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Swiss gets two new board members
There are new management appointments at the Swiss airline. Effective May 1, 2024, Oliver Buchhofer will take on the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Newer
Edelweiss christens HB-JLP “Elm”
The Swiss holiday airline Edelweiss Air has had the Airbus A320 with the registration HB-JLP named “Elm” by the athlete Vreni Schneider. It's about unity
Zurich: Population votes for slope extensions
Zurich-Kloten Airport intends to extend two of three runways. For this reason, a referendum was held. This has shown that the project has received the green light. After
Pilatus PC-21: Over 500.000 flight hours completed
So far, the Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has been able to deliver around 250 examples of the PC-21 training aircraft. To date, they have completed a total of around 500.000 flight hours. Ioannis Papachristofilou, recently elected VP Government Aviation of Pilatus
Switzerland: SAirGroup's bankruptcy proceedings are nearing completion
According to a statement from liquidator Karl Wüthrich, SAirGroup's bankruptcy proceedings are nearing completion. It was published in the official gazette that around 2,8 billion Swiss francs were due to be distributed to creditors.
Lufthansa and Swiss are restructuring their boards
The Supervisory Board of Lufthansa AG has decided that the Executive Board will be reshuffled. This also has an impact on the Swiss subsidiary, as it has to fill two of three positions. This
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Geneva-Montreal: Air Canada increases capacity
Star Alliance member Air Canada will temporarily increase capacity between Geneva and Montreal in the 2023 summer schedule. From June 21, 2023, this route will be operated daily with Boeing 777-300ER, which will be operated with 400
Swiss flight attendants have rejected the new collective labor agreement
A few weeks ago, the airline Swiss and the flight attendant union Kapers agreed on a new collective labor agreement. This was publicly criticized by some employees. Now the agreement of 65
New York: Delta flies to Berlin and Geneva year-round
The US airline Delta Air Lines will in future fly to the destinations of Geneva and Berlin all year round from New York-JFK. So far, these have been seasonal routes. Likewise, one becomes London-Heathrow all year round
Swiss names 20 aircraft after Swiss tourist regions
At the end of its 20th company anniversary, the Swiss Lufthansa subsidiary, in cooperation with Switzerland Tourism, will christen 20 Airbus A220-100/300 aircraft in the names of Swiss tourist regions and locations. Swiss
Geneva Airport registered more than 2022 million passengers in 14
In all of 2022, the airport in the French-speaking city received 14,1 million passengers, 138 percent more than in 2021, but 21,4 percent fewer than in 2019. In the first
In a business jet: Aero flies from Farnborough to Geneva and Sion
In the current 2022/23 winter season, the business jet operator Aero will connect Farnborough in the UK with Sion and Geneva. These are so-called on-demand flights with fixed departure times. These are with business jets
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Basel: around 100 destinations in summer 2023
The 2023 summer flight schedule also comes into effect on Sunday at Basel-Mulhouse Airport. Around 100 destinations are offered by the local airlines. The offer includes destinations in
Air Canada plans cargo connection to Basel
In the 2023 summer timetable, Air Canada plans to include a Boeing 767-served cargo route to Basel-Mulhouse. This is to be carried out twice a week from April 19, 2023. The cargo planes are supposed to
Wizz Air gives up Chişinău flights from Basel and Hamburg
The low-cost airline Wizz Air is giving up one more route from Switzerland and one from Germany. This is the destination Chişinău, which was previously offered from Basel and Hamburg
Basel: ASL France accepts Constantine
The airline ASL Airlines France will offer a non-stop connection between Mulhouse and Constantine in the 2023 summer timetable. The new addition is to be served once a week with Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The
Basel Airport had almost twice as many passengers in 2022
Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg looks back on the past financial year. According to the airport, a total of 7 million passengers were counted last year, which is a decrease compared to 2019
Cyprus Airways takes on Larnaka-Basel
The airline Cyprus Airways will start a non-stop connection between Larnaca and Basel in the 2023 summer flight schedule. This will initially be served twice a week with Airbus A320 aircraft. The first flight
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Belpmoos chartered King Air for Elba flights
The tour operator Belpmoos Reisen will again offer the destination Marina di Campo (Elba) from Bern-Belp this year. This year the charter flights from Swiss Flight Services will be with Beechcraft King Air 350i
Bern: Lübeck Air announces Lübeck and Stuttgart
The Swiss airport Bern-Belp will get two scheduled destinations from July 2021, which will be offered by Lübeck Air. These are Stuttgart and Lübeck. The implementation is carried out by Air Alsie
Holiday flights: Helvetic relies on Greece and Spain
The regional airline Helvetic Airways is offering flights to Kos, Heraklion and Palma de Mallorca in the high season of summer 2021 in cooperation with the tour operators Hotelplan Suisse and Universal. These
SkyWork bankruptcy: bankruptcy office relieves former airline boss
In the aftermath of the SkyWork bankruptcy, the former head of the company, Martin Inäbnit, has now been exonerated by the Bern-Mittelland bankruptcy office. A detailed examination showed that there were no indications of improper conduct.
Bern: Flybair ticks off the year 2021
The house brand of Bern-Belp Airport, FlyBair, will not be offering any holiday flights in the 2021 summer flight schedule. The restart will be postponed to 2022. In the previous year only 32 of 150 rotations could be carried out
Canceled flights: Helvetic is suing FlyBair for CHF 261.000
There is obviously a thick air between the regional airline Helvetic Airways and the house brand of the airport Bern-Belp, FlyBair. The airline is demanding payment for the charter flights to Palma de canceled in the summer of 2021
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Peoples will take off again on June 15, 2020
The Austrian regional airline Peoples will resume the “Vorarlberg Shuttle” from June 15, 2020. Now it is fixed: People's will resume flight operations between Altenrhein and Vienna from June 15th.
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