April 6, 2023

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April 6, 2023

Fiji Airways plans to purchase two Airbus A350-900s

The national airline of the Fiji Islands, Fiji Airways, is planning to expand its fleet due to current developments: the airline plans to complete its fleet to a total of 350 long-haul aircraft with two more Airbus A900-8s. Fiji Airways plans to add two more Airbus A350-900s to its fleet; including the new Airbus models, the fleet would comprise 8 aircraft. The reason for the fleet expansion is primarily the enormous development since the pandemic, as demand has increased many times over since the pandemic. It is still unclear when the aircraft will be in the Fiji Airways fleet.

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Helvetic Airways flies to Alicante and Jerez de la Frontera in summer

The Swiss regional airline Helvetic Airways will soon be flying from Bern to Alicante and Jerez de la Frontera. These flights will be operated using an Embraer E190-E2. Helvetic Airways plans to fly to Alicante from Bern every Friday from June 9th. This connection will be maintained weekly until October 13th. The Swiss airline is also preparing to operate flights to Jerez de la Frontera from September 1st. These flights, like the flights to Alicante, will be operated weekly on Fridays. The connection from Bern to Jerez de la Frontera will be maintained until October 13th. Both connections will be operated using the Embraer E190-E2.

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Airbus A350F is scheduled to enter the market in 2025

Airbus is planning to launch its new Airbus A350F onto the market in 2025. Production of structural parts has already begun, and the first parts are being manufactured in France. The Airbus A350 F freighter is scheduled to launch onto the market in 2025. The first parts are already in production and are being manufactured in the French city of Nantes.

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Azerbaijan Airlines orders twelve A320neo

Azerbaijan Airlines has ordered 12 A320neo aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. These will be delivered in the form of A320neo and A321neo, although the exact composition has not yet been announced. "We are pleased to continue the mutually beneficial cooperation with Airbus in modernizing our fleet and intend to strengthen the bilateral partnership. The signed contract will provide our passengers with the most modern and comfortable single-aisle aircraft," said Samir Rzayev, First Vice President of Azal CJSC. Azerbaijan Airlines currently operates a fleet of 15 Airbus aircraft (4 A319ceo, 6 A320ceo, 2 A340 and, since the beginning of the year, 3 new generation A320neo). The airline plans to use efficient aircraft from the A320neo family to further expand its domestic and international route network.

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Switzerland: Edelweiss abolishes compulsory corona vaccination

Swiss sister company Edelweiss Air is lifting the Corona vaccination requirement for its flight crew. The carrier believes that this is no longer necessary due to the stabilization of the situation, especially since there have been no entry restrictions for crews at destinations with on-site stays since November 2022. Swiss and Edelweiss Air, among others, have introduced a vaccination requirement for their employees during the Corona pandemic. There have also been layoffs if employees have not wanted to be vaccinated. At least at Edelweiss Air, the requirement will end on April 20, 2023. However, the carrier reserves the right to reintroduce it if the Covid-19 situation changes.

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Only one bidder interested in concession for Maribor airport

The Slovenian government was looking for a new operator for Maribor Airport as part of a tender. According to an official statement, only one application was received. The identity of the bidder for the concession has not yet been disclosed. If all conditions are met, negotiations will begin with the interested party. This is the second attempt to have the little-used airport in Slovenia's second largest city operated by a private company. The first attempt ended in a fiasco, as the Chinese company SHS Aviation failed to make its monthly payments. Their regional airlines, which emerged from VLM and Thomas Cook Belgium, were also short-lived.

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Charter: Nordica with Airbus A320 in Linz

On behalf of an Upper Austrian tour operator, the airline Nordica will be visiting Linz Airport on April 6, 2023 and April 10, 2023. The flights will be operated with Airbus A320s, which have been part of the Estonian carrier's fleet for some time. On April 6, 2023, Nordica will fly the Riga-Cagliari-Linz-Riga route and on April 10, 2023, it will be on Riga-Linz-Cagliari-Riga. There are also passengers on board from Sardinia who are spending their Easter holidays in Upper Austria.

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Swiss counts passengers with AI support

From April to June 2023, the Swiss airline will test passenger counting using artificial intelligence. The company emphasized in a media statement that it would comply with data protection regulations. Swiss International Air Lines plans to carry out passenger counting using artificial intelligence (AI) with an external partner during a three-month test phase. The purpose of digitizing this process is to increase safety and at the same time relieve the cabin crew. On selected SWISS flights from Zurich, a camera will be installed in the cabin during boarding from April to record the boarding of passengers and record their total number. The recordings are used to train the AI ​​for the boarding process. For example, it must be able to recognize when a person is carrying a child in their arms and function perfectly even in difficult lighting conditions. The findings are continuously analyzed in order to continuously increase reliability. Since this is a test phase, the cabin crew will carry out a regular, manual passenger count as usual during boarding.

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Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden with the most comprehensive summer timetable of all time

During the current Easter holidays in 2023, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport is expecting around 55.000 passengers. The 2023 summer flight schedule is the most extensive that the regional airport has ever had. Demand is expected to be high. The low-cost airline Ryanair is stationing a third aircraft in Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. From the end of May 2023, Enter Air will be offering numerous charter flights to Kos, Crete, Rhodes and the Canary Islands, for example. Wizz Air is also massively expanding its offering and is once again significantly increasing the frequency of flights on the routes to Belgrade, Skopje, Timisoara, Tirana and Varna. With the expansion of this offer and the connections from Eurowings and Corendon Airlines, the offer of the FKB summer flight schedule 2023 adds up to up to 134 departures per week, with 38 non-stop destinations, including new destinations for the first time such as Milan-Bergamo and destinations that have returned to the flight schedule such as Malta, Seville and Kukes in Albania. As early as the start of the Easter holidays in Baden-Württemberg, Baden-Airpark expects a significantly increased demand with an expected 55.000 passengers on 344 flights from April 06.04.2023, XNUMX. In order to ensure the smooth handling of the increased air traffic, FKB Airport recommends that travelers arrive at the airport at least two hours before the scheduled departure time if possible.

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Austrian Airlines expects 250 passengers this week

With the start of the Easter holidays, Austria's national airline Austrian Airlines is expecting 250 passengers to use Austrian Airlines' flight services on the first big travel weekend of the year. Austrian Airlines estimates the number of passengers for the coming Easter weekend to be 000. These passengers will mainly be travelling to destinations with temperatures above 250 degrees. The most booked destinations for Austrian Airlines are Hurghada and the Canary Islands (Tenerife and Gran Canaria). Flights to Marrakesh and Malaga are also in high demand this Easter. In addition to the well-known summer destinations, there is also enormous interest in trips to classic European cities such as Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen.

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