airbus A350s from next year. It is relying on Inmarsat's Global Xpress (GX) satellite network. According to the airline, it is the first customer. Emirates has also improved connectivity for Skywards members. This includes free internet access throughout the flight for all Skywards Gold or Silver members travelling in Business or First Class, as well as for Platinum members travelling in any cabin class. The GX network currently consists of five Ka-band satellites and is to be expanded further with seven more satellite payloads. Three more satellites will follow to provide more speed, capacity and reliability, as well as two to enable the world's only commercial mobile broadband service for aircraft flying at higher altitudes and over the Arctic.

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Summer 2023: Wizz Air launches numerous Turkey routes

Jan Gruber 19 January 2023 19:02

The low-cost airline Wizz Air is increasingly focusing on flights to Turkey in the summer of 2023. Flights to Istanbul and/or Antalya will be launched from London, Budapest, Iasi, Cluj and Budapest, among others. In the Bosporus metropolis, Wizz Air will not use Sabiha Gökçen, which is very popular with low-cost airlines, but the much larger Istanbul-New Airport (IST). From London Gatwick, Wizz Air UK plans to fly to Antalya and Dalaman four times a week in the 2023 summer flight schedule. Istanbul will be flown to daily. This destination will also be offered at the same frequency from Luton. The company also plans to fly to Istanbul from Budapest and Iasi. Seven rotations per week are planned from the Hungarian capital and three from Iasa. From Cluj, Bucharest, Budapest, Abu Dhabi and Debrecen, the company plans to set course for Antalya in the summer of 2023. With the exception of Debrecen and Cluj (two rotations per week), three rotations per week are planned.

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Binter Canaris records Las Palmas-Granada

Amely Mizzi 19 January 2023 18:37

The Spanish airline Binter Canaris is launching a non-stop connection between Las Palmas and Granada in the 2023 summer flight schedule. This will initially be operated twice a week with Embraer E195-E2. The first flight is scheduled for March 27, 2023. The flights are scheduled to take place on Mondays and Thursdays. Binter Canaris specializes in connecting the Canary Islands with the mainland, but also the Balearic Islands. Aviation.Direct has provided a portrait of the carrier in the Trip Reports section at this link.

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Paderborn reports 502.629 passengers

Jan Gruber 19 January 2023 18:01

The German airport Paderborn/Lippstadt was used by 2022 passengers in 502.629. This represents a significant increase compared to 2021, when there were 129.292 travelers. The airport's supervisory board is pleased with the work of the management and is of the opinion that it has succeeded in making Paderborn/Lippstadt airport an attractive location for airlines. Among other things, the low-cost airline Ryanair was brought on board. Aida will soon have charter flights operated by Air Nostrum to Palma de Mallorca. However, the ticket seller Green Airlines, which has since disappeared from the market, was more of a failure.

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Korean Air reactivates Prague, Madrid, Istanbul and Zurich

Jan Gruber 19 January 2023 17:02

The airline Korean Air will reactivate four more European routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule. These are Prague, Istanbul, Madrid and Zurich, each of which will be served from Seoul. The first connection will be to the Czech capital, which will initially be served three times a week from March 26, 2023. As of June 1, 2023, Korean Air plans to increase this to four rotations per week. From March 28, 2023, the flight will fly to Zurich-Kloten three times a week. From April 24, 2023, flights to Istanbul will initially be three times a week. From June 1, 2023, this route will be served five times a week. Korean Air plans to connect Madrid with Seoul from April 25, 2023. Three rotations per week are initially planned on this route, which will be reactivated.

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Emirates flies to China more often

Granite Pireci 19 January 2023 16:06

Emirates is increasing its flight business to China: The carrier currently flies four times a week from Dubai to Guangzhou, and two more destinations are now to be added. Flights to Shanghai and Beijing will be resumed. From January 20, 2023, the Gulf airline will fly two weekly flights with an Airbus A380 from Dubai to Shanghai with a short stopover in Bangkok. The return journey will be direct. This service will be increased to four weekly flights with a three-class Boeing 2-2023ER from February 777, 300, and will fly nonstop daily from March 1. With a Boeing 777-300ER, Emirates will fly to the Chinese capital Beijing again with a daily nonstop flight from Dubai from March 15, 2023. The route to Guangzhou will also be increased from February 1, 2023. This will then fly nonstop daily with an Airbus A380. In addition, the airline will increase frequencies to Hong Kong with a daily non-stop flight from March 29, 2023, in addition to the existing daily flight from Dubai to the Chinese Special Administrative Region via Bangkok, increasing the airline's offering in this market to up to 14 weekly flights. 

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Air Serbia with more passengers

Granite Pireci 19 January 2023 15:02

After two difficult years for commercial aviation, Serbia's national airline has made significant progress in the past year. In 2022, it carried a total of 2,76 million passengers on scheduled and charter flights, an increase of 73 percent compared to the previous year. The carrier operated a total of 31.420 flights from three international airports in Serbia - its hub in Belgrade and the airports in Niš and Kraljevo - in the past year. This represents an increase of 60 percent compared to 2021. Air Serbia's average load factor was 72 percent. In 2022, Air Serbia expanded its route network by 15 new destinations and strengthened its fleet with seven new aircraft. In November, the long-haul fleet received its second wide-body aircraft, the Airbus A330-200 bearing the image of the famous Serbian scientist and inventor Mihajlo Pupin. In addition, the fleet was expanded to include another Airbus A319 and an Airbus A320, while four new ATR 72-600s complement the regional fleet.

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Air Baltic carried more than three million passengers in 2022

Granite Pireci 19 January 2023 14:04

Last year, the Latvian national airline carried 3,342 million passengers - 105 percent more than in 2021. In 2022, Air Baltic operated 37.300 flights - 59 percent more than the year before. In the pre-pandemic year of 2019, however, the airline had carried 5,0 million guests. In the past year, the airline achieved a number of milestones, the carrier said in a press release. For example, it opened a new base in Tampere, opened new routes (Marrakech, Gran Canaria and Batumi), added the 39th Airbus A220-300 to its fleet and welcomed the 50 millionth passenger. "We are looking to 2023 full of strength, ideas and determination, and our core goals remain the same: We want to ensure the best connection between the Baltics and the world, offer passengers a better experience and make a significant contribution to the economy. This year we will expand and introduce 18 new routes from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius and offer a total of up to 70 direct connections,” said airline boss Martin Gauss.

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Scoot Airline abandons passengers in India

Granite Pireci 19 January 2023 13:04

In India, a plane took off several hours before its scheduled departure time, leaving 35 passengers behind at the airport. The plane, operated by the Singaporean budget airline Scoot Airline, was supposed to fly from the city of Amritsar to Singapore at 19.55:15.00 p.m. yesterday, but instead it took off at 30:54 p.m., it was reported. The Indian Civil Aviation Authority announced an investigation today following a protest by these passengers. According to the airline, all passengers were informed of the changed departure time by email, reported the Indian news agency ANI. An airport employee said, however, that a travel agency that had booked tickets for a group of XNUMX people did not inform them of the change. Just last week, a plane took off in India while XNUMX passengers were still in a bus to the plane. Only their suitcases made it onto the domestic flight from Bengaluru to Delhi.

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Klagenfurt: Liliair will be selling flight tickets from March 2023

Jan Gruber 19 January 2023 11:01

In March 2023, Liliair plans to start selling tickets for the announced routes from Klagenfurt to Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg. The flights will be operated by the Maltese Mesa subsidiary Flite. In cooperation with various platforms, the airline also wants to make it possible to book connecting flights from Klagenfurt. According to the company, the slot allocation is currently being finalized.

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