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March 27, 2024

Catering: Turkish Do&Co supplies Sunexpress

Jan Gruber March 27, 2024 10:36

The Turkish holiday airline Sunexpress now sources its catering from Turkish Do&Co, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Do&Co. The change affects both international connections and domestic flights within Turkey. "At SunExpress, we are always looking for ways to further optimize the travel experience and make the overall journey even more enjoyable. We are therefore very pleased to be working with Turkish Do&Co, a company that is known both nationally and internationally for its quality and culinary know-how. With this partnership, we want to take customer satisfaction to a new level and offer our passengers delicious and diverse products for every taste," says Max Kownatzki, CEO of SunExpress. Attila Doğudan, CEO of Turkish Do&Co, adds: "Turkish Do&Co currently supplies numerous airlines, including Turkish Airlines. With our expanded production capacity, we are proud to welcome SunExpress as a new customer and partner. SunExpress is an important player in the tourism industry and acts as a link between Turkey and Europe. We are delighted to make the quality and taste of Turkish Do&Co accessible to even more travelers through this collaboration.”

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Alltours brings FTI managers into management

Amely Mizzi March 27, 2024 10:04

Effective June 1, 2024, the previous FTI product manager Jan Mayer will join the management of Alltours. In this role, Mayer will be responsible for flight and hotel purchasing as well as the tour operator's finance, controlling, accounting, human resources, legal and IT departments. "Jan Mayer is a long-standing tourism professional with extensive experience in the management of tour operators, hotels and airlines. He will play an important role in the implementation of our ambitious expansion plans," explains Willi Verhuven, owner and managing partner of the Alltours group of companies.

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Air Baltic with delegation in Ukraine

Jan Gruber March 27, 2024 09:35

The Latvian airline Air Baltic sent a delegation to Riga on March 25, 2024 to attend a meeting with the Minister of Infrastructure. Company CEO Martin Gauss stated that they are ready to reactivate flights to/from Kyiv, Lviv and Odessa as soon as the security situation allows. The prerequisite is that the war is over and the EASA declares that flights to Ukraine are safe. "We are determined to actively participate in the restoration of Ukrainian air traffic. Air Baltic remains a confident and supportive partner in rebuilding and investing in Ukrainian aviation. Under the toughest conditions of war, we have been convinced of the professionalism of the airport team and look forward to resuming flight operations as soon as possible. Since the safety of our employees, passengers, aircraft and flights is our top priority, Air Baltic will resume flights to our neighboring country as soon as possible to ensure connectivity and support Ukraine's independence. Слава Україні (Glory to Ukraine)!”, said Martin Gauss.

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Autogrill opens 17 restaurants at Cologne/Bonn Airport

Amely Mizzi March 27, 2024 09:08

Under the Autogrill brand, the Avolta Group will operate 17 catering establishments in Terminals 1 and 2 at Cologne/Bonn Airport. According to a media statement, the total area is around 3.800 square meters. The first renovation work will start in the summer. The opening of some of the currently unlet areas is planned for autumn 2024 after their renovation, with the opening of further new shops to follow gradually. By the end of the year, most of the areas will have been handed over to the new operator. The new contractual partnership will mean that the gastronomic offering for the numerous guests at the airport will be even larger and more varied in the future. "The new partnership with Avolta is a milestone and will change the face of the airport for the long term," said Thilo Schmid, CEO of Flughafen Köln Bonn GmbH on the occasion of the signing of the contract. "The versatile concepts for a total of 17 gastronomic areas are part of a completely new retail gastronomy concept in the terminals, with an unmistakable regional reference to our location. We are proud to have won Autogrill Deutschland GmbH, part of the globally active Avolta AG, as the airport's new partner as part of a Europe-wide tender process. Their innovative plans best reflect our idea of ​​the future design of our airport."

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ANA has taken delivery of two “domestic B787-10”

Amely Mizzi March 27, 2024 08:35

The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways has taken delivery of two special Boeing 787-10s, registered as JA981A and JA983A. These are the first units to be specially configured for domestic Japanese traffic. Some routes within Japan are so busy that in the past models such as Boeing 747s with particularly close seating were used. At present, All Nippon Airways' domestic workhorses are the aging Boeing 777-300s. These are to be replaced by brand new B787-10s. The cabin configuration of the new jets includes 28 seats in Premium Class and 401 seats in Economy Class, making a total of 429 seats in both cabins. The airline also operates several 787-9s, which are also used exclusively on domestic routes within Japan. In addition, ANA currently has three 787-10s in use on international routes, although they are equipped in a three-class configuration with 294 seats. The first of these aircraft arrived at the airline in April 2019. Compared to the models otherwise used on long-haul routes, these differ in terms of the configuration of the cabin in order to be able to transport as many passengers as possible. According to All Nippon Airways, these special Dreamliners will mainly be used from Tokyo-Haneda to Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo and other major Japanese cities. Demand for domestic traffic is traditionally extremely high, so wide-body aircraft have been in use for many decades. In the last few days, ANA has taken delivery of two B787-10s that are to be used in this segment. These were transferred to Tokyo-Haneda with stopovers. They will soon be put into scheduled service within Japan.

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Easter 2024: Dresden and Leipzig expect PAX rush

Amely Mizzi March 27, 2024 08:01

For Easter, a total of 129 passenger planes will take off from Central German airports from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday - 46 from Dresden Airport and 83 from Leipzig/Halle Airport. In addition to holiday regions on the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, domestic German destinations and European metropolises are on the flight schedule. 54 planes will take off from Leipzig/Halle to sunny destinations at Easter, and 29 scheduled flights. 16 and 29 planes will fly to Antalya and Hurghada alone. There will be six flights to Mallorca. Five holiday planes will fly to Las Palmas and Marsa Alam. Other flights will take passengers to Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Funchal and Corfu. During the same period, 14 scheduled flights to international hubs are planned, including 31 to Frankfurt and six to Munich. Istanbul and Vienna will be served four and three times respectively, and London twice. The summer flight schedule will come into force on Sunday, March 33st. The offer at Leipzig/Halle Airport includes connections to 16 destinations in 29 countries, which are served by 221 airlines. Up to 34 passenger flights depart per week. 15 scheduled and twelve holiday flights depart from Dresden at Easter. Antalya is served five times. Three and two aircraft take off to Palma de Mallorca and Hurghada respectively. Las Palmas and Fuerteventura are also served. Lufthansa departs from Dresden most frequently at Easter. The airline flies to the Frankfurt hub XNUMX times. Twelve flights depart to Munich. A large number of destinations worldwide can be easily reached via the hubs. Eurowings also flies to Düsseldorf. KLM connects Dresden with Amsterdam three times. SWISS also flies three times

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Virgin Australia is considering changing its Max 10 order

Amely Mizzi March 27, 2024 07:38

According to local media reports, the airline Virgin Australia is considering adjusting its Boeing 737 Max 10 order. The airline is annoyed that no date has yet been set for certification by the FAA. Now it is considering converting it to the B737 Max 8. The Max 7 and Max 10 variants have not yet received approval from the FAA. Due to the recent problems at Boeing, it is not foreseeable that certification will take place quickly. This has an impact on customers, as Southwest Airlines, for example, is planning to go into 2024 without the Max 7s it has ordered. The Max 10 has also been experiencing delivery delays of several years. Virgin Australia ordered 25 of the largest version of the Max series some time ago. However, it is not foreseeable when deliveries will start. According to a report in the Australian Financial Journal, the carrier is currently examining whether the order could be partially or possibly completely converted into the smaller Max 8 variant. This has a smaller seating capacity, but the range is greater. Virgin Australia has not yet made a final decision. Much will depend on when the additional Max-8s can be received, as the US manufacturer is also experiencing significant delivery delays in this area. The airline was informed by Boeing that it would only receive four of the 13 Max-8s ordered this year. Significantly more units were contractually agreed. Overview of Virgin Australia's fleet: Type Number Boeing 737-700 9 Boeing 737-800 75 Boeing 737-Max-8 4

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Ryanair welcomes leadership changes at Boeing

Amely Mizzi March 27, 2024 07:07

In a media release, Boeing's major European customer Ryanair welcomes the fact that Stan Deal will be replaced by Stephanie Pope and that David Calhoun will also step down. "We welcome these much-needed management changes in Seattle. We look forward to working with Stephanie Pope to accelerate the delivery of B737 aircraft to customers, including Ryanair in Europe, for summer and fall 2024. We also look forward to continuing to work with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and CFO Brian West to help Boeing restart its aircraft deliveries so that Ryanair can continue to grow strongly as Boeing's No. 1 customer here in Europe," explains CEO Michael O'Leary.

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Marathon Airlines finds a new client in Cameroon

Jan Gruber March 27, 2024 06:30

After being kicked out as a wet lease partner by Air Serbia, the Greek airline Marathon Airways has found at least some new orders for its Embraer fleet. However, not in Europe, but on the African continent. Camair-Co, based in Cameroon, confirmed upon request that it had wet leased three E-Jets operated by Marathon Airlines. According to a report by CH-Aviation.com, these are the aircraft with the registrations SX-PTM, SX-RMA and SX-KAA. These have since been transferred to Douala and are flying on behalf of Camair-Co. This enabled Marathon Airlines to at least partially compensate for the loss of the Air Serbia contract. The emphasis is on partially, because in the summer of 2024 it was supposed to fly with five E-Jets for the Serbian company. However, the contract was terminated without notice after an incident that occurred at Belgrade Airport. The preliminary investigation report strongly criticizes the pilots' decisions. According to CH-Aviation.com, the contract between Camair-Co and Marathon Airlines is initially for two years. So far, only the SX-RMA has been given the livery of the client. The other two Embraer jets will gradually also receive the livery of Camair-Co. Overview of the Marathon Airlines fleet: Aircraft type Number Embraer 175 3 Embraer 190 1 Embraer 195 3 Embraer Legacy 600 1

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In the BER security area: Burger King and Starbucks open

Amely Mizzi March 27, 2024 06:02

At Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, passengers no longer have to go without burgers, milkshakes and the like after the security check, as Burger King and Starbucks have opened franchise branches in the security area of ​​Terminal 1. A fast-food restaurant with self-order terminals and more than 329 seats awaits departing passengers at Burger King on an area of ​​120 square meters. Starbucks offers travelers the opportunity to enjoy coffee specialties and cold and hot snacks before departure on an area of ​​more than 100 square meters and 28 seats. "We are very pleased about the two new catering units from Burger King and Starbucks at BER. In total, our passengers now have the choice between eight different concepts on the airside food court. With the SSP Group, we know we have a strong partner at our side at BER. The expansion shows the attractiveness of the airport location and the good cooperation between the airport company and the local companies," says BER boss Aletta von Massenbach.

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