The German airline Lufthansa will resume flights between Frankfurt and Hyderabad. Flights on this route will begin on January 16, 2024. Lufthansa plans to resume flights between Frankfurt and Hyderabad in the future. Flights on this route will begin on January 16, 2024, three times a week.
The Russian airline Aeroflot is planning to resume flights to Cuba. The airline will operate two weekly flights to Vandero. Aeroflot wants to offer and operate flights to Cuba again in the future and this is now set to become a reality: From July 1, 2023, the airline will fly to the city of Vandero from its departure airport in Moscow. The airline will operate this route with two weekly flights, as confirmed by the Aeroroutes portal.
The Latvian national ice hockey team's first ever semi-final appearance has led to special flights between Riga and Tampere. They have been running in two locations simultaneously since May 12, 2023. The 86th IIHF World Championship will take place this year in both the Latvian capital Riga and Tampere, Finland. Two cities in which the airline Air Baltic also has locations. After the Latvian national team made it to the semi-finals for the first time ever yesterday evening with a completely surprising 3-1 win against Sweden, Air Baltic announced today that there will be spontaneous special flights between the two locations. In addition to the regular aircraft BT357, flight BT4 will take off tomorrow morning at 00:3357 local time from Riga to Tampere, Finland. Flight BT6 will follow at 00:1357 local time and will reach Tampere at 7:00. Both flights will be operated with Air Baltic's own A220 aircraft. As the special flights were quickly booked out, the carrier announced that more would be offered. The German national ice hockey team coached by Harold Kreis also moved into the semi-finals yesterday after a confident 3:1 victory against Switzerland, which advanced to the quarter-finals as leaders of Group B after the group phase. However, there they will face the USA, a team with clear title ambitions, home of the best ice hockey league in the world, the NHL. The Latvian team also faces a particularly tough opponent in Canada. The North Americans reached the round of the last four with a 4:1 victory against the current world champions Finland, thus ending the Finnish team's title defence early. Both the Air Baltic
The South Korean airline Asiana Airlines reported an incident on board a flight after which nine people had to be taken to hospital. A passenger opened one of the aircraft doors, which caused breathing problems for numerous passengers. Asiana Airlines reported an incident on board a flight, flight OZ8124 from Jeju to Daegu in South Korea on Friday May 26 was still able to land safely. On board the flight, a passenger opened the plane's emergency door, which caused breathing problems for nine people. They had to be taken to hospital after landing. The passenger who caused the incident was arrested, as the portal Simple Flying explains.
Under the guise of "climate protection", a ban on domestic flights has come into force in France, which is intended to take effect whenever there is a reasonably acceptable alternative by rail. For the time being, only three routes are affected, but these have been discontinued for over three years. As part of the state aid granted to Air France-KLM, the French government believed that a ban on certain domestic flights must be enforced at the same time. However, this does not only affect the group of companies mentioned, but all carriers. The ban that has now come into force prohibits domestic flights if there is an alternative by rail with a maximum travel time of 2,5 hours. This means that for the time being only three routes are affected. However, these have been discontinued for over three years for economic reasons. These are the destinations Bordeaux, Lyon and Nantes from Paris-Orly.
The Italian airline Ita Airways is currently reporting on success, as it was announced on Thursday that Lufthansa would initially take over 41 percent and on Friday, May 26, 2023, the first Airbus A330-900 was delivered. It is a leased aircraft that was purchased directly from the Toulouse factory via the Air Lease Corporation. Since this is the first delivery of the type to Ita Airways, there was a small celebration at the headquarters of the European aircraft manufacturer. Ita Airways currently operates 68 aircraft from Airbus. These are four A220s, 50 aircraft from the A320 series, eight A330-200s and six A350-900s. Ita Airways' A330neo, named Gelindo Bordin in memory of the Italian Olympic marathon champion, has a three-class cabin layout designed by renowned designer Walter De Silva. It has 30 business class seats with full reclining area, 24 premium seats and 237 latest generation economy class seats, 36 of which are for comfort economy. All seats will be equipped with on-demand video and audio content, as well as WiFi connectivity and individually customizable mood lighting throughout the cabin. Ita Airways is the successor company to Alitalia. After a long tender and sales process, it was announced on Thursday that Lufthansa will initially take over 41 percent. The Kranich Group also has the option of buying the Italian carrier completely from the state at a later date. Ita Airways also owns the Alitalia brand, which was secured in a covert operation shortly before the first flight.
Klagenfurt Airport is currently going through extremely turbulent times, because just a few days ago it was not possible to pay the employees' wages, the public sector became the majority owner again due to the fact that Lilihill did not participate in the capital increase, and politicians have decided that the call option will be exercised and that the airport will once again be fully owned by the city of Klagenfurt and the state of Carinthia. A first flight report from the state capital is almost "unspectacular". According to the company's own information, Klagenfurt Airport has been used by around 55.000 passengers since the beginning of the year. A few more are to be added on the charter flights organized by Springer Reisen. On Friday, May 26, 2023, the first flight of the charter chain to Skiathos was launched. Paros follows on Saturday. The operational implementation is carried out by the German airline Avanti Air with de Havilland Dash 8-400. The turboprop aircraft will be based in Graz over the summer of 2023 and will also be used for Springer Reisen via charter flights from Klagenfurt. In Styria, Avanti Air also flies for Rhomberg Reisen. While in the past direct flights to the Greek island of Naxos were offered at least from Styria, the aircraft land on the neighboring island of Paros. This is for technical reasons, because the de Havilland Dash 8-400 is not allowed to land at Naxos Airport, as it is not suitable for this type of aircraft. The de Havilland Dash 8-300 used in the past by Tyrolean Airways and later InterSky was completely different, as these had steal capabilities. However, these were always direct flights,
After Nice Air's insolvency, flights to Akureyri for the first time. Birmingham will be the ninth base in the UK, Alicante will be the fourth seasonal base. After HiFly Malta and the "Nice Air" management had already fallen out a few weeks ago, the virtual Icelandic airline was already without an aircraft, and now the logical consequence of insolvency followed a few days ago. While the aircraft continues to fly in Nice Air colors, currently in service for Air Baltic from Riga, the British LCC easyJet is now venturing its first connection to Akureyri in Iceland. From October 31, 2023, the airline is planning two weekly flights from the company's largest station - London Gatwick, which would currently be the only non-stop connection with the British Kingdom. The company is also continuing to invest in its home market and is opening a station in the second largest British city, Birmingham, in spring 2024. A total of 3 Airbus A320s with 186 seats will be stationed at the airport there. The biggest local competitor, however, is the British and rapidly expanding Jet2 with 13 aircraft stationed locally. This is extremely successful with its product "Jet2 Holidays" and so easyJet is now putting an ever stronger focus on its own tour operator "easyJet Holidays", which is expecting strong growth in the double-digit percentage range this year and will also offer trips from BHX to the most popular city and beach destinations. New routes were not yet made official in the course of the announcement, but yesterday it was announced that from the coming winter flight schedule there will already be new connections from Paris - CDG (daily) and Lyon
It's done. After what felt like an endless sales process with lots of back and forth, yesterday evening the announcement was finally made that the deal between the Italian state and "Carsten Spohrs - Lufthansa" had been finalized. After the LH Group had already brought the state-owned airlines Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines in Belgium, Switzerland and Austria under the DLH umbrella, the fifth network carrier is now following suit with ITA Airways in Italy. By acquiring the Italians, the company hopes to gain expanded access to the Latin American and African markets, and on the other hand, it is hoping to achieve significant synergy effects in Frankfurt and Rome, as well as further strengthen the Italian market and its own hubs, which now include Rome-Fiumicino. ITA will remain an independent brand with its own identity. While Lufthansa is investing a total of 325 million euros in fresh capital directly into the company as part of a capital increase, the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance has also committed to investing a further 250 million euros in ITA through a capital increase. Of course, the entire deal is currently subject to approval by the relevant authorities. What does ITA Airways bring to the Lufthansa Group? The successor to the previous Alitalia, whose livery is still on some of the 66 aircraft in the fleet, currently employs around 4000 people. Around 64 million passengers have been transported to 10 destinations. These are divided into 21 domestic connections, 33 European and 10 intercontinental routes. The pure
Since the end of 2022, Therme Wien has been offering a completely renovated relaxation lounge. What is new is that it will have its own check-in and supposedly more comfortable loungers. In addition to entry and sauna, day trippers will also be able to use a rental bathing basket. But it's not exactly cheap, as at least 94 euros are due. However, this price only applies to online bookings, as it can be more expensive if you book spontaneously at the cash desk. The following services are to be included in the so-called pleasure lounge:
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