September 27, 2023

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September 27, 2023

London Gatwick is canceling numerous flights this week

London Gatwick Airport recently had to deliver some annoying news. The airport has had to cancel countless flights this week, citing a lack of staff. London Gatwick Airport will operate fewer flights this week, citing a lack of staff caused by illness caused by the coronavirus. What this means in concrete terms: Due to the current situation, London Gatwick Airport can only handle 800 flights a day. This represents an average shortfall of 30 to 65 flights per day, as the Aero.de portal confirms.

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Tus Airways begins flights to Dubai

The airline Tus Airways plans to start flights to the United Arab Emirates. This is reflected in the recent confirmation of the start of flights from Larnaca to Dubai. The airline Tus Airways plans to expand its air traffic with the United Arab Emirates from the beginning of October, specifically from October 1, 2023. This is reflected in the recent start of flights on the route between Larnaca and Dubai. The route, which is to be operated twice a week, will be operated by Airbus A320 aircraft, as confirmed by the Aeroroutes portal.

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Etihad Airways increases Abu Dhabi-Mumbai

The airline Etihad Airways will be expanding the Abu Dhabi-Mumbai route during the winter season. The airline plans to operate a fourth daily flight, which will be operated with an Airbus A320 or an Airbus A321. The airline Etihad Airways has confirmed the expansion of another route for the winter season, as confirmed by the Aeroroutes portal. The carrier plans to expand the Abu Dhabi-Mumbai route by adding a fourth flight to the existing daily flights. The fourth flight, which is to be added daily, will be operated with an Airbus A320 or an Airbus A321.

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From Izmir: SunExpress flies to Pristina and Podgorica

The Turkish holiday airline SunExpress was able to confirm the further start of seasonal summer connections in the Balkans. The Turkish airline plans to operate flights to Pristina and Podgorica in the coming summer season. The Turkish holiday airline SunExpress was able to confirm further flight operations as part of the coming summer season. The tour operator in question was able to start the route between Izmir and Pristina as well as the route Izmir-Podgorica for the following summer period. The Turkish carrier, which specialises in holiday flights, thus flies from two Turkish locations to the capital of Kosovo; the airline already flies from Antalya to Pristina, and now from Izmir to Pristina. The Podgorica flights, on the other hand, represent a premiere; the Turkish holiday airline SunExpress is operating flights to Montenegro for the first time, as the Ex-Yu Aviation News portal confirmed.

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Hurtigruten Expeditions becomes “HX”

In future, the cruise operator "Hurtigruten Expeditions" will operate under the "HX" brand. This is intended to present itself as more independent from its sister company Hurtigruten Norway. The group has been in a phase of restructuring for some time. With the new brand, the group wants to ensure that the expedition trips are perceived as more independent. At the same time, it has announced that the range of services will be gradually expanded. Company boss Daniel Skjeldam said, among other things, that trips around the West African archipelagos of Cape Verde and Bissagos will be offered in autumn 2023.

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Lufthansa moves Rio de Janeiro flights to Frankfurt

In the 2024 summer flight schedule, Lufthansa will no longer offer the Rio de Janeiro destination from Munich, but from Frankfurt am Main. At the same time, the number of weekly rotations is being increased. Currently, three rotations per week are offered from the Bavarian airport. In summer 2024, there will be six rotations per week from Frankfurt am Main. In the future, the route will no longer be served with Airbus A350-900, but with Airbus A340 and Boeing 787-9.

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Condor also had to carry out an involuntary “Frankfurt sightseeing flight”

Following Lufthansa, competitor Condor also recently operated a long flight from Frankfurt am Main to Frankfurt am Main. The D-ANRI was on its way to Vancouver, but had to turn around after about 2,5 hours of flight time and land back at its place of origin. The landing was carried out safely. The cause of the unusual sightseeing flight was a technical defect. The pilots had noticed a strange smell in the cockpit, so they decided to return to Frankfurt am Main for safety reasons, according to the company. The Condor flight DE2454 was affected, which was operated on September 18, 2023 with the Airbus A330-900 with the registration D-ANRI. Around five hours after takeoff, the aircraft landed safely in Frankfurt am Main. Lufthansa recently carried out a similar "sightseeing flight".

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Air France-KLM places large order for Airbus A350

The Air France-KLM Group has agreed with Airbus to order 50 A350-900/-1000s as well as options for a further 40 aircraft. These are to be delivered between 2026 and 2030 and will make the group the world's largest operator of this type of aircraft. The new additions will primarily replace aging Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 aircraft. The new order will be split between Air France and KLM. The former company ordered 41 A350-900s some time ago, of which 22 have been delivered so far. “This new order is an important step in the renewal of the group's fleet. The Airbus A350 is a state-of-the-art aircraft with an excellent track record at Air France, where it has quickly become a favourite with passengers and crew since it entered service in 2019. It is a perfect fit for the group's network requirements and is characterized by excellent performance: it is quieter, more fuel efficient and more cost-effective than previous generations of aircraft. It will significantly help the group to achieve our ambitious sustainability goals, including -30% CO2 emissions per passenger kilometer by 2030," explains CEO Benjamin Smith. The Air France-KLM group is also relying heavily on the A350 outside of passenger flights. For example, it is one of the first customers of the A350F freight variant. Eight units have been ordered so far. If you add up all the orders, the group has ordered up to 99 A350s in various variants.

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Air Asia wants to get back on track for expansion

Due to the particularly restrictive corona measures in some Asian countries, which were only lifted slowly, the low-cost airline Air Asia had a particularly difficult time. But now the airline is benefiting from high demand and is thinking about expansion again. Capital-A CEO Tony Fernandes expects to be able to increase the number of aircraft in use to 204 by the end of this year. There are currently 175 in the air. This means that almost the entire fleet will be back in operation, but the airline is still not planning to use 20 more aircraft. One of the reasons given for this is the long waiting times for spare parts, so they want to keep them on standby as reserve aircraft.

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Jet Airways restart with new problems

The announced restart of the Indian Jet Airways, which has already been canceled and postponed several times, is once again not looking good. A creditors' committee claims that no money has yet been transferred from the buyers. Specifically, it concerns legacy liabilities that were taken over as part of the takeover by the Jalan Kalrock consortium. The responsible insolvency court has already granted several deferrals to enable negotiations. The group now claims that it will try to have the remaining assets sold if the buyer continues to fail to make payments. The Committee of Creditors also stated that a court in Liechtenstein recently froze unspecified assets of the consortium. Legal remedies that were taken against this were rejected. An investigation by the public prosecutor's office is also ongoing. The negotiating basis between the committee and the buyer consortium appears to be increasingly strained. Jet Airways was once a subsidiary of Etihad Airways. In April 2019, however, it had to cease flight operations and file for bankruptcy. About 1,5 years later, the Jalan Kalrock consortium emerged as the buyer of the bankruptcy estate. 99 percent of the creditors had given their consent, as it had been promised that around 1,8 billion US dollars in legacy liabilities would be taken over and paid out to the creditors. The Committee of Creditors claimed to local media that it had not yet received any payments from the buyers, but had monthly costs of 2,8 million euros. These were supposedly funds that Jet Airways would need. However, the Jalan Kalrock consortium has stated that it would

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