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January 11, 2023

2022: Graz Airport had around 561.000 passengers

Jan Gruber 11 January 2023 12:01

Graz Airport in Styria was used by around 2022 passengers in 561.000. This was around 2,5 times higher than the figure a year earlier, but still well below the pre-crisis level. Great hopes are being placed in the planned Eurowings expansion. With the start of the summer flight schedule, the airport was able to offer connections to 5 major transfer airports - Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Zurich - as well as to the economic metropolises of Düsseldorf and Stuttgart with the resumption of scheduled flights to Zurich, although not yet at the frequency density that was usual before Corona. Around 15 destinations were offered for holiday flights. "After the gradual withdrawal of the Corona restrictions, the flight business has started much better than all experts had predicted," explains Wolfgang Grimus, Managing Director of Graz Airport. "Both the hub connections and the tourist destinations were well utilized. We were therefore able to serve around 110.000 more passengers than planned!” 441.699 passengers, 270.355 or 157,8% more than in 2021, chose a scheduled connection from Graz to start their business or holiday trip from Graz. 119.836 passengers took off on one of the many charter flights to the most beautiful time of the year, which corresponds to an increase of 64.618 or 117%. In the cargo sector, things went as follows: After the exceptionally good result in 2021, which was due, among other things, to more than 30 cargo flights, mostly operated with Boeing 747s, which transported medical material needed during the pandemic from Asia to Graz, a decline for 2022 was already expected in advance. In 2022, a

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D-AIXE: Lufthansa A350 cargo hold damaged at Newark

Jan Gruber 11 January 2023 11:06

On Monday, January 9, 2023, the Airbus A350 with the registration D-AIXE, operated by Lufthansa, was damaged at Newark Airport. The long-haul aircraft was supposed to fly to Munich as LH413. The passengers were already on board. During the unloading and loading process, the cargo hold of the long-haul aircraft was damaged. The captain had to break the bad news to the passengers via an announcement, because for safety reasons a spare part had to be ordered that was not in stock at Newark Airport. The passengers had to disembark. According to Lufthansa, the damage was then repaired the following day.

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Data Breach: Hackers invaded Flying Blue

Jan Gruber 11 January 2023 10:07

Flying Blue, Air France-KLM's frequent flyer program, was attacked by as yet unknown hackers. According to the company, a data leak also occurred. The hackers are said to have had access to participants' data. The company stressed in a statement that no sensitive data such as credit card or passport numbers were accessed. However, names, participant numbers, mileage, email addresses, cell phone numbers and recent transactions are said to have fallen into the hands of the hackers. The exact extent of the attack is currently unknown, but Air France-KLM assumes that not all customers are affected.

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India: Go First forgot 54 passengers on apron bus

Amely Mizzi 11 January 2023 09:01

If you are in the apron bus on the way to the plane, the probability of missing the departure is extremely low. But around 54 passengers on the Indian airline Go First were simply forgotten and had to watch from the bus as the plane took off without them. On Monday, January 9, 2023, numerous passengers wanted to fly from Bengaluru to Delhi on Go First flight G8116. The plane took off at around 6:20 a.m. local time, but a breakdown occurred. The airline simply forgot about around 54 travelers who were still in an apron bus on the way to the plane. Boarding was completed, the door closed and they made their way to the runway and, of course, took off. For those travelers who were still on the bus, this must have been a surreal experience, because normally the probability of missing your flight while on the official boarding bus is close to zero. But Go First proved the opposite, because they simply did not wait for the second bus. The Indian Civil Aviation Authority has now asked Go First to explain how it could have happened that they did not notice that around 54 passengers were missing. A look at the load sheet and the usual counting of the passengers would have made the error immediately apparent. Go First has already publicly apologized to the passengers, but has not yet been able to provide a conclusive explanation of how the obvious anti-communication between ground handling and crew came about. Occasionally, it happens

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Barcelona: Ground vehicle crashed into Transavia France Boeing 737-800

Amely Mizzi 11 January 2023 08:37

At Barcelona Airport, a Boeing 737-800 belonging to Transavia France had an unpleasant encounter with a ground vehicle. Apparently the driver had forgotten to apply the handbrake, so that the aircraft started to move on its own and got stuck under the aircraft. The incident occurred on Monday evening at around 21:00 p.m. The aircraft was at Barcelona Airport and was supposed to fly from there to Paris-Orly. However, this did not happen because a ground vehicle had previously crashed into the Boeing 737-800. According to local media reports, the driver forgot to apply the handbrake before getting off. Shortly afterwards, the vehicle began to roll and got stuck in the area of ​​the rear fuselage. The exact extent of the damage is still unclear and is currently being determined by technical specialists.

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Zurich Airport resumes construction work in Zone West

Amely Mizzi 11 January 2023 08:03

Zurich-Kloten Airport will soon resume construction work in the West Zone, which was interrupted around two years ago due to the corona pandemic. A further 2023 parking spaces for aircraft will be built from mid-January 14. The project is not new, as work began in February 2020. At that time, embankments, leveling and the laying of various lines had already been carried out. However, in 2020 - due to the corona pandemic - the work was interrupted and the continuation postponed indefinitely. Zurich Airport AG explains, among other things, that it wanted to conserve liquidity and: "The reduced air traffic during the pandemic helped that the spaces were not needed temporarily. Now, with the increase in passenger and flight volumes and in view of the approximately ten-year construction phase of the new Dock A, the aircraft parking spaces will be needed as early as next year." The resumption of work in the West Zone will begin in mid-January 2023 with further works on the subsoil of the future stands. The superstructure of the new flight operations areas will then be built from early summer. A total of 14 stands for scheduled and charter aircraft will be created in the west, as well as a parking area for business jets. Due to the redesign of the West Zone, the skater and cycle path around the airport in the west will in future be routed around the newly created area. This work will begin in March. The change from the old to the new route will be seamless. The new stands in the west of the airport are scheduled to go into operation in autumn 2024. The spotter hill with heligrill

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Air Baltic will offer free wireless internet in the future

Jan Gruber 11 January 2023 07:38

There is free WiFi almost everywhere in Latvia. But on board the country's largest airline, of all places, there is "radio silence". That will change, because Air Baltic is upgrading its entire Airbus A220 fleet and wants to offer free internet above the clouds in the future. The company is relying on a cooperation with Starlink. Passengers will be offered WiFi access without additional logins. The internet will be available as soon as they board the aircraft, the airline said in a press release. "This is a historic moment for our airline and the entire industry. Air Baltic will soon be the first airline in Europe to offer free, unlimited high-speed internet via satellite on board. We look forward to further improving our service for our passengers, who will soon benefit from this internet connection on board our flights within the Air Baltic network in Europe and beyond," said company boss Martin Gauss. "We are happy to have found the right connectivity provider in Starlink from SpaceX that meets our needs and wishes. Since we have the most modern aircraft type on the market, it was the next logical step for Air Baltic to implement the most modern in-flight internet solution available in this fleet." At the moment, however, it is not yet clear when Starlink internet will be available. Although Air Baltic expects to be able to start installing the technology this year, it must first receive STC (Supplemental Type Certification) approval. To achieve this, it is working closely with SpaceX. Starlink was developed by SpaceX and offers high-speed broadband internet with low latency in over 40

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Stansted: Lauda Europe forgets 23 passengers in the gangway

Jan Gruber 11 January 2023 07:08

On January 2, 2023, 23 passengers of the low-cost airline Ryanair at London Stansted Airport probably had the feeling that they were in the "wrong movie". They missed their flight between scanning their boarding pass at the gate and boarding the Airbus A320 operated by Lauda Europe with the registration 9H-LAX. The travelers actually wanted to fly to the Croatian capital Zagreb under flight number FR2190. The checks of boarding passes, baggage and ID cards at the gate initially went as usual. All everyday routine and Ryanair passengers in particular are usually very familiar with the procedures. However, things then turned out differently for 23 travelers. While they were in the L-shaped "gangway" on the way to the plane, suddenly nothing was possible. Neither to the front nor back to the gate counter. The ground staff had closed both the entrance (behind the counter) and the exit to the apron, through which the passengers were supposed to get to 9H-LAX. They had obviously forgotten that not all passengers had boarded yet. It was obviously very unpleasant for the passengers, because despite knocking, shouting and even calling Stansted Airport, no one responded. It was only when a passenger decided to simply press the fire alarm button that they became aware of the predicament. The Lauda Europe crew obviously did not notice that the 23 passengers were not actually on board: Piquant: The passengers' checked luggage was actually flown to Zagreb. For security reasons, no "unaccompanied suitcases" are actually allowed to be transported, as there have already been attacks in the history of civil aviation.

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Etihad continues to increase Abu Dhabi-Vienna

Jan Gruber 11 January 2023 06:38

From the end of July 2023, Etihad Airways plans to fly more frequently between Abu Dhabi and Vienna. This route was recently increased to five weekly rotations. In the future, the airline plans to commute between the two cities daily with Boeing 787-9s. Etihad Airways intends to serve the nonstop Abu Dhabi-Vienna route daily, effective July 28, 2023. The increase is currently limited to September 4, 2023. If capacity is sufficient, a continuation of the increased frequencies is not unlikely, according to company sources.

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Wizz Air incorporates Memmingen-Rome (FCO).

Amely Mizzi 11 January 2023 06:07

The low-cost airline Wizz Air will start a non-stop connection between Memmingen and Rome-Fiumicino in September 2023. This will initially be offered twice a week, according to a press release from Allgäu Airport. The first flight is scheduled to take place on September 5, 2023 and, according to the company, will close a gap, as there are currently no non-stop flights between the Bavarian airport and Fiumicino Airport. The Wizz Air connection will be operated on Saturdays and Tuesdays.

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