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October 10th 2023

Ljubljana Airport breaks the million mark

Ermal Muji 10 October 2023 18:42

Ljubljana Airport reached the millionth mark in terms of passenger numbers last Friday. The passenger in question was a passenger of the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines. Ljubljana Airport reached the millionth mark in terms of passenger traffic last Friday. The millionth passenger of 2023 was on a Turkish Airlines flight. The millionth mark was reached again in 2023 for the first time in four years. The last millionth mark was reached in 2019, according to the Ex-Yu Aviation News portal. Janez Krašnja said: “The milestone of the one millionth passenger has been reached again after four years, and that makes today very special. We are pleased with the recovery in traffic and now expect to handle even more than the originally announced 1,2 million passengers by the end of the year. The flight offer is expanding season by season – Luxembourg and Skopje were recently added, and we are looking forward to the new flights to Riga that airBaltic will launch in May 2024. We are grateful for the partnerships with the airlines that make Ljubljana Airport's flight network attractive and increasingly diverse, and for being the choice of so many passengers."

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Airbus has delivered almost 500 aircraft to date

Ermal Muji 10 October 2023 17:12

The aircraft manufacturer Airbus was able to increase the number of deliveries slightly in September. In the overall year, the aircraft manufacturer was able to deliver almost 500 aircraft. The aircraft manufacturer Airbus was able to improve its figures slightly in September. In August, the aircraft manufacturer delivered 52 aircraft, and in September, Airbus delivered 55 aircraft. To date, the delivery of 488 Airbus aircraft has been initiated. The goal for the end of the year is to deliver 720 aircraft from the Airbus family, according to the portal Aero.de.

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Air Astana operates Almaty-Jeddah

Ermal Muji 10 October 2023 16:02

The airline Air Astana was able to start operating the Almaty-Jeddah route on October 4, 2023. The route in question will initially be served twice a week, with a third flight to be added later. The airline Air Astana was able to start operating the Almaty-Jeddah route on October 4, 2023. The route, which will connect Kazakhstan with Saudi Arabia, will initially be served with two weekly flights. In concrete terms, this means flights in October that will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays. In November, the Sunday flight will be replaced by a Saturday flight, and a third flight will be added to the flight schedule in December. This additional flight will then take place on Mondays.

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Air Baltic has a successful September

Ermal Muji 10 October 2023 15:56

The Latvian airline Air Baltic was also able to stand out with excellent passenger numbers in September. The airline was able to handle almost half a million passengers in the said month. The Latvian airline Air Baltic was able to maintain the level of the summer season in September. The airline was able to record passenger traffic of 446 passengers last month, which would correspond to an increase of around 300 percent compared to the same period last year. The Latvian national carrier was also able to increase its flight operations. Air Baltic operated 32 flights in September, a figure that would correspond to an increase of 4.120 percent compared to September last year. Martin Gauss, President and CEO of airBaltic says the following: “We are noticing that more and more people are choosing airBaltic as their preferred airline, which has led to a continuous increase in passenger numbers in September compared to the previous year. For the second month in a row, we carried almost half a million passengers in a single month, indicating that we are approaching the results achieved in July this year, which were among the highest in airBaltic's history. In addition, the regular launch of new routes in all our home markets is generating strong travel interest and offering a wide range of travel options."

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Hackers steal credit card data from Air Europa

Jan Gruber 10 October 2023 15:44

The Spanish airline Air Europa is the latest victim of hackers in the airline industry. The company admitted that a cyberattack had taken place on its online payment system. Credit and debit card details of an unspecified number of customers were also stolen. Air Europa says it has already contacted the affected travelers. It has also sent reports to the issuers of the credit and debit cards via the payment service provider. Although the airline emphasizes that there are no signs of fraudulent use of the stolen card data, it can be assumed that the issuing banks will not take this risk and will impose precautionary blocks and send their customers new cards. Regardless of this, affected customers should proactively contact their bank and arrange to replace the payment card. This is usually done free of charge in such cases. In most cases, however, you will then not have a valid credit or debit card until the replacement arrives. In any case, Air Europa did not provide any further details on how many customers are actually affected. There is currently no information as to whether financial damage has already been caused. In the case of debit and credit cards, this can usually be avoided in the chargeback process, as any transactions were not initiated by the cardholder. Depending on the card issuer, this process can be simple and customer-friendly or complicated, time-consuming and involve filling out several forms.

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Marriott launches another hotel brand

Amely Mizzi 10 October 2023 11:06

The Marriott hotel group already has a large number of brands and now it is adding another, as it is launching Four Points Express by Sheraton. The new brand will be in the mid-price segment and will launch this year. It is a response to high demand for affordable accommodation in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Operating contracts have so far been signed in Turkey and the United Kingdom. The first hotels of the new brand will open there. Negotiations are also currently underway in Belgium and Poland.

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Winter 2023/24: Ryanair UK serves London (Stansted)-Basel

Amely Mizzi 10 October 2023 10:05

The low-cost airline Ryanair will operate a seasonal flight connection between London Stansted and Basel in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. This is to begin on December 16, 2023. It is currently planned that flights will take place on Saturdays. Formally, these are flights offered by the UK subsidiary Ryanair UK under RK flight numbers. For the time being, this route is limited to the end of the 2024 winter flight schedule period. No decision has yet been made on a possible continuation in summer 2024.

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On November 19, 2023: SAS operates the last B737 flight

Jan Gruber 10 October 2023 09:09

On November 19, 2023, the airline SAS will operate the last Boeing 737 flight with the LN-RRB. This will fly from Stockholm and Oslo under the flight number SK737. Then an era will change. As part of the restructuring of the group of companies, it was decided that the medium-haul jets of the US manufacturer would be phased out at an accelerated rate. The last commercial flight with this model will take place on November 19, 2023. The 737 series was the backbone of the SAS fleet for many years.

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Hamburg: Bomb threat against Iran Air A330

Jan Gruber 10 October 2023 08:31

Due to a bomb threat against an aircraft that took off from Tehran, flight operations at Hamburg Airport had to be temporarily suspended on Monday, October 9, 2023. This measure was ordered by the responsible Federal Police Directorate in accordance with the principle of "Safety First". The executive's media office initially said that a bomb threat against a flight on the Tehran-Hamburg route had been received by email. For security reasons, police measures were taken immediately. This included that operations at Hamburg Airport had to be suspended at 12:40 p.m. Takeoffs and landings were no longer possible. The threat was directed against Iran Air flight IR723. According to Flightradar330, the Airbus A200-24 with the registration EP-IJB landed safely in Hamburg at 12:38 p.m. local time. The long-haul aircraft was then led to an area secured and shielded by the Federal Police. According to official information, there were 198 passengers and 16 crew members on board. All were carefully checked and examined by the Federal Police. All luggage and other items were also meticulously examined. The plane itself was searched by explosives experts, also with the support of specially trained sniffer dogs. Fortunately, nothing was found, so that the police were able to give the all-clear after about two hours. Flight operations were then resumed. The German police now also want to investigate the originator of the bomb threat, which fortunately turned out to be a "fake", and initiate criminal proceedings if necessary. The incident comes at an extremely sensitive time, because Iran not only reacted happily to the brutal military attack by Hamas against Israel, but also laid

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Change of chairman at TVB Kitzbüheler Alpen St. Johann in Tirol

guest Author 10 October 2023 08:06

After more than 11 years as managing director, Gernot Riedel will step down from his position on December 31, 2023. Riedel's personal considerations are the deciding factor, he says. "More than 30 years at the helm of such well-known tourist regions as Wörthersee, Gasteinertal, Fiss/Tirol or, most recently, in the St. Johann region are enough for now," smiles Riedel, looking forward to new tasks and challenges. In principle, he will devote himself to some further training in the next few months, but for now he will wait and see what new things come his way. "I can leave with my head held high, the TVB has an excellent, well-rehearsed team, we are in an excellent financial position and have been able to move and achieve a lot over the last 11,5 years," says Riedel, drawing a positive conclusion. Personal highlights were the consistent implementation of infrastructure developments and improvements right from the start, for example in the Griesbachklamm, the Kaiserbachtal, the Teufelsgasse or at the Eifersbacher waterfall. But the ongoing optimization and further development of the event offering was also important to Riedel. During his era, the Spartan Race in Oberndorf was one of the largest and most popular sporting events in Austria. But event classics such as the dumpling festival or the now widely known Wednesday evenings (Lang & Klang) have also been continuously developed and are very popular. Important strategic cornerstones have also been set with the positioning as a "happiness region" and the recently launched dialogue and citizen participation process "Tourism & Living Space". And in cooperation with the Kitzbühel Alpine Tourism Associations (KAM), St. Johann was able to initiate numerous topics, such as the almost

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