The airlines Albawings and Aeroitalia have been working together on two routes between Italy and Albania since March 27, 2023 as part of a codeshare agreement. Albawings is putting the code on the flights to Tirana offered from Bergamo and Forli. So far, they have only been cooperating on these two routes. There is no codeshare on the other routes of the two carriers.
The airlines Tap Air Portugal and Lot have extended their codeshare cooperation to additional routes with the start of the 2023 summer flight schedule. This affects nine routes of the Portuguese carrier and four of the Polish carrier. Lot is placing the code on the following Tap routes: In return, Tap is placing the code on the following Lot routes:
Lufthansa will completely separate from its catering subsidiary LSG Group, because after the sale of its European activities to Gategroup, Aurelius will now take over the remainder. The Kranich Group announced this on Wednesday. "We are pleased to have found the right investor for the LSG Group, who also has the full support of the LSG Group management. We are convinced that the LSG Group will be well positioned with Aurelius in the coming years. This will enable us to focus even more on further improving the profitability and return on capital of the Lufthansa Group's core business," says Remco Steenbergen, Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. In 2019, the Kranich Group separated from LSG's European activities. These were sold to Gategroup, which was formerly a competitor. The non-European business was then transferred to Lufthansa and will now go to Aurelius. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023, subject to the relevant external approvals and internal carve-out activities. The sale of the catering division is part of the Lufthansa Group's strategy to focus more on its core airline business. The transaction is expected to have a positive effect on the Lufthansa Group's operating margin (adjusted EBIT) and return on capital (adjusted ROCE). The carve-out transaction includes all traditional catering activities as well as the onboard retail and food commerce business. In addition, all brands of the LSG Group are included, including the 131 LSG Sky Chefs catering operations in the Americas (USA and Latin America), EMMA (emerging markets) and Asia-Pacific regions. The onboard retail specialist Retail InMotion (RiM) based in Europe and SCIS Air
The Armenian low-cost airline FlyOne Armenia plans to fly twice a week between Yerevan and Düsseldorf from May 18, 2023. Medium-haul Airbus A320 jets will be used on this route. The following destinations will also be served from the Armenian capital in the 2023 summer flight schedule: Dubai-World Central, Larnaka, Samara, Tehran and Novosibirsk. These routes will be served with both Airbus A319 and A320.
The German holiday airline Sundair is serving some new routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule from Berlin, Bremen, Leipzig/Halle and Lübeck. These will each be flown once a week with Airbus A320s. From Berlin, flights will go to Monastir from May 14, 2023 to September 17, 2023. This destination will also be offered from Bremen between July 10, 2023 and September 11, 2023. From there, flights will be new to Thessaloniki from July 7 to September 8, 2023. From Lübeck, Sundair will also be offering the destination Corfu from May 14 to September 17, 2023. From Leipzig/Halle, the destination Antalya, which was last offered in summer 2021, will be reactivated. This route will be offered between July 12, 2023 and August 16, 2023.
The Icelandic low-cost airline Play will not start the nonstop connection between Keflavik and Aarhus announced for June 12, 2023. The sale of tickets has already been stopped. The low-cost airline originally wanted to fly between the two cities on Mondays and Fridays with Airbus A320neo aircraft. Play did not give any further reasons for the cancellation of this route. It can be assumed that they were not satisfied with the advance bookings.
The Russian low-cost airline plans to operate another Antalya route with Boeing 2-2023 from June 737, 800. There will also be a new flight to the Turkish coastal city from Samara. The Aeroflot subsidiary plans to fly on Mondays and Fridays. In recent months, some Russian airlines have announced that they will increase their frequencies to Turkey. They also plan to add some new routes, mainly to Antalya.
Due to technical problems, Etihad Airways was forced to cancel scheduled flight EY237 from Bengaluru to Abu Dhabi on Sunday and make a return landing. The aircraft in use was the Airbus A321 with the registration A6-AEI. The Gulf carrier did not provide any information on the exact cause of the return landing. However, it has expressly ruled out the possibility that it was a problem with the cabin pressure. According to reports, the pilots of the flight became aware of a technical fault a few minutes after takeoff and informed air traffic control of the situation. The aircraft circled for a few minutes before landing at around 22 p.m. The fault was initially assessed as serious, as the captain made the decision to return to Bengaluru. A technical inspection was then carried out there and the A00-AEI took off again at 1:46 a.m. local time. There were reportedly around 6 passengers on board.
In the 2023 summer flight schedule, Smartwings Hungary, the Hungarian subsidiary of the Czech aviation group, will offer a few more charter routes. These will be offered from Budapest and Debrecen. From the latter city, there will be one flight per week to Chania between June 18 and September 17, 2023. From Budapest, there will be the same frequency to Taba (Egypt) from March 31, 2023 to April 28, 2023. Fuerteventura will also be served once a week on behalf of the tour operator from March 30, 2023 to April 27, 2023. Preveza will be connected to the Hungarian capital between June 16 and September 22, 2023. All of the destinations mentioned will be served with Boeing 737-800s.
Due to technical problems, Lufthansa had to cancel a long-haul flight from Frankfurt am Main on Monday. The Boeing 747-8 with the registration D-ABYG, which was en route to Miami as LH462, was affected. For safety reasons, fuel had to be dumped before the return landing. First, D-ABYG took off from runway 35C at Frankfurt Airport with a delay of around 07 minutes. It then gradually reached an altitude of around 34.000 feet over Ireland. Around 220 nautical miles northwest of Shannon, the captain decided to return to Frankfurt am Main due to a technical problem. Since the Boeing 747-8 would have been too heavy to land, fuel had to be dumped. After around five hours of flight, the Lufthansa aircraft was able to land safely at Frankfurt Airport. According to the company, the affected passengers were rebooked on other USA connections. The hydraulic problem was probably minor, as mechanics were able to repair the aircraft quickly. D-ABYG was scheduled to complete a nearly 456-hour flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles on Tuesday as Lufthansa Flight 12.
