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October 18th 2023

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October 18th 2023

Winter holidays: Tui continues to expand its Austria offer

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 11:01

The tour operator Tui will once again have numerous package tours for winter sports enthusiasts in Austria in its portfolio in winter 2023/24. Some accommodations offer flexible rebooking and cancellation options up to the day of arrival. The tour operator is not only aimed at athletes, but also has wellness stays in the Alpine republic in its program. This is intended to make relaxing holidays in Austria possible even away from the slopes. On the Tui website, interested parties will find webcams, piste maps and lots of information about all ski areas in Austria. If you are looking for a special adrenaline rush this winter, the Tyrolean Wipptal is the best place for you: Austria's steepest ski slope with a gradient of up to 102 percent is located in Steinach am Brenner and is named after the Austrian professional ski racer Manfred Pranger. In Sölden you can enjoy the longest slope with the Schwarz Schneid glacier run with a height difference of 1.970 m. The Werfenweng and Nassfeld ski areas are ideal for perfect family skiing fun. At the premium clubs Robinson Amadé in Kleinarl and Robinson Schlanitzen Alm in Nassfeld, the ski pass as well as ski and snowboard courses are included in the travel price during the travel period from December to March or April. The clubs are located directly on Austria's most beautiful ski areas and offer the ideal starting point for fun on the slopes with the whole family. There are also over 700 km of cross-country ski trails around Robinson Amadé. Guests can benefit from the wide range of spa offers and try out the new Robinson concept BalAyur (Bal = balance, Ayur = life), which is based on the principles of Ayurveda and offers a combination of selected sports and personal training offers as well as food and drink tailored to Ayurveda.

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Wiener Wurstelprater about to hit the seven million visitor mark

Jan Gruber 18 October 2023 10:52

The Vienna Wurstelprater is one of the most famous attractions in the Austrian capital Vienna. There are currently many indications that a significant increase in visitor numbers has been achieved this year. The warm weather in autumn 2023 is said to have played a decisive role in this. "Cautious forecasts indicate that visitor numbers can break the seven million mark in 2023, a slight increase on the previous year's 6,8 million. Overall, we expect 2023 to be a good year for the Wurstelprater," said Silvia Lang, President of the Vienna Prater Association. A final Wurstelprater balance sheet with the economic data for 2023 will traditionally be announced in spring 2024. Numerous attractions are open all year round. There are also new indoor attractions such as "Jump World One" or the "Tritsch-Tratsch Concert Shows", which will also provide plenty of entertainment in the winter months. "At the end of October, the big Halloween festival awaits visitors and from mid-November the popular winter market will take place again," Lang recalls. For the coming year, City Councilor Peter Hanke announces that there will be another attraction with the Prater Museum, which is due to open. The City of Vienna's tourism marketing will place a special focus on the Prater next year. The aim is for even more tourists to visit the amusement park. "The increasing number of visitors for 2023 shows that the Vienna Wurstelprater is continuing to grow in attractiveness and is now more important than ever for Viennese tourism. As one of the oldest amusement parks in the world, it is a crowd puller for domestic and international guests and contributes to the diversity of the

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Beirut: Middle East Airlines flies the fleet to Turkey

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 10:44

The airline Middle East Airlines has begun to take its fleet out of the country. Some aircraft were transferred to Istanbul overnight. The company wants to bring the fleet to safety due to the tense situation in the Middle East. Several airlines, including the Lufthansa Group and Condor, have already temporarily suspended their flights to/from Beirut. Those responsible currently consider it unsafe to fly to destinations in Lebanon. The background to this is that Israel's air force is attacking objects attributed to Hezbollah. The company has been firing rockets into Israeli territory for some time. There are fears that the war instigated by Hamas could spread. Middle East Airlines saw an urgent need for action and initially flew an Airbus A330-200 and four Airbus A321neo to Istanbul. The aircraft in question have the registrations OD-MEB, T7-ME3, T7-ME4, and T7-ME5, and they were transferred overnight. The T7-ME2 set off for Istanbul in the early morning of October 18, 2024. It is expected that the carrier will soon take the rest of the fleet out of the country to protect them from possible damage caused by war and/or combat operations. The company has not provided any information on this, only confirming that some aircraft are temporarily parked in Turkey for security reasons.

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Türkiye: Pegasus wants to establish subsidiary airlines abroad

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 10:35

The Turkish airline Pegasus Air intends to set up branches abroad, which will have their own certificates. No countries have been explicitly named yet. The portal CH-Aviation.com reports that, according to managing director Güliz Öztürk, these will be countries in the east. The company wants to make the establishment of branches dependent on whether it can secure more traffic rights under the existing AOC or whether growth can be achieved through local subsidiaries. There are currently no plans to set up a branch in the European Union. Competitors such as Corendon and Freebird, for example, have local subsidiaries in Malta that fly to destinations that cannot be served with the Turkish AOC from EU airports.

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Air Baltic: Frequent flyer program reaches one million members

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 10:14

Air Baltic's frequent flyer program has reached another milestone, as it now has around one million members. Around 70 percent of them are said to come from the Baltic states. "We are constantly looking for new ways to make the Air Baltic Club loyalty program more attractive to its members. We are therefore pleased that our efforts are recognized and that so many people are actively benefiting from the program. The increase in the number of new Air Baltic Club members is also due to a recently introduced innovation - the possibility of registering profiles of children and young adults (2-16 years) in the loyalty program. This feature allows entire families to participate and collect points together in a special Friends&Family account," says Māris Rudens, Head of Loyalty and Partnerships. There are three membership levels in total. If you take at least 30 one-way flights with Air Baltic within a year, you reach the Air Baltic Club Executive level. If you complete at least 60 one-way flights within a year, you will receive Air Baltic Club VIP status.

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Zurich Airport once again honored for its homepage

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 10:10

Zurich-Kloten Airport has been honored for the second time in a row at the World Travel Tech Awards for its homepage. It is said to be the best of its kind in Europe. The World Travel Tech Award in the category "Best Airport Website in Europe" has been awarded since 2022. Last year, Zurich Airport's website, which was relaunched in 2020, was already impressive and this year it again prevailed against the other nominated airports of Munich, Amsterdam Schiphol and London Heathrow. Both industry experts and users were able to vote.

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Austrian Federal Army is looking for apprentices

Jan Gruber 18 October 2023 10:07

The Austrian Armed Forces are once again looking for young people who want to do their vocational training with the armed forces. The diverse training opportunities range from weapons mechanics, operational logistics, IT technology to administrative assistance. Apprentices are sought throughout the country, with particular attention this year to the federal states of Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Vienna. Those interested have the opportunity to receive training in a wide range of areas in the Austrian Armed Forces, including electronics, saddlery, professional photography and metalworking. There is also the opportunity to learn special apprenticeships. In addition to aircraft technicians in an aircraft hangar, apprentices are also sought who will learn the trade of using military equipment. There are currently 271 apprentices in training with the Austrian Armed Forces. Of these, 102 are women and 169 are men. The majority of young women are doing an apprenticeship as an administrative assistant, aircraft technician or operational logistics clerk. For men, the apprenticeships most common are operational logistics clerk, aircraft technician and electronics technician. "The Federal Army is one of the largest employers in the federal government and currently offers 41 different apprenticeships in more than 40 training positions throughout Austria. The apprentices learn and work in an army that is currently on the rise with the highest budget in history. In order to meet the challenges of the future, we need qualified specialists. I look forward to meeting all interested people who want to become part of the Federal Army," said Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP).

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Salzburg with news in the winter flight schedule 2023/24

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 10:04

At the end of October 2023, the 2023/24 winter flight schedule will also start at Salzburg Airport, which has some new features. For example, there is a new flight to Marsa Alam. For flights to Egypt, passengers now have the choice between Hurghada, which is offered all year round, and Marsa Alam. Eurowings offers two weekly flights to Gran Canaria and one to Tenerife. In terms of city destinations, there are London, Bristol, Dublin, Manchester, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Eindhoven, among others. For Germany, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin can be found in the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. Turkish Airlines flies to the Istanbul hub, Flydubai to the Dubai hub and Air Serbia to Belgrade. The flight program is complemented by strong incoming traffic from tried and tested source markets such as Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Iceland and, above all, Germany. With these flight connections, thousands of passengers travel to Salzburg every year to spend their holidays in the surrounding ski resorts or in the cultural capital of Salzburg.

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Pilatus launches revised PC-24

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 10:03

The PC-24 will have a maximum range of 2024 kilometers (3704 nautical miles) from 2000. Pilatus also has a number of new interior options. These include a large sofa that can be converted into a bed. The new PC-24 has a payload capacity that is 272 kilograms higher. The maximum range with six passengers on board has been increased by 370 kilometers (200 nautical miles). With a full fuel load and in single pilot operation, the maximum payload is 596 kilograms. On shorter routes, the Super Versatile Jet has a class-leading maximum payload capacity of 1406 kilograms. "The increase in payload was achieved through a combination of a reduced empty weight and an increased maximum take-off weight. The entire wing and fuselage structure was refined for this," says Bruno Cervia, VP Research & Development at Pilatus. Pilatus engineers conducted an extensive flight test campaign to extend the overall range for the higher design weights. At the PC-24's maximum take-off weight, the required take-off distance at sea level is only 941 meters (3090 feet), giving our customers the opportunity to use very short and even unpaved runways.

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September 2023: Turkish Airlines had 7,9 million passengers

Amely Mizzi 18 October 2023 09:03

In September 2023, Turkish Airlines had 7,9 million passengers on board, an increase of 9,2 percent compared to the same month last year. Capacity utilization on international flights was 84,6 percent. In domestic traffic, the load factor was 87,3 percent. The number of transit passengers increased by 14,6% from 2,3 to 2,7 million. Available seat kilometers (ASK) increased by 8,9% to 21,1 billion. Cargo and mail volume increased by 2022 percent compared to the same period in 3,4, reaching 150.300 tons.

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