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May 5

Armed Forces: Brigadier Luttenberger new commander in Hörsching

Jan Gruber 5 May 2022 19:36

The Austrian Federal Army's Hörsching Air Base is under new management: In the presence of Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP), Colonel Klecatsky handed over command to Brigadier Luttenberger. In his speech, the new commander emphasized the association's good reputation at home and abroad for its professional performance of its tasks. For the future, he called for four characteristics to be maintained: "Always ready for action, future-oriented, exemplary and professional." Brigadier Luttenberger was most recently deputy head of the "Air Staff" of the Armed Forces Command, is a helicopter pilot, completed the General Staff course at the National Defense Academy in Vienna and later the "US Air War College" in Montgomery, Alabama. Luttenberger has been deployed abroad on several missions in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 57-year-old is married and has a daughter. "I would like to thank Colonel Klecatsky for his prudent leadership and excellent command. Important measures have been taken, particularly in the area of ​​disaster control. I wish Brigadier Luttenberger all the best and much success in his new role! I am sure that the air support of the Federal Army will continue to ensure the safety of our population. Above all, he will be able to apply the knowledge he has acquired over many years in a wide variety of training courses,” said Defense Minister Tanner. In his speech, Brigadier Promberger thanked Colonel Klecatsky for his prudent leadership of the air support unit and cited the successful fighting of the forest fire in Hirschwang an der Rax last year as an example. The new commander, Brigadier Luttenberger, will bring his flying experience from international missions and the expertise he has gained from his assignments in the field of air forces to this task. Promberger knows “the command that the transport and

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HAM: Eurowings plans up to 350 departures per week

Granite Pireci 5 May 2022 19:03

Many northern Germans are booking their first flight in more than two years, and in response to the high demand, airlines are continuing to expand their offerings from Hamburg. Eurowings is leading the way: of a total of 115 direct destinations offered from Hamburg Airport in the summer, Eurowings has 60 destinations in its program - that's more than ever before. With up to 350 departures per week, Eurowings wants to meet the increased demand at Hamburg Airport in the summer. The airport is also looking forward to the summer with confidence, with up to 280.000 passengers expected per week. High peaks in capacity utilization are making planning more difficult for all system partners in air traffic. "Many northern Germans are eagerly looking forward to their first flight in more than two years. The very long dry spell seems to be over, and we can look forward with confidence again. We are all the more pleased to have a strong and reliable partner in Eurowings at our side. Eurowings' offering is even stronger this summer than before the crisis - so our passengers have a wide choice for their long-awaited vacation trip," says Michael Eggenschwiler, CEO of Hamburg Airport. Eurowings says it has been recording consistently high bookings for weeks. The German airline is focusing on vacation travelers and is relying on popular sunny regions in Spain, Greece and Turkey. There are also cities in Europe such as Paris and Prague. In addition to Bilbao, Verona, Chania, Lisbon and Porto, the German airline is expanding its summer portfolio from Hamburg to include other destinations, including popular vacation destinations such as Alicante, but also Gothenburg in Sweden.

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Nuremberg Airport expects three million passengers this year

Granite Pireci 5 May 2022 18:04

With around 1,1 million passengers in 2021, Nuremberg Airport increased its passenger volume by 16 percent year-on-year. Before Corona, there were more than 4,1 million. Due to the pandemic, the group closed 2021 with a loss of 14,9 million euros. In the first year of the pandemic, it was still minus 41,2 million euros. In the reporting year, sales revenues of 42,6 million euros were achieved at group level (39,8 million in the previous year), which corresponds to an increase of 7 percent. Overall, however, the airport now sees itself on the up again: "People want to travel," says Hupe. Easter travel was good to very good with 251.000 passengers in April alone and exceeded expectations. For the summer, Nuremberg Airport expects passenger numbers to be similar to those in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 for the first time and expects to break the 3 million mark in passenger numbers for the year as a whole. Freight volumes increased There was a significant increase in air freight flown directly from or to Nuremberg, which even exceeded the pre-crisis level in 2019 (+11 percent). Both regular express services and air freight transported from Nuremberg as part load or by freight charter were able to benefit from this development. There was also a positive development in air freight (trucking) handled in Nuremberg but not flown from/to Nuremberg (+18 percent). 

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Corendon Europe stations “Hull City” special livery in Nuremberg

Jan Gruber 5 May 2022 17:04

The Maltese airline Corendon Europe has registered the 9H-CXG, the eleventh Boeing 737-800, on the AOC. The aircraft was originally delivered to Thomson Airways as G-FDZW and was most recently in service with the German sister company Tuifly as D-ATYI. This Boeing 737-800 was "temporarily stored" in the Austrian register as OE-IWR for almost a year. The owner of the now 9H-CXG is CIAF Leasing. Corendon Europe has given this aircraft a special paint job that advertises the Hull City football club. According to information from Mavio, the medium-haul jet will be stationed in Nuremberg, Germany, in the 2022 summer flight schedule and will fly to various holiday destinations from there. Corendon Europe is the Maltese branch of the Turkish Corendon Airlines and has eleven Boeing 9-737s, including the 800H-CXG. Numerous wet-lease aircraft are also in use for the group.

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From July 6, 2022: Eva Air will again fly regularly from Vienna

Amely Mizzi 5 May 2022 16:04

The airline Eva Air intends to start flying regularly to Vienna-Schwechat Airport with passenger aircraft again from July 6, 2022. Initially, two weekly flights to Taipei via Bangkok will be offered. This will be increased to three rotations at the end of July 2022. The route will normally be served with Boeing 787-9s. "The last few months have been a long dry spell for tourism and air traffic. We are pleased with the high demand and loyalty of our frequent flyers and are doing everything we can to restore normal flight operations soon," explains Edward Ho, General Manager EVA Air Austria. Initially, flights will be operated from Taipei to Vienna via Bangkok on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The return flights will take place on Wednesdays and Fridays. From July 25, 2022, flights will also be operated on Saturdays and Sundays.

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Verdict: Airlines are liable for the lack of information provided by travel agents

Amely Mizzi 5 May 2022 15:03

Airlines can be very expensive if ticket agents do not pass on information about flight cancellations to customers. By simply informing the agency, airlines are not fulfilling their duty to provide information, the European Court of Justice ruled in 2017. Nevertheless, network carriers in particular are still clinging to outdated practices, sending information to travel agencies and booking platforms, but not directly to passengers. Refunds are also referred to the agent, even though the ECJ has also ruled that airlines must refund their passengers directly. Reputable travel agencies naturally pass on all information they receive from airlines to their customers immediately. However, this is not the case with many online portals, so it can happen that a cancellation that occurs outside the two-week deadline never reaches the passengers. Airlines are liable for this, the Erding District Court recently ruled. The trade journal “Reiserecht aktuell” reports that the court is of the opinion that the airline must prove that the information about the cancellation outside the two-week period actually reached the passengers. If a travel agency does not pass this on, it is the airline’s problem and not the passengers’. In this specific case, a flight from Munich to Split was cancelled 15 days in advance. The airline therefore informed the travel agent outside the 14-day period for compensation. However, the agent did not consider it necessary to pass on the information immediately, and the plaintiff only received the information four days before the planned departure. The airline is liable for this and must

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Passenger numbers: Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden with a new April record

Jan Gruber 5 May 2022 14:03

The German regional airport Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden was able to set a new monthly record in April 2022 for the first time since the start of the corona pandemic. It had 116.500 passengers, more than in April 2019. There was also a strong increase in the cargo sector. In the pre-crisis month of April 2019, FKB was used by 116.281 passengers. There was thus a small increase recently. This is primarily attributed to the low-cost airline Ryanair. "This means that the signs are pointing towards growth again - especially in comparison to before the pandemic," says airport boss Uwe Kotzan, pleased with the busiest April in the 25-year history of FKB and confident that the upward trend will continue. Since the two Ryanair aircraft were stationed there on March 25.03.2012, 6,2, the Irish airline has transported over 10 million passengers to and from FKB. If you include the Ryanair flights before the stationing at FKB, the number is over 2003 million passengers since 1,2. The current summer flight schedule at FKB shows over 35 million seats to 18 destinations in XNUMX countries, which are served by a total of six airlines. The upcoming winter flight schedule also offers numerous destinations - including new flights from Ryanair to Agadir and Sofia and from Wizz Air to Kukës.

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State aid: EU Commission continues to wave 1,9 million euros for Tarom

Amely Mizzi 5 May 2022 13:07

The EU Commission has given the green light for state aid of 1,9 million euros for the Romanian airline Tarom. This is to be paid out as a capital grant via the Ministry of Transport. The aid package is intended to offset losses incurred on a total of 1 routes between July 31 and December 2022, 14. The Romanian state holds 97,22 percent of the shares in Tarom. Brussels gave the green light for the first Corona state aid in October 2020. This related to the period between March 16 and June 30, 2020. Tarom was already considered financially troubled before the Corona pandemic. Immediately before the outbreak of the crisis, the EU Commission approved a state-guaranteed loan of 36,7 million euros. This had certain consequences for the Corona aid, because it had to be lower in direct comparison with other states or airlines. However, these were not loans but financial grants from the government.

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Holiday home holidays: Croatia and Italy are very popular with Austrians

Amely Mizzi 5 May 2022 12:04

In summer 2022, holidays on the Mediterranean are expected to be particularly popular with Austrians again. As part of an analysis, the holiday home agent Interhome found that initial trends show that 38,3 percent want to spend their holidays in Croatia. 29,3 percent have chosen Italy. Istria is the most popular region, followed by the Kvarner Bay. 17,9 percent want to stay in Austria during their holiday this summer, with Carinthia being the most popular destination. The analysis of recent years shows that the popularity of stays of between 5 and 7 nights among Austrians has remained almost the same. Short trips (1-4 nights) were extremely popular, especially in the pandemic-dominated winter of 2020/21 (46%), but fell back to pre-Corona levels last winter (35%). The most popular stays this winter were again between 5 and 7 nights (53%). Next summer, Italy and France will be the two most popular destinations, each accounting for around 22% of all Interhome bookings, followed by Spain, Croatia and Germany. Compared to summer 2019, Interhome guests are increasingly travelling to the Côte d'Azur, Istria and the Spanish coasts of Costa Blanca and Costa Brava. Holidays on the North Sea also remain popular.

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FWAG subsidiary in Malta has abolished “counter obligation”

Jan Gruber 5 May 2022 11:10

At the Flughafen Wien AG subsidiary Malta International Airport in Luqa, almost all corona measures have been lifted. This also means that there is no longer a mask requirement and the "counter requirement" has also been abolished. For departing passengers, this means that they can go straight to the security check with their boarding pass when using online check-in options. For a long time, Luqa Airport insisted that all passengers, even if they had already checked in online and had no checked baggage, present their corona documents at the check-in counter. Without confirmation from a CI agent, access to the security area was denied. That is now a thing of the past, as things have switched to normality. Masks no longer have to be worn inside the terminal. But they do have to be worn on board the aircraft, as the government of Malta continues to instruct airlines accordingly. There are also changes for arriving passengers, as the PLF form has been abolished since Monday. This no longer needs to be filled out. The 3G rule is still in place and will continue to be systematically monitored by the health authorities. Malta can imagine that there may be further relaxations in entry, but they want to practice the 3G rule first. For several weeks now, results from rapid antigen tests have also been accepted. Arriving passengers can remove their masks as soon as they leave the aircraft. There is no obligation to cover the mouth and nose on public transport such as buses.

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