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December 19, 2022

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December 19, 2022

Turbulence: 36 injured aboard Hawaiian plane

Granite Pireci 19 December 2022 19:31

36 people were injured, eleven of them seriously, during severe turbulence during a flight from Phoenix in the US state of Arizona to Honolulu in Hawaii. The extreme air turbulence at an altitude of 11.000 meters caused some passengers to be thrown from their seats and at least one person to hit the ceiling. The passengers suffered head injuries, bruises and lacerations, and some even lost consciousness, according to the online portal FVW. There were 330 passengers and ten crew members on board the Hawaiian Airlines A238 plane. According to the airline, the plane was able to land at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu at around 11.00:XNUMX a.m. local time on Sunday. Medical personnel cared for the injured passengers and crew members.

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Germany: Southwind Airlines flies to Antalya more often

Granite Pireci 19 December 2022 19:05

Southwind Airlines will significantly expand its flight connections from Germany and Switzerland to Antalya next summer. The Antalya-based airline has already successfully operated several flights from Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hanover, Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Basel for the two tour operators FTI and ITT-Reisen in October 2022. From April 2023, the Turkish airline will fly daily from Düsseldorf to Antalya. In addition to the connection from the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital, Southwind Airlines will also fly to Antalya several times a week from Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart as well as from Basel and Zurich. This is reported by FVW.

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China boosts travel in the new year

Granite Pireci 19 December 2022 18:05

China is taking another step towards normality: After easing its strict CoV policy, the People's Republic wants to restore almost 90 percent of pre-crisis air traffic by the end of January. The bottom line is that there will be up to 11.280 flights a day, 9.280 of which will be domestic routes. With these key figures, China wants to increase airline traffic to 6 percent of the flight movements of the same period in 2023 by January 70, 2019, as the German aviation portal Aero reports, citing Reuters. By January 31, passengers will even have access to 88 percent of the pre-crisis offer: 13.667 daily flights, including 2.000 connections abroad.

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Vienna: Around 1,2 million overnight stays in November

Granite Pireci 19 December 2022 17:05

With 1,2 million guest overnight stays, this November reached 85 percent of its volume from the pre-Corona year of 2019. This November brought 1.171.000 overnight stays, a calculated increase of 114 percent compared to the same month in 2021 - that corresponds to 85 percent of the level from November 2019. From January to November 2022, around 11,7 million overnight stays were counted. The net overnight turnover of Viennese accommodation establishments was around 99 million in October, and between January and October they generated around 673 million euros. The average occupancy rate of hotel beds in November was 50,3 percent, that of rooms around 65 percent. In total, around 66.000 hotel beds were offered in Vienna in November, around 5.800 more beds than in the same month last year.

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BER expects slightly increased travel over the Christmas holidays

Granite Pireci 19 December 2022 16:05

During the Christmas holidays in Berlin and Brandenburg, the airport company expects a slight increase in travel traffic at BER Airport. Between December 22, 2022 and January 3, 2023, around 600.000 passengers are expected to take off and land at the airport, the company announced in a press release. On peak days, at the beginning and end of the holidays, up to 60.000 passengers per day are expected in both terminals - during the autumn holidays there were more than 80.000 travelers on peak days. A total of 122 destinations in 50 countries are served from the German capital. Popular destinations are the Mediterranean countries Spain, Italy, Turkey and Portugal. Switzerland, Austria and Scandinavia are in demand for winter holidays. In terms of cities, flights to London, Paris and Copenhagen are at the top. Doha and New York are popular long-haul destinations. 

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Smartwings launches the first charter flights from České Budějovice

Amely Mizzi 19 December 2022 15:06

After a delay of several years, the time is set to come in summer 2023. The Czech airport in Budweis wants to compete with Linz Airport. Smartwings will initially fly to Rhodes and Antalya with Boeing 737-800s. According to regional politicians, further destinations are already being prepared. The former military airport near České Budějovice was expanded at great expense and turned into a civilian airport. The initiators of the project at the time promised a veritable low-cost Eldorado, but they did not succeed in attracting a single low-cost airline to Budweis. In addition, there were considerable problems with the extension of the license, as the Czech air traffic control objected to a certain extent, as it was initially unable to control it in the way the operator wanted for personnel reasons. There were considerable restrictions that made the use of Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and Co impossible. A lot has also changed in terms of shareholders, as everyone except the South Bohemia region has dropped out. Almost nothing has remained unchanged at management level either. The South Bohemia region is now the sole shareholder of České Budějovice Airport. But that has not accelerated the repeatedly postponed start date. Regardless of this: Smartwings has announced flights to Rhodes in Greece and Antalya in Turkey for the 2023 summer flight schedule. These are not scheduled flights, but charter flights on behalf of the tour operator Čedok. This also means that there will initially only be one pair of flights per week. From August 4, 2023, flights to Rhodes will be made from Budweis on Mondays and Antalya on Fridays. For the time being

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Bomb threat against Air China flight over Germany

Jan Gruber 19 December 2022 14:09

Due to a bomb threat, Air China flight CA15 was escorted by fighter jets on December 2022, 617, en route from Chengdu to Paris-CDG via Germany, Belgium and France. The operator of a website had received the threat and immediately contacted the French executive. First, two fighter jets from the German Air Force took off in Rostock-Laage. These escorted the Airbus A330-300 with the registration B-8383 to the Belgian airspace border. Here the Belgians took over before the French armed forces escorted it. The long-haul aircraft was able to land safely in CDG and was then thoroughly investigated. The operator of a homepage received information in a comment post that there was at least one bomb on Air China flight CA617. As a precaution, he immediately contacted the gendarmerie, which, for security reasons, forwarded the theoretically possible threat to air traffic control and the military. The Airbus A330-300 was then escorted by the armed forces of Germany, Belgium and France until it landed in Paris. A comprehensive check has shown that there were no explosive devices on board and therefore no threat. The French police now want to find the perpetrator. The operator of the website, who has called in the police as a precaution, does not expect any criminal proceedings, as according to the statement of the gendarmerie, he acted in an exemplary manner and all necessary steps were taken in accordance with the principle of "safety first".

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Graz Airport wants to “incorporate” a small part of the former Nittner Air Base

Jan Gruber 19 December 2022 13:02

A few years ago, the former military area of ​​Graz Airport was abandoned. Up until now, the future use was still completely open. Now the airport has applied for part of the area of ​​the former Nittner Air Base to be included in the civil airfield. Even though there is an existing taxiway between the former military area and Graz-Thalerhof Airport, the former Nittner Air Base is not formally a civil airfield. In concrete terms, this means that the properties and infrastructure there are currently not allowed to be used for aviation purposes. This is exactly what Graz Airport wants to change and has submitted a formal application to the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology to amend the existing civil airfield permit to include part of the former military area. In concrete terms, this means that if the decision is positive, the former military infrastructure can then be used for civil purposes, for example by general aviation. Even though there was once military aviation in this area, the Ministry of Transport must first give the green light for civilian use. Specifically, the area of ​​Graz Airport is to be expanded so that the former Nittner Air Base is also included in the civil airfield permit. This is a bureaucratic effort, because according to the mandatory publication in the official gazette of the Wiener Zeitung, this is a so-called major procedure. "It is intended to include a 7.255 square meter area of ​​the former military airfield Graz Thalerhof (Nittner Air Base) in the airport area. The planned civil airfield expansion is located on plots 35/2, 35/4, 35/5 and 103/3 in the cadastral municipality 63286 Thalerhof. An approx. 5.655 square meter area of ​​the former military airfield Graz Thalerhof (Nittner Air Base) is to be built on the expansion area.

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Moscow: Aeroflot increases Hurghada and Sharm el Sheik

Jan Gruber 19 December 2022 12:07

The Russian airline Aeroflot intends to increase the frequencies between Moscow-Sheremetyevo and Hurghada as well as Sharm el Sheik, effective at the end of December 2022. The carrier plans to fly to the first-mentioned destination in Egypt ten times a week in the future. Boeing 737s and Airbus A330s are to be used as aircraft. In the future, flights to Sharm el Sheik will also be ten times a week. The two previously mentioned models will also be used on this route. The increases will take effect from December 24, 2022.

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SAS ramps up Copenhagen-Shanghai

Jan Gruber 19 December 2022 11:02

The Scandinavian airline SAS increased the frequency of flights between Copenhagen and Shanghai (Pu Dong) on ​​Friday. The carrier now offers two weekly flights between the two cities. Long-haul aircraft of the Airbus A350-900 type are usually used. The flights to China take place on Tuesdays and Fridays. The flights back to Denmark take place on Thursdays and Sundays.

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