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January 17, 2024

Air Dolomiti is also hiring Frankfurt-Innsbruck

Jan Gruber 17 January 2024 11:57

The Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti will no longer serve the Frankfurt am Main-Innsbruck route in the 2024 summer flight schedule. The Tyrolean airport says the reason for this is that the crane group has capacity bottlenecks. A replacement is not planned, at least not in the 2024 summer flight schedule. Innsbruck Airport points out in a press release that travelers should be provided with alternative connecting flights, for example via Vienna or Amsterdam. In May 2022, after being temporarily cancelled during the pandemic, the route was resumed with Air Dolomiti, which was then a new airline partner for Innsbruck, and served on behalf of Lufthansa. The route has become well established, although there have been repeated operational difficulties due to the lack of staff in Frankfurt and the associated flight irregularities. According to Innsbruck Airport, Lufthansa would need Air Dolomiti's capacity on other routes in order to be able to compensate for the failures of aircraft in the A320neo series. Innsbruck Airport is also affected by these temporary route cancellations - from April 2024, the route to / from Frankfurt will be removed from the flight schedule until further notice. "We very much regret the surprise cancellation of the route and the loss of the connection to the important Frankfurt hub," said airport managing director Marco Pernetta in response to Lufthansa's announcement. "In addition, we will hold talks with both existing and potential new airline partners to try to increase the frequency of existing feeder flights or to find a new partner for the Frankfurt route," announced Pernetta. In the future, for example, it would be conceivable for the South Tyrolean airline Skyalps to take over the Frankfurt route, which will start operating next summer in 2024.

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Fly One Armenia flies to Nice

Ermal Muji 17 January 2024 11:31

The airline Fly One Armenia plans to operate flights to Nice in the summer. The flights will be operated from Yerevan. The airline Fly One Armenia will start connecting Yerevan with Nice in the summer season. The airline plans to operate the route from May 2, 2024, the Aero Routes portal reports. The route will be served twice a week with Airbus A320 aircraft.

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Nuremberg Airport: No tolerance for “unruly PAX”

guest Author 17 January 2024 11:09

In 3,9, more than 2023 million passengers took advantage of Nuremberg Airport's close location to the city, the short distances and the extensive range of services to start their vacation or business trip in a relaxed manner or to visit friends and relatives abroad. However, travelers who attract attention through aggressive behavior are less relaxed. To counteract this, the airport and the airlines have set up a number of rules for relaxed interaction. Insults at the check-in counter, too much alcohol or vandalism - unfortunately, some passengers misbehave again and again, so that some passengers have to be excluded from the flight or even the police have to be called in. In the interests of the airport staff and the vast majority of peaceful passengers, a set of rules for good behavior therefore applies. Verbal attacks, threats of violence or insults are not tolerated and can lead to a complaint. The same applies to alcohol-related misconduct: people who overdo it with partying before the flight can be refused boarding by ground staff or the aircraft crew. In extreme cases, people who behave aggressively can even end up on the airline's "blacklist", which can also mean exclusion from future flights. Another sanction can be a ban from the airport. In the interests of a relaxed take-off, the airport team therefore appeals to all travelers to be considerate of others and show respect. Press spokesman Christian Albrecht says: "The majority of passengers at Nuremberg Airport are relaxed and look forward to their journey. However, travelers who behave aggressively are not relaxed and to protect our staff and the majority of passengers, a

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May 2024: Austrian Airlines flies to Georgia again

Ermal Muji 17 January 2024 10:36

The Austrian airline Austrian Airlines is planning to resume flights between Vienna and Tbilisi. The Georgian capital was last served in 2010. The Austrian airline Austrian Airlines is planning to resume flights between Vienna and Tbilisi. The Georgian capital was last served in 2010, as confirmed by the Aero Routes portal. Flights are to resume on May 1st with three weekly flights with an Airbus A320. In 2010, Tbilisi was served four times a week.

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Annual figures: Zurich reports 28,9 million passengers

Amely Mizzi 17 January 2024 10:05

Zurich Airport had a total of 2023 million passengers in the recently concluded year 28,9. This represents an increase of 28 percent in direct comparison with the same period last year, but was still eight percent below the 2019 figure. The number of flight movements in 2023 was 247.456, an increase of 14 percent compared to 2022. Compared to 2019, the number of flight movements is around 90 percent. In 2023, a total of 377.998 tons of cargo were handled at Zurich Airport. This represents a decrease of 10 percent compared to the previous year. Compared to the volume of cargo in 2019, it is a decrease of 16 percent. In December 2023, 2.194.072 passengers flew through Zurich Airport. This corresponds to an increase of 15 percent compared to the same period last year. Compared to December 2019, passenger numbers in the reporting month were 94 percent. The number of local passengers in December 2023 was 1.508.049. The proportion of transfer passengers was 31 percent, which corresponds to 680 passengers. The number of flight movements increased by 934 percent compared to the same month last year, to 7 take-offs or landings. The monthly comparison shows that flight movements are 18.888 percent of the 94 level. The average number of passengers per flight was 2019 passengers, 133 percent higher than the previous year. Seat occupancy in the reporting month was 5 percent, the same as in the same month last year. A total of 77 tons of cargo were handled at Zurich Airport in December. This corresponds to an increase of 34 percent compared to the same month last year. Compared to December 688, 2 percent less cargo was handled.

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2023: Air Serbia carries over four million passengers

Ermal Muji 17 January 2024 09:36

The Serbian airline Air Serbia carried 4,19 million passengers last year. With this result, the airline was able to achieve an increase of 55 percent compared to the previous year. The Serbian airline Air Serbia was able to handle 2023 million passengers last year, 4,19. This is the best result since 2003, reports the portal Ex-Yu Aviation News. Compared to the previous year, the airline was able to increase by 55 percent, and compared to 2019, the airline was also able to achieve an increase of 50 percent.

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Lufthansa flies young athletes to Seoul

Amely Mizzi 17 January 2024 09:08

Lufthansa has flown the German athletes and their support staff who are taking part in the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Gangwon (South Korea) from Munich to Seoul under flight number LH718. The competitions will take place from January 19 to February 1 in the province of Gangwon in northeastern South Korea. A total of 81 decisions will be made in 15 sports. The focus for the participants will not only be on the sporting competition. In addition to striving for personal bests, the young athletes should gain valuable experience with the Olympic ideals of peaceful performance comparison, friendship and international understanding. At 15:45 p.m. it was "all doors in flight" for the Airbus A350-900 with the registration D-AIXJ and the baptismal name "Erfurt" at Munich Airport. A total of 90 young athletes will fly with Lufthansa to Seoul (ICN).

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PTS is being maintained: rail replacement service at Munich Airport

Amely Mizzi 17 January 2024 08:39

A rail replacement service has been operating on the Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport site since January 15, 2024. The underground connection between Terminal 2 and the T2 satellite is affected. According to Munich Airport, the reason why the passenger transport system cannot operate temporarily is that urgently needed maintenance work must be carried out. This means that the underground train had to be taken out of service. According to the current planning status, the PTS will not go back into operation until February 25, 2024. A rail replacement service with buses has been set up. The airport expressly points out that this has a significantly longer travel time than the PTS. Passengers are asked to allow at least 20 minutes more time for the change between T2 and the T2 satellite (and vice versa). This affects travelers who depart from Terminal 2, which is mainly used by Lufthansa and other Star Alliance carriers. Gate areas J, K and L are located in the satellite terminal, which can normally be reached quickly using the passenger transport system. Travellers departing from there must allow more time. This also applies to transfer passengers arriving in the satellite and continuing their flight from T2 (gate areas G and H). There are special signs in the terminal buildings indicating the stops for the shuttle buses.

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Tap Air Portugal with 15,9 million passengers

Amely Mizzi 17 January 2024 08:07

Star Alliance member Tap Air Portugal had a total of 2023 million passengers on board in 15,9. This means that 2,1 million more passengers are using this provider's services than in 2022. The capacity utilization of Tap flights was 80,8 percent, 0,8 percentage points more than in 2022 and an increase of 0,7 percentage points compared to 2019, the last year before the pandemic. The RPK (Revenue Passenger Kilometer, an indicator of air traffic productivity) was 16 percent higher than in 2022 and 1,4 percent higher than in 2019. On flights to and from Germany, Tap carried 1,07 million passengers, 9,1 percent more than in 2022. Between Switzerland and Portugal, the number of passengers even increased by 20,5 percent to 0,7 million. On all long-haul routes, a total of 4,6 million passengers were transported, 15,1 percent more than in 2022, an increase of 9,8 percent compared to 2019. On routes to the United States and Canada, TAP transported 1,46 million passengers, 18,4 percent more than in 2022 and 39,5 percent more than in 2019. On routes to Brazil, the total number of passengers transported exceeded 1,9 million, representing growth of 20,3 percent compared to 2022 and 8,4 percent compared to 2019. On routes to the Portuguese islands of the Azores and Madeira, TAP transported 1,5 million passengers last year, 13,2 percent more than in 2022 and 5,7 percent more than in 2019.

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Chile: Small plane hits electricity pole and crashes

Amely Mizzi 17 January 2024 07:38

On January 15, 2024, a serious accident involving a Thrush 710P occurred at Panguilemo Airport (Chile). The plane crashed near a highway and hit a power pole. The plane, flying for Air Andes, came far too close to a power pole near Ruta 5 near Panguilemo. Why the pilot flew so close to the power line is currently completely unclear. In any case, a video shows that part of the right wing was literally cut off. The plane then skidded and rolled over before impact. Flames can also be seen. The small plane is operated as a single-pilot aircraft. This means that there is only one pilot on board. He survived the obviously serious accident. The four passengers are also said to have survived, but suffered injuries of an unspecified degree. So the five people are likely to have been lucky in their misfortune. The following videos of the incident were shared by eyewitnesses on social media:

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