Pakistan: Government wants to speed up PIA sale
Berlin: Eurowings is temporarily flying to Adana and Casablanca
Ancona: Skyalps receives provisional PSO award
New Pacific Airlines only wants to fly charter and wet lease
From Gdansk and Katowice: Smartwings starts Montenegro flights
Eurowings has taken Airbus A321neo number five into the air
Security personnel: BDLS and Verdi agree on arbitration
Günther Ofner severely criticizes the AUA strike
Pakistan: Government wants to speed up PIA sale
Berlin: Eurowings is temporarily flying to Adana and Casablanca
Ancona: Skyalps receives provisional PSO award
New Pacific Airlines only wants to fly charter and wet lease
From Gdansk and Katowice: Smartwings starts Montenegro flights
Eurowings has taken Airbus A321neo number five into the air
Security personnel: BDLS and Verdi agree on arbitration
Günther Ofner severely criticizes the AUA strike
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Virgin Australia also wants to transport dogs and cats
Whether or not passengers are allowed to take small dogs and cats in the cabin is regulated very inconsistently in Europe. It is the airline's responsibility to do this - usually for a fee.
By 2030: American Airlines wants to phase out all 50-seaters
In Europe, most network carriers have long since removed aircraft with 50 or fewer seats from their fleets. There are still a lot of copies in use in the USA,
Denmark wants to exempt domestic flights from VAT
The Danish government wants to exempt purely domestic flights from VAT in the future under certain circumstances. This puts a significant exclamation mark against the European trend, as Austria and Germany, for example, are trying
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Linz: Air Dolomiti discontinues Frankfurt flights
As things currently stand, there will be no non-stop flights between Linz and Frankfurt am Main in the 2024 summer flight schedule. This means that the airport will lose the connection provided by Air Dolomiti
Klagenfurt Airport reports 153.536 passengers
Austria's smallest airport, Klagenfurt, had a total of 2023 passengers in scheduled and charter traffic in 153.536. In direct comparison with the previous period, the increase was 85,52 percent. This should
Student Agency: Czech customers are increasingly booking flights from Vienna and Munich
The Regiojet parent company Student Agency was able to arrange 2023 percent more flight tickets in 30 than in the previous period. A closer look at the numbers reveals an interesting picture, because the
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Strike days: GDL and Verdi paralyze Germany
From Thursday, March 7, 2024, travelers in Germany will face chaotic days as the Verdi and GDL unions are calling for a strike. At Lufthansa, the ground staff are on a work stoppage
Leipzig: Wizz Air announces Bucharest and Tirana
The low-cost airline Wizz Air will be flying to Bucharest and Tirana from Leipzig/Halle this year. From June 20, 2024, Wizz Air is planning connections on Thursdays and Sundays
Munich: Croatia Airlines cancels flights to Brač
The Croatian airline Croatia Airlines is removing the Brač-Munich route from its flight schedule. The route was started last year and is now being discontinued. The Croatian airline Croatia Airlines has
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Zurich Airport stops party donations
In the course of the public discourse, Flughafen Zürich AG has reviewed and adjusted its practice of financial donations. Political parties will no longer be supported. As already
Zurich Airport wins World Travel Award
As part of the World Travel Awards, Zurich-Kloten Airport was once again named the best airport in Europe. The airport has already received the award 20 times. “Continually maintaining high quality is important
Winter 2023/24: Ryanair UK serves London (Stansted)-Basel
The low-cost airline Ryanair will operate a seasonal flight connection between London-Stansted and Basel in the 2023/24 winter timetable. This is scheduled to begin on December 16, 2023. It is currently planned that each day of traffic
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Analysis: Germans are increasingly looking for “everywhere” offers
An analysis carried out by travel agent Skycanner shows that significantly more Germans are using the “All Locations” option when searching this year. In this case, all options are considered to be the cheapest
FTI with new self-operated hotel in Marsa Alam
The travel group FTI will open another self-operated hotel, the “Beach Safari Marsa Alam” in Egypt. Reservations for the four-star hotel will be accepted from May 1, 2024. This is located
Germany: Three days of rail strike ahead
Another train drivers' strike is imminent in Germany. Passengers of Deutsche Bahn AG in particular have to expect significant restrictions, as many trains are expected to be canceled again. This time the GDL union is calling
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Armed Forces carry out emergency medical evacuation with C-130 “Hercules”.
At 18:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 19, a C-130 “Hercules” of the Federal Army took off from Linz-Hörsching with the destination Pristina Airport in Kosovo. An intensive care emergency team was also on board.
US Air Force moves B-52 bombers to Fairford
The US Air Force moved four B-52 Stratofortresses from the 5th Bomber Squadron from Minot Air Force Base to Fairford in the United Kingdom on Thursday. These should already be on one
USA: Lockheed Martin and Airbus want to land a tanker order
The aircraft manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Airbus are vying together for a major order from the US armed forces. One wants to outdo the competitor Boeing with the A330MRTT tanker aircraft. The US Air Force will be up
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Nova Rock: ÖAMTC recommends arriving by public transport
Nova Rock (June 7-10) promises a brilliant start to the Austrian festival season. Around 200.000 visitors are expected. The ÖAMTC is again this year with a mobile breakdown service
Hikes: Alpine Club warns of the risk of falling on old snow fields
The temperatures are finally like early summer, the hiking season has finally started after a cool spring. But despite the lack of snow in the winter, the last remnants of avalanches are still lurking on some hiking trails in the mountains. The
Austria: More and more cases of phone number abuse
Currently: more than 530 complaints about phone number abuse with your own phone number in May - unfortunately there is little you can do about it! With call ID spoofing, scammers falsify the number that is used when making a call
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- Mexicana merged into GAFSACOMM March 28, 2024
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