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Skyup MT takes two Airbus A320s into wet lease

Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian low-cost airline Skyup has been able to stay in the air through wet lease contracts in the EU and other regions. A subsidiary has been set up in Malta and this is precisely what is now acquiring wet lease aircraft itself. Skyup was once a low-cost airline that was active within Ukraine, but also internationally. Numerous new routes to the DA-CH region were announced for 2022, but the expansion did not come to fruition because in February 2022 the Russian Federation felt it had to launch a military attack on its neighboring state. Ukraine's airspace is still closed to civil aircraft for security reasons. Not all Ukrainian carriers managed to get their aircraft out of the country in time and also land ACMI and charter contracts. Ukraine International even had to file for bankruptcy because after a few flight orders, almost nothing came along. Skyup was aware that as a non-EU carrier it could only fulfil ACMI and wet lease orders within the EU on the basis of special permits. Therefore, it founded the subsidiary Skyup MT in Malta. The company is still a long way from the first announcements that it would set up a large low-cost airline. The airline mainly carries out charter and wet lease orders. For example, it is currently flying on behalf of Flyone, based in the Republic of Moldova. There are currently no signs that the announced scheduled flights could be carried out on its own account in the foreseeable future. According to a report by CH-Aviation.com, Skyup MT will take two Airbus A5s from Fly5Sky between April 2024 and November 320, 2.

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Norwegian has added Tromsø-Berlin

Last week, the budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle started a non-stop connection between Tromsø and Berlin. Flights are operated every Thursday and Sunday from Terminal 2. The flight time is three hours. On Thursdays, the flight departs from BER at 14.30:17.30 p.m. and lands in Norway at 17.25:20.25 p.m. On Sundays, the planes take off from BER at 9.35:12.40 p.m. and land in the far north at 13.25:16.30 p.m. In the opposite direction, the planes take off on Thursdays at 737:800 a.m., landing at BER at 2:XNUMX p.m., and on Sundays at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m., arriving at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. A Boeing XNUMX-XNUMX is used on the route. All Norwegian flights are handled in Terminal XNUMX.

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Queuing busy flight attendants on Thai Air Asia flight

A snake caused a stir on a domestic flight in Thailand on January 13, 2024. The animal had strayed into a Thai Air Asia Airbus A320 and initially hid unnoticed in an overhead compartment. Later, it made its way through the aircraft. Some animal species trigger fear in many people. These include spiders, rats and snakes, for example. It is therefore hardly surprising that the reptile caused a stir on board flight FD3015. In addition, there was no expert on board, so that the passengers and the flight attendants did not know whether it was a poisonous specimen. Snakes repeatedly manage to get on board commercial aircraft. This is also due to the simple fact that the animals can move almost silently and - if they want to - can also be lightning fast. Depending on the species, they can also "climb" well and make the smallest openings useful to their advantage. The specimen that came on board Thai Air Asia is likely to have entered the plane voluntarily as a "stowaway" as it is a native species. Snakes are common in many regions of Thailand. On board, some passengers were uncomfortable with the discovery of the reptile alive above an overhead compartment. A flight attendant tried to catch the animal with the help of a water bottle and "store it temporarily" in a garbage bag. Some passengers were asked to change seats as it was not certain at that time whether the

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Air China is increasing Beijing-Geneva flights

The airline Air China will fly more frequently between Geneva and the Chinese capital in the 2024 summer flight schedule. The Beijing route is currently served four times a week. From April 1, 2024, five rotations per week are planned, which are to be carried out on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. New additions are the rotations, which are to be operated every Wednesday.

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Winter threw flight operations in Frankfurt into disarray

The onset of winter led to significant operational restrictions in Frankfurt am Main on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. Around 700 flights had to be canceled. At times, de-icing even had to be stopped. Lufthansa had already decided in advance that numerous flights would have to be canceled due to the unfavorable weather forecast. On Wednesday, around lunchtime, de-icing of the aircraft was no longer possible, so that, according to Fraport, this had to be stopped. In the afternoon, a few flights were able to take off again. Weather-related operational restrictions also occurred on Thursday, January 18, 2024.

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Russia subsidizes state-owned aircraft manufacturers

The Russian government wants to continue to drive forward the production of commercial aircraft in its own country. Due to international sanctions, the country currently has no access to Western aircraft and components. The state-owned company Rostec, which also includes the UAC aircraft manufacturers, is to receive around 283 billion Russian rubles from the government in the form of an almost interest-free loan. The funds are to be used to manufacture 2023 commercial aircraft by 609. These are the Il-96-300, Tu-215, Il-114-300, MS-21 and SSJ-100 aircraft types.

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Lisbon: Tap expands Morocco offer

Star Alliance member Tap Air Portugal is launching three more Morocco routes from Lisbon in the 2024 summer flight schedule. From June 3, 2024, there will be twice-weekly flights to Agadir. Two days later, a flight connection to Al Hoceima will be launched. Flights to Nador will follow on June 6, 2024. The latter two destinations will also initially be served twice a week from Lisbon.

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Lufthansa launches Moldova flights from Frankfurt

From the end of April 2024, Lufthansa plans to fly four times a week between Frankfurt am Main and the capital of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău. The route is scheduled to start on April 28, 2024, and will be served on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. On the same day, a connection to Trondheim will be launched from Munich, which will be offered on Thursdays and Sundays. The Oulu flights introduced in winter 2023/24 will also be served twice a week from Munich in summer 2024.

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MSC Air Cargo is expanding to five Boeing 777Fs

In the future, more Boeing 777Fs will be in the air under the MSC Air Cargo brand, as the group has ordered another aircraft, which is to be delivered to its subsidiary Aliscargo this year. In addition, a Boeing 777F was recently taken over. This is operated by the US company Atlas Air on behalf of MSC. The total fleet flying under the MSC Air Cargo brand will grow to five aircraft, taking the latest order into account, the company announced.

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Schauinsland Reisen records increasing demand for Tunisia

The Tunisia destination is one of Schauinsland-Reisen's winners in the past financial year with its booking development and demand continues to rise. Currently, booking figures are already more than 20 percent higher than last year. "Tunisia has developed into an absolute trend destination in recent years," emphasizes Melanie Hansch, hotel buyer at Schauinsland-Reisen. "Although the standard of hotels has continued to rise recently, the country still offers a very good price/performance ratio." In total, Schauinsland-Reisen has more than 130 hotels on offer in Tunisia. From July, guests of the Duisburg-based tour operator can look forward to another highlight. Then, with the newly built One Resort Premium in Hammamet, a hotel will open in Tunisia for the first time that the tour operator has contracted exclusively for its guests.

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