After a two-day warning strike, flight operations at Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports have been back in full swing since Tuesday morning. After a two-day warning strike at Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports, flight operations were able to resume on Tuesday morning. As part of the strike, over 100 flights had to be cancelled.
The Italian airline ITA Airways is planning to start a flight connection between Rome Fiumicino and London Gatwick. The route is to be served daily. The Italian airline ITA Airways wants to expand its flights to London from June. The airline plans to start the route between Rome Fiumicino and London Gatwick, with London Gatwick Airport to be served on a daily basis when the route is started. The flights are to be operated with an Airbus A319, reports the portal Aero Routes. In addition, the Italian airline plans to start flights between Rome Fiumicino and London City from the end of March, specifically from March 31st. London City is to be served twice a day with an Airbus A220-100.
Ljubljana Airport has had a successful start to the new year. In January, around 75.000 passengers were processed. Ljubljana Airport has had a successful start to the new year. In January, the airport handled 75.196 passengers, which corresponds to an increase of 29,8 percent compared to January of the previous year. In direct comparison with January 2019 before the corona pandemic, the current result is still below the level, according to the portal Ex-Yu Aviation News. The monthly result for January 2019 is 27,4 percent above the current January result.
The Sabre Group, which specializes in GDS services, has reportedly completed the conversion of existing customers to the new "Vacations" sales system. Now the company is looking for new customers. Sabre will hold roadshows in Austria, Germany and Switzerland to make the web-based sales tool attractive to travel agents and similar agencies. This should enable sellers to easily compare and arrange package holidays, hotels, cruises, rental cars and travel insurance. According to the company, the employees of 1.500 travel agencies have so far been trained accordingly.
Zurich Airport was able to achieve impressive passenger numbers in January 2024. Almost 2 million passengers were transported in the first month of the year. Zurich Airport had a successful start in January 2024, with the airport handling exactly 1.959.580 passengers. Compared to the previous year, this represents an increase of 13 percent.
Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, has opened an additional parking garage. This is located near Terminal 3 and will be marketed as "Holiday Parking South" until Terminal 3 opens. It is currently planned that this parking garage can only be used by booking in advance - at least 24 hours in advance - until Terminal 1 opens. An included shuttle bus will transport travelers to and from Terminals 2 and 3 around the clock. TXNUMX will not be connected to the network for some time.
On Friday, February 9, 2024, the Italian Air Dolomiti pilots were called to a short warning strike by the unions Anpac and Uiltrasporti. The background is that an existing collective agreement has expired and no new one has been concluded so far. According to employee representatives, the negotiations have been dragging on for over a year. Therefore, it was decided to send a signal with an initial four-hour warning strike. Further calls for work stoppages cannot currently be ruled out.
In 2019, a movie-worthy robbery and theft of diamonds took place at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. Now one of the masterminds has been arrested again because after his conviction he went into hiding before the appeal hearing. The 59-year-old was sentenced to 2021 years in prison in December 9,5. However, he managed to escape before the appeal hearing. According to a report by "De Telegraaf", which was confirmed by the responsible public prosecutor's office, the man has now been caught. Extradition proceedings to the Netherlands are currently underway.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will carry out extensive renovation work on Runway 19/25 ("Kaagbaan") between February 2024 and April 06, 24. This will therefore be temporarily unavailable. The air traffic intended for this runway will be temporarily diverted to the other runways. The maintenance work includes laying 86.800 square meters of new asphalt, replacing concrete, modernizing the airport lighting and carrying out various peripheral projects. Schiphol will ensure efficient scheduling and minimal disruption, with work being carried out at night wherever possible.
The Maltese airline Universal Air intends to offer non-stop flights to Munich, Corfu and Luqa from the Hungarian regional airport Pécs in the 2024 summer flight schedule. These will be served with de Havilland Dash 8s. There have been no regular scheduled flights from Pécs Airport for many years. Until the early 2000s, Tyrolean Airways offered feeder flights to the AUA hub in Vienna, but the ultra-short-haul service was discontinued. The airline has been waiting for a comeback on the scheduled service for around 16 years. There are occasional charter flights. With a runway length of just 1.500 meters, it is almost unsuitable for the medium-haul jets of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 types used by low-cost airlines. The jets would possibly be subject to payload restrictions. In a surprise move, the Maltese airline Universal Air has now announced three scheduled routes from Pécs at a press conference. Initially, flights to Munich will be operated on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from March 26, 2024. A new flight will be added on Wednesdays from May 15, 2024. On the same day, a flight connection to the Greek island of Corfu will also be launched, which will also be served on Wednesdays. Universal Air plans to offer two weekly flights between Luqa (Malta) and Pécs from March 26, 2024. These will be served on Tuesdays and Fridays. The three routes will be flown with de Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft. The Maltese carrier will soon add a sixth aircraft to its fleet. Pécs Airport stated in response to a request that Universal Air will start selling tickets on March 1, 2024.
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