March 15, 2024

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March 15, 2024

Hong Kong Airlines increases flights to Tokyo Narita

The airline Hong Kong Airlines is planning to expand its services to Tokyo Narita. The Japanese capital will soon be served four times a week. The airline Hong Kong Airlines is planning to expand its connection between Hong Kong and Tokyo Narita to four weekly flights. The fourth flight is scheduled to take off in the mornings from the end of March, reports the Aero Routes portal. The flight will be operated with an Airbus A320.

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Memmingen: Ryanair stops Zagreb flights

The low-cost airline Ryanair will discontinue the nonstop flights between Zagreb and Memmingen, which are usually operated by Lauda Europe. The discontinuation of this route, which is currently served three times a week, is planned for March 30, 2024. According to Ex-Yu-Aviation.com, 44.265 travelers traveled on this route last year. The flight capacity is said to have been 87,9 percent. Ryanair did not provide any further details about the discontinuation of this route.

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June: Air Arabia flies to Basra

The airline Air Arabia plans to open its fourth route to Iraq in the second quarter of 2024. Flights to Basra are planned. The airline Air Arabia plans to launch another route in Iraq in the second quarter of this year. The Sharjah-Basra route will be served with three weekly flights, reports the Aero Routes portal. The connection is scheduled to start in early June. The airline's fourth destination will be served with Airbus A320 aircraft.

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SBB passenger transport back in the profit zone

The SBB managed to get into the black in the 2023 financial year despite high energy costs. This is said to have been primarily due to the fact that, with 1,32 million passengers, the company returned to the level it had in the record year of 2019. In direct comparison with the figure achieved in 2022, the SBB increased revenues in the passenger transport segment by 2023 percent to 9,9 million Swiss francs in the 3741 financial year. Long-distance transport, which was in the red in 2022 with 47 million Swiss francs, posted a profit of 117 million Swiss francs.

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El Al is increasing numerous flights in Europe

The Israeli airline El Al is planning numerous service expansions in Europe. For example, Barcelona is to be flown to 14 times a week in the future. The Israeli airline El Al is planning numerous service expansions in Europe. The carrier wants to increase the route between Tel Aviv and Barcelona to 14 weekly flights. Previously, Barcelona was flown to twelve times a week. In addition to Barcelona, ​​flights to the Romanian capital Bucharest are also to be increased. As the Aero Routes portal reports, Bucharest is to be flown to twelve times a week in the future; previously there were eleven weekly flights from Tel Aviv. The French capital Paris should also benefit from this route expansion. With this route expansion, the Tel Aviv-Paris CDG route is to be served 27 times a week; previously there were 22 weekly flights. In addition, the Israeli airline is planning to expand flights to Rome. The Italian capital is to be served with 14 weekly flights; previously there were 12 weekly flights.

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Nesma Airlines operates Egypt charter for ETI

ETI, the tour operator specializing in trips to Egypt, is offering full charter flights from Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne/Bonn, Nuremberg, Leipzig/Halle, Vienna, Linz and Zurich, which will be operated by Nesma Airlines. The Egyptian airline will operate eleven Hurghada flights per week for ETI to all of the airports mentioned. Airbus A320 aircraft will be used. One new feature this season is that passengers can reserve their preferred seat in advance for an additional charge.

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Heringsdorf Airport modernizes navigation procedures

Heringsdorf Airport will be putting modernized navigation procedures into operation in time for summer 2024. The switch to satellite-based systems is scheduled to be completed on May 4, 2024. According to the airport's announcement, this will mean that so-called precision approaches will then be possible in both directions of the runway. The airport also wants to make itself more attractive and hopes to attract more airlines. Luxair, Lufthansa and Rhein-Neckar-Air (operated by MHS Aviation) have registered for summer 2024, among others.

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Air France and El Al plan codeshare agreements

The airlines Air France and El Al are planning to start a codeshare cooperation shortly. The two carriers want to improve connectivity between Israel and France. A bilateral codeshare agreement is to start at the beginning of the 2024/25 summer flight schedule period. This is initially limited to the routes from Marseille, Nice and Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Tel Aviv. At a later date, the cooperation is to be extended to feeder flights. The project still has to be approved by the responsible civil aviation authorities.

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Lufthansa uses Airbus A350 within Germany

In April 2024, Lufthansa will carry out domestic training flights with the Airbus A350 aircraft. The flights will depart from Munich to Hamburg and Hanover. According to a report by the Airliners.de portal, the domestic flights with wide-body aircraft are primarily for pilot training. According to current flight schedule data, flights from Munich to Hamburg and back are scheduled to take place on April 15, 16, 19, 21 and 29. This aircraft type will be used to fly to Hanover on April 20, 22 and 27, 2024. Please note that this may change.

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Sunexpress with 28 new summer routes

SunExpress is expanding its route network by a total of 2024 new routes in the 28 summer season. 10 of these routes are in the DACH region. In total, SunExpress will serve 117 routes this summer from 21 departure airports in German-speaking countries to 18 destinations in Turkey. The holiday specialist expects to transport a total of more than 15 million passengers by the end of the year. 8,4 million of these are expected to be travelers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. "Turkey continues to be at the top of travelers' lists. Last year's high demand is continuing and is reflected in the booking figures for the current year, which are already 23 percent higher than last year. Turkey scores with an excellent price-performance ratio and a diverse range of offers for travelers. We have therefore further expanded our direct connections from the DACH region to Turkey," says Max Kownatzki, CEO of SunExpress. "The signals in the market are pointing to growth and we want to grow with the market. Over the next ten years, we will double our fleet to meet market demand and achieve a greater international presence.”

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