The champagne corks should actually pop at Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden airport, because in the middle of the corona pandemic, a newcomer wants to take up the domestic route to Berlin with Green Airlines. Hamburg and Sylt have also been announced on the provider's homepage. But there is no reference to the offer of the limited liability company on the airport's website. There is a good reason for this, a spokeswoman for Baden-Airpark told Aviation.Direct. Green Airlines did not answer whether a valid charter contract was signed with Air Alsie or not, but instead brought Chalair Aviation into play.
We are currently unable to provide a forecast for the availability of these flights. According to our experience, such a flight offer will fly in larger losses at the beginning under Corona conditions.
Spokeswoman for Baden-Airpark GmbH
Of course, “Green Airlines UG (limited liability)” does not have AOC and OL. The business model is that a turboprop aircraft is to be chartered from the Danish Air Alsie and the seats are then marketed for their own account. Such constructions are sometimes called “virtual airlines”. However, the flight offer, which is to start on November 1, 2020, has not yet been registered in Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden or at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. Neither does one appear in the slot allocation of the BER.
A spokeswoman for the Baden-Airpark said on request: “Of course we would be very happy at Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) if we could offer our passengers domestic German air traffic again, and in particular the scheduled connection between the FKB and Berlin, which is important for the region could. For this reason, we have been in talks with a representative from Green Airlines since the beginning of the year. From our point of view, however, it would be "normal" among future business partners that Green Airlines and the airline that is to fly for Green Airlines in wet lease sit down together with the airport, which is ultimately only the infrastructure provider, and meet all the framework conditions ( Technology, subordination, marketing, etc.). However, this has not yet happened and the airline operating has not yet submitted a registration to us and has not yet submitted an official flight plan. "
Green Airlines itself uses a reservation system from the Danish provider WorldTicket, a division of Flexflight, on its website. Otherwise, one describes the reasons why the domestic flights should be particularly green very extensive and that, among other things, by means of almost daily postings on Instagram. About the company itself there is little that is written on one's own homepage that would be relevant for a knowledgeable reader. The website also only gives a mobile phone number as a phone number, which is quite unusual for an airline.
"As a young company, we are in talks with many partners and charter providers. In order to meet our claim to be able to offer sustainable and green air traffic, we rely on agile adaptation options for our flight offerings with suitable partners. For example, we want to expand our portfolio of offers with the French regional airline Chalair Aviation in the future in order to be able to flexibly adapt our flight offerings to the booking numbers. Please understand that we cannot give you any details at this time. We will of course officially inform you about this at the end of the talks," explains the PR agency commissioned with Green Airlines' public relations work.
Green Airlines was asked the questions listed below, but the answers were very evasive. Instead, the above statement and the one that is under the questions were sent via an agency:
- Who will operate the flights for Green Airlines?
- How do you respond to the FKB's statement that the flights have not yet been registered?
- Why are your flights not in the BER slot list?
- What is the share capital of your company?
- Is there insurance against bankruptcy?
- Has a valid charter contract been signed with Air Alsie?
"Please also understand that we do not comment on financial matters. Insolvency is not an issue for us, but we are of course insured just in case," the Green Airlines agency added.
The Baden-Airpark does not want to be pinned down on whether the flights to Berlin-Brandenburg announced by Green Airlines will take off or not. The media officer said: “We are currently unable to provide a forecast for the availability of these flights. According to our experience, such a flight offer will fly in larger losses at the beginning under Corona conditions. ”With reference to the fact that there has not yet been an official flight plan notification and that one has not yet“ sat down ”with the FKB:“ That is why we are communicating them Flight connection is not yet on our homepage or in the flight plan preview, even if Green Airlines has already activated the flights for booking on its own homepage. "
It therefore remains to be seen whether Green Airlines' charter flights will take off on November 1, 2020 or not. Demand is currently very difficult in the entire market, so a delay from this aspect would not be surprising at all. Due to the statement by Baden-Airpark and the evasive response to the request by the provider, however, there are more open questions than solid confidence.
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