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Qatar Airways is back in Vienna

Jan Gruber June 3, 2020 22:10

Qatar Airways has been present in Vienna again since June 1, 2020 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. From July 2020, flights will also resume on Saturdays and Sundays. On June 1, 2020, Qatar Airways, another carrier, celebrated its "Corona comeback" at Vienna Airport. The carrier is again flying three times a week between Doha and the Austrian capital. The route is served with Boeing 787-8 aircraft. According to the company's statement, it is planned to offer five rotations per week from July 2020.

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Swiss with high quarterly loss

Jan Gruber June 3, 2020 22:03

The effects of the corona pandemic also resulted in a heavy quarterly loss for the Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss. The carrier wants to gradually ramp up flight operations again. The corona crisis resulted in the airline Swiss incurring an operating quarterly loss of 84,1 million Swiss francs. In the previous year, the airline posted a profit of 48,3 million francs. Sales fell by 20 percent to 923 million Swiss francs. Capacity utilization was 73,3 percent. According to management, a forecast for the full year cannot be given due to the unclear situation surrounding the corona pandemic. Markus Binkert, Swiss's CFO, explained: "After a prolonged corona pandemic became apparent, Swiss immediately initiated cost-cutting measures. Together with financial support from the Lufthansa Group and state aid guaranteed by the federal government, we will be able to bridge the liquidity bottleneck. We will of course make every effort to repay the loans plus interest as quickly as possible.” The financial result is reflected in the passenger numbers: In the first three months of this year, Swiss carried a total of 2.991.974 passengers. This corresponds to a decrease of 21,4 percent compared to the same period last year. In total, Swiss operated 27.270 flights, 19,2% fewer than in the first quarter of 2019. In the first three months of 2020, Swiss offered 15,9 percent fewer seat kilometers (ASK) across its entire route network, and the number of revenue seat kilometers (RPK) fell by 21,5 percent. The average load factor (SLF) was 73,3 percent. This means that they were 5,3 percentage points lower than in the previous year. “We will gradually increase our flight offering in Zurich and Geneva. The aim is to meet the important

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Munich: Lufthansa celebrates long-haul comeback

Jan Gruber June 3, 2020 21:40

After a weeks-long "corona break", Lufthansa is again operating long-haul flights from Munich. The first destinations to celebrate their "comeback" are Chicago and Los Angeles. With an Airbus A350, Deutsche Lufthansa AG flew to Los Angeles from Munich on Wednesday for the first time since March 13, 2020. Chicago was already resumed on Tuesday. Initially, three weekly rotations will be offered on both routes, the company said in a media statement. "This week we are resuming long-haul connections from Munich with the most modern, economical and environmentally friendly long-haul aircraft in the Lufthansa fleet, the A350. During every journey, not only the safety but also the health of our passengers is our top priority," said Ola Hansson, hub manager at Lufthansa. "I see this resumption of intercontinental traffic as the important first step on a journey ahead of us, at the end of which I firmly believe there will be a vibrant Munich hub traffic again," explained Munich boss Jost Lammers.

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Corona pushed AUA into the red

Jan Gruber June 3, 2020 17:51

The corona pandemic left the Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines deep in the red. The company hopes that it can still make up as much as possible over the course of the year. The entire Austrian Airlines fleet has been grounded since March 19, 2020 due to the pandemic. Even before that, the flight schedule for China and then for Europe had to be drastically cut back due to the spread of the corona virus. Even though the far greater impact will fall in the second quarter, the corona-related development is also reflected in the financial figures for the first quarter: the airline's revenue and passenger numbers fell by around a quarter compared to the previous year. As a result, Austrian Airlines had to post adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (Adjusted EBIT) of -2 million euros in the first three months of the current year. Austrian Airlines CFO Wolfgang Jani on the development: “The pandemic has hit our company with full force. This blow is also reflected in the results. We will probably only see the full effects in the next few months. But it is already clear today that we will need years to digest the crisis." In the first three months of the current year, Austrian Airlines carried 1 million passengers. That is 136 percent less than in the same period last year. The offer measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) had to be reduced by 1,9 percent to 27 billion. Capacity utilization fell to 19 percent due to the crisis. In March, many passengers did not even take their flight despite booking. The regularity, which is not very meaningful due to the corona virus, increased in the first quarter of 4,5.

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Lauda: Vida makes point of view clear

Jan Gruber June 3, 2020 16:53

This evening, the fate of the almost 600 Lauda employees in Vienna could be finally decided. WKO and Vida will meet for negotiations at 17 p.m. The union once again communicated its position via OTS and intends to stand firm. Around 00 minutes before the start of the possibly final negotiations between the Chamber of Commerce and the Vida union, the employee representatives made their position clear again in an OTS message. Ryanair has meanwhile invited media representatives to an online press conference, which is to take place on Thursday at 45 a.m. If an agreement is reached, it will be canceled. "The Vida union expects that reason will finally prevail over Ryanair's ultimatums," says Daniel Liebhart, head of the aviation department in the run-up to today's Lauda collective agreement negotiations. "Our proposal, which can bridge the crisis period, will not result in any additional costs for the company but in a more socially balanced collective agreement for the various professional groups," says Liebhart. He also demands that all clauses that the union considers to be illegal be removed. "We are still appalled by the blackmailing approach of the Ryanair Group, which was carried out in close collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce. As a union, we have two responsibilities in these negotiations: on the one hand, to preserve jobs at Laudamotion and, on the other hand, to secure sustainable jobs in Austria. An agreement to the dumping income level of only a guaranteed 10 euros gross per month demanded by the company would trigger a fatal downward pull on employer demands in collective bargaining negotiations in other sectors. We do not want the WKÖ to use this to

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737-Max: Boeing and Tui reach an agreement

guest Author June 3, 2020 16:31

The Tui Group and Boeing have reached an agreement regarding the 737 Max, of which no further financial details have been published. The travel group Tui and US aircraft manufacturer Boeing have reached an agreement to compensate for the 737 Max flight ban. Both sides are keeping the details secret. Over the next two years, Tui will receive "compensation that covers a significant part of the damage, as well as credits for future aircraft orders". Due to the grounding of the Max, the Tui airlines have been waiting for over a year for the delivery of eight aircraft that were actually supposed to join the fleet in 2019. It is also clear that Tui will purchase fewer jets from Boeing in the coming years than previously planned. In the next two years, less than half of the aircraft originally planned will be delivered, it is said. This results in an average delay of around two years compared to the original plan. Tui CEO Fritz Joussen speaks of a "fair agreement" that will offset "a large part of the costs incurred by the 737 MAX flight ban." The company has ordered a total of 61 737 Max jets.

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Berlin-Tegel remains open

guest Author June 3, 2020 16:14

Operating company FBB withdrew the application for early closure. The airport's capacity is now needed until the end of October 2020. Berlin-Tegel Airport will not close as planned due to the Corona-related collapse in passenger numbers in mid-June. The application for temporary exemption from the obligation to operate has been withdrawn, announced airport boss Engelbert Lütke Daldrup. Tegel was originally scheduled to close on June 15th until August; now the end of operations is linked to the start of BER on October 31st as planned. After many European countries reopened their borders and many airlines also want to restart operations this month, airport operator FBB expects the numbers to increase at both existing airports (Tegel and Schönefeld). The number of daily passengers is likely to increase from around 3000 to more than double in June, according to FBB. Up to 20.000 passengers are expected at the end of July. Opposition criticizes "zig-zag course"Nevertheless, some things will change in Tegel, because the distance rules against Corona still apply and must be implemented there too. These require significantly more space and also slow down some processes at the airports, especially at the security checkpoints, emphasizes the FBB. "Especially during peak times, when many planes take off or land almost simultaneously, the passengers must therefore soon be distributed across as many terminal areas as possible." The Berlin FDP leader Sebastian Czaja sharply criticizes the "zig-zag course" of the FBB in the Tegel case. "The postponement of the closure is only postponed chaos," he says in an interview with Aviation.Direct. In a 2017 referendum, Berliners voted by a large majority for

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EU locks out Armenian carriers

Granite Pireci June 3, 2020 15:55

A total of 96 airlines are not allowed to land in the EU. Armenian carriers are now also on the notorious "black list". Armenian airlines are now part of the club of bans: The European Commission has put all airlines based in Armenia on the "black list". This means that they are no longer allowed to fly to the European Union. The airlines in question do not meet international safety standards. However, the Commission is prepared to help improve flight safety in Armenia, according to European Transport Minister Adina Valean. In any case, this measure should not be seen as a punishment, but rather as an opportunity to increase safety on board. A total of 96 carriers are on the list.

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China is slowly opening up again

Granite Pireci June 3, 2020 15:49

Little by little, the People's Republic of China is opening up to tourists again. While flights from Germany, for example, are permitted, nothing has changed for the United States. China is easing travel restrictions and allowing charter flights from eight countries: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Switzerland. The United States remains excluded. Previously, unscheduled flights had to be announced and approved in advance. The Chinese government deliberately ignored such a request from the USA, thereby violating a bilateral agreement. At least that is the opinion of the US Department of Transportation, as ch-aviation.com reports. 

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Greece bans Qatar flights

Granite Pireci June 3, 2020 15:46

12 people tested positive after a flight from Doha to Athens. The Greek government is now banning flights from Qatar. Greece is backing down and canceling all flights to Qatar until June 15. The trigger for this measure was a previous flight from Doha to Athens. Of the 91 passengers on board, 12 tested positive for the new Covid pathogen. Those infected must now undergo 14 days of self-isolation, as orf.at reports. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is currently planning to reopen the tourist season from mid-June - on the condition that the situation surrounding the corona virus remains stable.     

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