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June 19, 2020

Vienna: Ryanair takes over Lauda vacation pay

Granite Pireci June 19, 2020 16:54

Flight operations are to be resumed as a wet lease partner of Ryanair from July 1, 2020. The parent company is now also taking over the vacation pay of the workforce. On July 12, Lauda also wants to wake up from its deep Corona sleep and resume flight operations in Vienna. To do this, the aircraft are being made ready for flight again. It is assumed that the booking situation will be at a very modest level in view of the recent events surrounding the company, it was announced in a circular. "However, this is not a major problem for us, as we only operate flights for Ryanair anyway. We concentrate on the flight - Ryanair takes care of ticket sales," it continues. The workforce is also informed that the termination letter will be on the table by the end of the month for the 82 pilots and 13 flight attendants who have not signed the new collective agreement. There is also good news for those employees who have given their consent: the XNUMXth month's salary will be paid in full. However, not by Lauda itself; the parent company will cover this special payment.

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Trade Air will take off again on June 22, 2020

Granite Pireci June 19, 2020 15:46

Trade Air will resume flight operations on June 90nd after a nearly 22-day Corona break. The Croatian airline based in Velika Gorica will fly to domestic airports. A Let L-410, a light short-haul aircraft, will be used. Specifically, the airline will offer two weekly flights from Osijek to Rijeka and Pula. There will also be four flights a week to Dubrovnik and Split. In Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, the airline will land twice a day, as exyuaviation.com reports. 

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Air Albania announces restart

Granite Pireci June 19, 2020 15:41

The Turkish Airlines subsidiary will soon end the Corona break and start flying again with two aircraft. Air Albania is taking off again: Albania's flag carrier will resume flight operations on June 22nd. For the time being, only one airport will be served, namely Istanbul. Before the pandemic, the airline also landed in Italy, among other places: Rome-Fiumicino, Milan-Malpensa and Bologna were among the destinations flown. The airline ceased operations at the end of March, but carried out repatriation flights on behalf of the national government almost every day. As part of these operations, many travelers from Italy, Great Britain, Turkey and other countries were brought back to the country. The fleet would consist of an Airbus A319 and a Boeing 737, as ch-aviation.com reports.

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New name for CSA as a condition for state aid

Granite Pireci June 19, 2020 15:36

The Czech government is imposing tough conditions on Smartwings in order to possibly still receive state aid. For example, CSA is to be given a new name. The Czech government has promised Smartwings state aid, but only under certain conditions: Firstly, the company is to be renamed CSA Czech Airlines, the former home carrier of the Czech Republic, in which the airline now has a 97,7 percent stake. Secondly, a long-term job guarantee is to be issued for the entire workforce. Only after these demands have been met will the airline be given a financial injection. Specifically, this involves a loan amounting to the equivalent of 38,3 million US dollars, according to ch-aviation.com. The rescue package also provides for financial support from existing shareholders. They are to pump an additional 67,7 million US dollars into the coffers. 

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State aid: Level Europe missed out - bankruptcy!

Jan Gruber June 19, 2020 15:31

Because the IAG subsidiary did not receive any state aid, it had to file for bankruptcy. This is according to a publication by the Credit Protection Association of 1870. According to the Credit Protection Association of 1870, the insolvent airline Level applied to the Korneuburg Regional Court to open bankruptcy proceedings. The liabilities amount to around 12,3 million euros, excluding ticket creditors. The value given by the Credit Protection Association is quite low for airline bankruptcies. But there is a piquant detail in the bankruptcy application, because Austria only gave financial support to Austrian Airlines, while Level came away empty-handed and had to file for bankruptcy. Without taking into account ticket holders, 129 creditors are affected. Level Europe recently employed 231 people, 198 of whom were in Austria and 33 in the Netherlands. According to the KSV12,3, the liabilities of 1870 million euros are offset by assets of around 8,4 million euros. The reasons for insolvency according to the company's information in the application: "The debtor company started its business activities on March 01.03.2018, 17.07.2018 and carried out the first operational scheduled flight on July 2019, 2020. The debtor company was financed by the International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). Due to the difficult market environment, two further capital injections by the owner were required in 4 and 2019. The booking figures and sales developed in the fourth quarter of 19 as expected and planned. However, the COVID-12,3 pandemic stopped this sales development. At the same time, cost-cutting measures such as negotiations with suppliers and service providers, introduction of short-time work, elimination of non-essential costs, etc. were implemented. Efforts to obtain state support or financing were unsuccessful. There was therefore no alternative to filing for bankruptcy. Liabilities currently amount to around XNUMX million euros." The publication

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Palma: Lauda closure off the table

Granite Pireci June 19, 2020 15:27

The Lauda base in Palma de Mallorca will remain open. The company announced this in a circular on Friday. According to the statement, 100 percent of pilots and 60 percent of flight attendants have accepted the new conditions. Flights are scheduled to resume on July 1, 2020. For summer 2021 - provided the situation surrounding Corona has eased - the expansion of activities from Palma de Mallorca is planned. Lauda will offer wet leasing services for Ryanair DAC from this airport. Own flight numbers will no longer be used.

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May: 97,9 percent decline in Germany

Jan Gruber June 19, 2020 12:45

In May 2020, passenger volume at German airports fell by 97,9 percent to 464.245 passengers. There was also a 10,5 percent decline in the freight sector. 370.643 tons of air freight were handled in Germany. In total, there were only 27.046 commercial flight movements. In direct comparison with the same month last year, this represents a decrease of 86,2 percent, the Association of German Airports announced on Friday. Domestic German flight connections recorded a decline of 96,9 percent. European traffic fell by 98,3 percent and there were 97,8 percent fewer passengers on long-haul routes. In summary, it can be said that passenger volume has fallen to less than three percent of the previous year's figure due to the Corona pandemic. However, the airports remained connected to the network and were also used for urgently needed medical transport and cargo flights. The corona pandemic is also having a noticeable impact on the total annual performance to date. Across Germany, 38,31 million travelers were counted from January to the end of May. This is 59,1 percent below the previous year's figure. Within Germany, the decrease is 61 percent, in European traffic 60,4 percent and on long-haul routes 52,4 percent. Overall, commercial flight movements fell by 48,3 percent in direct comparison with the same period last year.

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Level bankruptcy: Wizzair offers rescue fares

Jan Gruber June 19, 2020 11:24

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizzair is offering passengers of the insolvent competitor Level Europe special fares. By entering the PNR code of the original booking, one-way tickets can be booked for 31 euros for trips up to July 2020, 9,99. This applies to Level passengers who have a booking on Amsterdam-Milan Malpensa, Amsterdam-Vienna, Málaga-Vienna, Barcelona-Vienna, Heraklion-Vienna, Larnaka-Vienna or Rhodes-Vienna. The Wizzair ticket must be booked at https://wizzair.com/#/rescue. The original booking number from Level must be entered. Competitor Ryanair is also offering reduced fares on some routes from Vienna in response to Level's bankruptcy. Almost all Lauda flights will be operated under the FR code once flight operations resume.

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Emirates is back in Vienna

Granite Pireci June 19, 2020 11:04

Emirates celebrates comeback in Vienna: Almost three months after the suspension of passenger flights, the airline is once again offering flights to and from Vienna. The "first flight" from Dubai was ceremoniously welcomed yesterday by Vienna Airport. Yesterday, the Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft landed for the first time since March 25. Over 200 people were on board. The flight connection to the Austrian capital has been resumed with three flights a week - Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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Supervisory board approves Tuifly downsizing

Jan Gruber June 19, 2020 10:59

Now it's a done deal: The fleet of the German airline Tuifly will be halved and around 700 employees will have to go. The VC criticizes the decision. The supervisory board of Tui AG gave the green light for the savings program on Thursday. This includes reducing the Tuifly fleet to 17 aircraft. As a result, numerous jobs will be cut. The Cockpit association strongly criticizes this step and accuses state aid of being used to cut jobs. "We are appalled by the reduction in the fleet and jobs at Tuifly that has now been decided and consider it to be a serious mistake. It is the wrong approach and deeply reprehensible that the company is using the Corona crisis to cut German jobs with the help of German taxpayers' money. This decision is both economically nonsensical and socially irresponsible. It breaks political porcelain that Tui will still urgently need in the crisis," said VC President Markus Wahl.

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