The airline Georgian Airways will resume the Tbilisi-Brussels route in the summer. The route will be served three times a week. The airline Georgian Airways plans to serve the route between Tbilisi and Brussels in the summer. Specifically, the Georgian airline is planning three weekly flights to the Belgian capital. From March 31, Brussels will be served by a Boeing 737.
The airline Condor has confirmed the start of new flights to Pristina. The flights will be operated from Stuttgart. The airline Condor will offer flights to Kosovo in the summer season. The airline plans to start flights between Stuttgart and Pristina, as the Aero Routes portal confirms. From May 12, 2024, the airline will fly to Pristina once a week. An Airbus A320 will be used.
Pristina Airport recorded the highest passenger volume in its history in January. The airport in Kosovo was able to handle almost 300.000 passengers. Pristina Airport recorded the highest passenger volume in its history in January. Specifically, 287.205 passengers were handled, as the portal Ex-Yu Aviation News reports. This corresponds to an increase of 21,9 percent compared to the previous year. This is mainly due to visa-free travel.
Maldivian is expected to put the first widebody into commercial scheduled service in the third quarter of the current year 2024. It is still unclear which type of aircraft will be purchased and on which routes it will be used. It was recently announced that the government of the Maldives has decreed that the state-owned airline Maldivian should become more involved in the long-haul business. Transport Minister Mohamed Ameen has now told PSM News that the first wide-body jet will be put into commercial scheduled service in September 2024. It has not yet been decided whether Boeing 787-8 or Airbus A330-200 will be introduced into the fleet. Both aircraft types have been officially put out to tender and the deadline for submitting offers has already passed. However, the company has not yet announced whether it will introduce Dreamliner and/or A330. The first routes are also still completely open. So far, Maldivian has mainly operated domestically.
The Swiss airline SWISS is planning to increase its flights to Seoul during the summer season. The flights will be operated from Zurich. The Swiss airline SWISS is planning to increase its route between Zurich and Seoul during the summer season. The airline is planning three weekly direct flights between Zurich and Seoul. The flights will be operated on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays with an Airbus A340.
The Ukrainian low-cost airline Skyup and its Maltese offshoot Skyup MT were able to carry out a total of 2023 flights in 10.528. These were almost exclusively wet lease orders for other airlines and charter orders that were fulfilled for tour operators. Before the Russian Federation's military attack on Ukraine, Skyup was active as a low-cost airline on its own account. Due, among other things, to the closed airspace of Ukraine, the airline had to look for new sources of income. In contrast to competitors such as Ukraine International or Bees Airline, it has succeeded in establishing itself as an ACMI and charter provider outside its home country. In Malta, it has set up its own EU offshoot, Skyup MT. This has been operational in the air for some time. According to the announcement, the two airlines had a total of around 2023 million passengers on board in 1,5. As part of wet lease contracts, the airline has flown for Fly Egypt, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, Wizz Air Malta, Hisky, Flyone, Tunis Air, Corendon and Tailwind Airlines, among others. Charter flights have been carried out for external tour operators as well as for the sister company Join Up.
The calendar year 2023 was quite successful for the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, as it was able to deliver 181 aircraft. This represents an increase of 13 percent compared to the previous period. The order backlog is currently reported at 18,7 billion US dollars and increased by 2023 billion US dollars in 1,2. This is a good position, as the Brazilian manufacturer last achieved such a value in 2018. However, the company expects that there will be bottlenecks in the supply chain this year as well. In the commercial aircraft sector, Embraer was able to hand over a total of 2023 aircraft, mostly from the E64 series, to customers in 2. This represents an increase of 12 percent compared to the previous period, as there were 2022 commercial aircraft in 57. The remaining deliveries were made to the Executive Aviation division.
The SpaceX Group, Elon Musk's space division, has acquired a Boeing 154-737, the N800TS. It is a 21,6-year-old used aircraft. According to CH-Aviation.com, it was purchased in August 2024 through the group's own Falcon Aviation Holdings. This Boeing 2023-737, which was previously in commercial flight service with Air China, was stored in Lake Charles Chennault until mid-December 800. SpaceX does not provide any information on whether the aircraft will be used as an in-house passenger aircraft or as a test aircraft for the group's space products. The exact purpose of this Boeing 737-800 is therefore unclear.
Klagenfurt Airport is presenting itself for the first time at the "Alpe Adria Fair" tourism trade fair, which has been taking place in Ljubljana since January 31 to February 3, 2024. The airport wants to attract more passengers from the neighboring country. "We see that our offer is becoming increasingly attractive for passengers from our expanded catchment area. Currently, we are at around 18 percent from Slovenia, and the trend is rising. This applies to both our direct flights to Palma, Alicante and London, but also the connecting flights via Vienna. Our marketing team informs trade fair visitors in our neighboring country about the travel destinations that can be reached from Klagenfurt and whets their appetite for their next vacation," explains Managing Director Maximilian Wildt.
On January 28, 2024, the Boeing 737-800 with the registration N33289, operated by United Airlines, had to make an unscheduled emergency landing at Denver Airport. The windshield in the cockpit had a crack. The medium-haul jet was on its way from Las Vegas to Washington under the flight number UA1627. During the flight, the pilots noticed that there was a crack in the windshield. This was reported to air traffic control so that an emergency landing could be made in Denver. There were 166 passengers and seven crew members on board. All were able to leave the aircraft safely. Technicians immediately carried out repairs so that N33289 could take off after a stopover of just under five hours in Denver with the destination Washington-Dulles.
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