This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from the Switzerland.
This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from the Switzerland. Whether you choose Zurich, Basel, Geneva, Bern, Lugano, Altenrhein or Sion If you are interested in Switzerland, you have come to the right place.
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On Monday morning, a serious plane crash occurred in Vorarlberg, Austria, involving a Beech 58TC. The incident, which occurred in the remote region of Brüggele Alpe, has triggered an extensive rescue operation. The authorities are on site with a large contingent of around 200 emergency personnel to secure the wreckage
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, known for its robust and versatile turboprops, recently signed a major contract with Zimex Aviation, making the company the launch customer for the new Garmin avionics packages for the Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft. This contract, which includes the delivery of four upgrade kits in the second
On Friday, May 17, 2024, the first flight took off from St. Gallen-Altenrhein and headed for the popular holiday destinations of Corfu and Figari. These new destinations complement the portfolio of the tour operator Rhomberg Reisen in cooperation with the airline Peoples. From May 17 to October 11, 2024, Peoples will offer every Friday
On behalf of the tour operator Rhomberg Reisen, the Austrian regional airline Peoples will fly from Altenrhein to the Greek island of Corfu once a week in the 2024 summer flight schedule. Rhomberg Reisen's travel offers indicate that the Peoples Embraer 170 will be flying on this route every Friday between May and October 2024.
An Embraer 2023 operated by Marathon Airlines will be in service on Peoples' main route between Altenrhein and Vienna for a few weeks in the 24/175 winter flight schedule. The reason for this is that the OE-LMK, Peoples' only aircraft, will be unavailable for a few weeks due to maintenance. For a short time, Peoples had
The Swiss aviation company Zimex Aviation will be the first customer of the de Havilland DHC-6-300-G. During the Paris Air Show, it was announced that two aircraft of this type had been ordered directly from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer. Neither the carrier nor the manufacturer gave any specific information on the delivery date of the modernized Twin Otter. The model is based
The Austrian regional airline will operate individual charter flights from Altenrhein to Catania and Santander in the summer flight schedule. These are individual flights on behalf of High Life Reisen. There will be one flight to Sicily in April and one flight to October 2023. The Spanish coastal city will be flown to twice in September 2023. The client of the
On behalf of the tour operator High Life, the regional airline Peoples will fly once a week between Altenrhein and Zadar from May 6, 2023. There will be a stopover in Pula. The Croatia flights will be operated on the Saturday with the Embraer 170 from Peoples. For the time being, the charter route is scheduled to run until August 19, 2023.
On Monday, January 16, 2023, the access road to the small Altenrhein airport was blocked by so-called climate activists. The airport is increasingly used by business jets during the WEF, which is taking place in Davos. The protest action was probably directed against these. In November 2022, the Peoples Air Group
The Swiss airline Zimex will operate a de Havilland Twin Otter as part of a wet lease contract for Air Tahiti from mid-November 2022. The aircraft will fly on subsidized routes advertised by the government of French Polynesia. According to local media reports, the contract was awarded to Air Tahiti. Since the provider
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