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January 10, 2024

Emirates passengers are ordering more vegan meals

Dubai-based Emirates Airline saw an increase in demand for vegan in-flight meals last year. The airline has been serving vegan meals since the 1990s and has a total of over 300 vegan dishes on offer. In the coming months, Emirates will introduce a number of new vegan dishes on its flights as well as in its airport lounges. In 2023, Emirates served over 450.000 plant-based meals on board, a significant increase from 280.000 vegan meals the previous year. Demand for vegan dishes increased by 2023 percent in 40 compared to the previous year, in line with passenger volume. In some regions, consumption has outpaced passenger growth, including Africa with an additional increase of four percent, Southeast Asia with an increase of five percent, and the Middle East with a significant increase of 34 percent. In particular, there was a significantly higher demand for vegan dishes on flights to China, Japan and the Philippines. The biggest increase in vegan consumption on board occurred in Economy Class.

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Lure with cheap suitcases: Fraudsters misuse the logo of Flughafen Wien AG

The logo and name of Austria's largest airport, Vienna-Schwechat, are once again being misused by fraudsters to "sell" non-existent services via Facebook and other social networks. Vienna Airport AG has nothing to do with this and expressly warns against responding to these dubious offers. At the moment, the fraudsters are targeting travelers who are looking for cheap suitcases. It is well known that every year, many pieces of luggage are "stranded" at pretty much every airport and are never picked up and no owner can be identified. The simplest reason is usually that the "tag" has fallen and no one comes forward, so the suitcase is then left in storage waiting for better times. Travelers in Austria have one year to assert any claims through their airline or to have their suitcases, if found or identified, delivered or alternatively picked up at the airport. For a variety of reasons, however, this doesn't work more often than you might think. After this period, the suitcases are auctioned off to the highest bidder, with the proceeds being donated to social causes. These suitcase auctions are quite popular, because you bid on a real mystery box, because nobody knows whether it contains only dirty laundry or even valuable items such as laptops etc. Most participants are just interested in having fun, and the knowledge that the money they bid is being donated to a good cause is good for many of them. The FWAG logo and name are being misused It is precisely this feeling that scammers try to use

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Analysis: Germans are increasingly looking for “Everywhere” offers

An analysis conducted by travel agent Skycanner shows that this year significantly more Germans are using the "All places" option when searching. This shows all options sorted by the cheapest price. A full 85 percent of travelers are interested in visiting new places this year, but 17 percent of respondents have difficulty discovering new travel destinations. Some travelers (16 percent) feel overwhelmed by the idea of ​​booking a trip in 2024. More than half (55 percent) of these respondents are worried about the cost, while others have difficulty deciding on a date (36 percent) or a destination (31 percent). The majority of German travelers estimate that their flight (round trip) in 2024 will cost more than 500 euros per person. However, the "All Places" search on Skyscanner shows significantly cheaper prices for the summer: For example, from Berlin to Naples (Italy) in June for 63 euros, from Stuttgart to Barcelona (Spain) in July for 62 euros or from Düsseldorf to Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) in August for 86 euros. Bored of the conventional tourist hotspots, 87 percent of respondents think that algorithms recommend the same travel destinations over and over again. In contrast, 68 percent confirm that they have more trust in the advice of experienced travelers who have explored the country extensively themselves.

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Bristol: Jet2 puts two wheelchair users on Menorca instead of Mallorca flight

Mallorca, Menorca, can't you get them mixed up? But that shouldn't happen to an airline. But that's exactly what happened to two elderly passengers from Bristol, because they mistakenly boarded a flight to Menorca - instead of Mallorca. Due to their age, the two passengers were looked after by a so-called PRM service. In concrete terms, this means that specially trained staff accompanied them to the aircraft in their wheelchairs. A mistake was made: instead of boarding the Jet2 flight from Bristol to Palma de Mallorca (PMI), they were taken to the one to Mahon (Menorca, MAH). The two elderly people claimed to British media that they only noticed after landing that they had landed on the "wrong" Balearic island. Not surprisingly, there was no PRM service available either, because no PRM travelers were expected. The two passengers claim not to have heard the announcements on board, in which the crew repeatedly used the word "Menorca". This could possibly be because if you don't listen carefully, it sounds at least similar anyway. However, the "further transport" to Palma de Mallorca was not so easy. The two travelers had to fly back to Bristol first and were then put on another Jet2 plane with the destination Palma de Mallorca. It actually worked on the second attempt, but the two wheelchair users are still furious with Jet2 because they had deliberately booked a non-stop flight and not a Bristol-Menorca-Bristol-Mallorca trip. The airline in question responded to the complaints of the two passengers and admitted that there had been a mistake. The PRM service provider had

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Author Dieter Haselsteiner announces new books

The Austrian author and aviation expert Dieter JF Haselsteiner published a total of five new books last year. He is particularly proud of the almost 800-page work "All you need to know about European Airports" after more than 18 months of intensive research. During his lectures, he was able to meet many other enthusiastic aviators and make new acquaintances. With his guest contributions in the media, Dieter Haselsteiner was able to help make topics related to commercial aviation more understandable and accessible to a wider audience. Dieter Haselsteiner is already announcing the following highlights for 2024:

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