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August 18, 2023

Korean Air plans to lease some freighters to T'way Air

Jan Gruber August 18, 2023 10:09

The EU Commission and the US Department of Justice have raised concerns about the planned merger between Korean Air and Asiana Airlines. The former carrier has now suggested that some cargo planes could be leased to competitor T'way Air. Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have a very large market share in cargo traffic between South Korea and Europe and the USA. One could almost speak of a kind of duopoly. The EU Commission, among others, fears that the merger could lead to a monopoly-like position and thus to rising freight rates. Now Korean Air is trying to allay these concerns and has suggested that T'way Air, which is not currently involved in the full-freighter business, could lease some cargo planes to T'way Air. This would create more competition and the merger candidates hope that the authorities will then give the green light. However, South Korean banks are already preparing for the possibility that the planned merger could fall through. A kind of fallback solution for Asiana Airlines is to be created. However, there is still hope that the EU and the USA will give the green light. 

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Widerøe also wants to offer Munich-Bergen in winter 2023/24

Amely Mizzi August 18, 2023 09:07

The Norwegian regional airline Widerøe also intends to connect Bergen with the Bavarian capital Munich in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. However, the route will not be served continuously. The carrier's flight schedule data shows that it plans to fly between the two cities twice a week from January 27, 2024. The service will be operated on Wednesdays and Saturdays with Embraer 190-E2 regional jets. No flights are planned on this route between September 2023 and January 27, 2024. 

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Bahn: EU Commission wants to open ticket sales across Europe - DB is fighting back

Jan Gruber August 18, 2023 08:31

Travelling by train, which some politicians and self-proclaimed "climate protectors" claim is so environmentally friendly, can be quite complicated within Europe, even when buying tickets. The EU Commission now wants to force the railway companies to cooperate. But the plans go much further and this does not suit Deutsche Bahn AG, for example. If you want to take a longer journey, it is often not possible to buy through tickets. Travellers are repeatedly faced with the following problem: from a certain transfer point, you can no longer buy the ticket in advance in your home country or online because, for example, the local railway company does not use online sales at all. Or the online sales are only in the local language and there is therefore a language barrier. Aviation is much more advanced than rail transport in this respect, because at least within Europe - with a few exceptions - pretty much every flight route can be booked conveniently from home or through travel agencies. With rail transport, this is simply not possible in many cases. The EU Commission sees this as a significant "hinder" that could hinder the switch to rail transport. The plan is now to require the individual operators to cooperate with each other so that continuous ticket sales are possible. However, the EU Commission does not want to leave it at that, but wants to force railway providers to open their sales systems to third-party providers and enable them to sell tickets across Europe. In return, commissions will also be due, which will have to be paid by the railway companies. Purpose: The EU Commission envisages that

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Nouvelair takes on Tunis-Frankfurt

Amely Mizzi August 18, 2023 08:00

The Tunisian low-cost airline Nouvelair plans to fly three times a week between Tunis and Frankfurt am Main from September 10, 2023. The carrier has previously offered individual flights to Germany's largest airport. Now Nouvelair Tunisie plans to connect the two airports all year round. The three weekly rotations are to be carried out on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with medium-haul Airbus A320 jets. 

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Southwest plans to open large crew base in Nashville

Amely Mizzi August 18, 2023 07:34

The low-cost airline Southwest has announced that it will build a new crew base in Nashville, USA, next year. This is planned to be larger from the start and is expected to go into operation in the second quarter of 2024. Southwest initially plans to employ around 150 to 250 pilots in Nashville. At the same time, however, it announced that it is planning to grow to around 500 to 600 pilots. The flight attendants will start with around 700 people and expand accordingly. The low-cost airline currently has eleven stations in the USA where flight personnel are stationed. Nashville will be the twelfth base. The airline is already active at this airport, as it already carries out 51,2 percent of all weekly departures. In numbers: 910 takeoffs to 53 destinations per week. The crew base is intended to expand the offering even further.

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Wizz Air is thinning out from Germany and Basel

Amely Mizzi August 18, 2023 07:07

The low-cost airline Wizz Air is discontinuing some routes from Germany and Basel from September and October 2023 respectively. Frankfurt-Hahn, Memmingen and Karlsruhe Baden-Baden are affected. Pristina flights from the latter airport will be discontinued on September 10, 2023. From Basel, this destination will be affected as early as September 2, 2023. Also affected by the cuts from Euro-Airport is Ohrid, which will no longer be served from October 28, 2023. The flights to Plovdiv offered from Memmingen will be discontinued on the same date. Frankfurt-Hahn will no longer be connected to Tuzla from October 30, 2023. There will be thinning out of the flight schedule across the route network in September and October 2023. The background to this is that unscheduled checks on engines have to be carried out. 

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Germany asks the airport climate sticker to checkout

Jan Gruber August 18, 2023 06:36

In Germany, the executive wants to make the "last generation" climate stickers pay for the operational costs they caused. However, the amounts are much lower than one would initially assume, because any reimbursement of costs that those responsible have to pay is regulated and capped by law. On December 8, 2022 and May 5, 2022, among others, the self-proclaimed climate protectors thought they had to illegally enter the security area of ​​Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. This not only caused a disruption to flight operations, but also made it necessary to call the federal police. They removed the climate stickers. In the case of malicious actions, it is possible that the executive can charge for the operational costs. The same applies if you call the emergency number "just for fun" and emergency services are deployed completely unnecessarily. The amount of reimbursement that must be paid, if requested by the respective provider, is regulated by law. So there is no room for manoeuvre up or down, because for pretty much every "hand movement" there is a precise amount of how much you have to pay. It should also be noted that the "organization" of the climate stickers does not have to pay for the costs, but rather the people who committed the act will be personally prosecuted. According to a statement from the Federal Police, the "activists" will initially be charged 8 euros for the police operations they deliberately caused on the grounds of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport for the days December 2022, 5 and May 2022, 5.330. Reimbursement of costs is regulated by law At first glance, the sum seems low, because 1.060 euros are allocated to November 24, 2022 and distributed

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Aeroflot increases international widebody air traffic

Amely Mizzi August 18, 2023 06:06

The Russian airline Aeroflot is increasing frequencies on several international routes. For example, from November 2022, there will be ten flights a week with Boeing 777s from Moscow (SVO) to Malé. From September 9, 2023, there will be three flights a week to Colombo with Airbus A330s. There will also be an increase in flights to Dubai. From October 29, 2023, this route will be served up to three times a day with widebodies of the A330 and B777 types. A new non-stop connection between Moscow-SVO and Abu Dhabi is being introduced. According to the Russian carrier, this will start on October 29, 2023. The service will be operated on Thursdays and Sundays with Boeing 737-800s. 

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Romania: Airline is said to be interested in insolvent Blue Air

Amely Mizzi August 18, 2023 05:36

According to a local media report, there is a potential buyer for the Romanian airline Blue Air, which has been in insolvency proceedings for some time, who is said to be showing persistent interest in the purchase. Negotiations have now begun with the insolvency administrator and the authorities. The newspaper "Gândul" reports, without mentioning any names, that it is an airline. AAAS authority head Daniel Geantă also confirmed to the newspaper that there had been repeated discussions. He did not name the interested party, but described it as "a mixture of Spain and Portugal". World2Fly, which has flight operations in both countries, did not want to comment on the reports, nor did other providers who have AOCs in both countries. They do not want to participate in speculation as a matter of principle, or one or two companies wrote specifically that it must be another company, because they can expressly rule out any interest in Blue Air for themselves. The reason why the state authority AAAS is involved in the Blue Air insolvency proceedings is as follows: Due to various tax debts, the government seized all shares and transferred them to state ownership. However, this could not prevent the company from formally filing for bankruptcy in March after flight operations were suspended and some lessors took their aircraft back. In Romania, however, they seem to be taking things particularly seriously, because the head of the authority also said that he had forwarded the data of the company that was said to be interested in the Blue Air takeover to the Office for Financial Crimes. This

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