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Australia: Flair wet lease puts the brakes on expansion plans
Air Asia X specifies takeover of sister companies
Jetlines flies for Corendon from Maastricht
Pilot drunk: Japan Airlines has to cancel long-haul flight
Schauinsland travel with new airline booking tool
Dubai World Central: Construction should continue
Embraer wants to hire 900 new employees
Lufthansa: B747-8i makes hard landing in Los Angeles
Australia: Flair wet lease puts the brakes on expansion plans
Air Asia X specifies takeover of sister companies
Jetlines flies for Corendon from Maastricht
Pilot drunk: Japan Airlines has to cancel long-haul flight
Schauinsland travel with new airline booking tool
Dubai World Central: Construction should continue
Embraer wants to hire 900 new employees
Lufthansa: B747-8i makes hard landing in Los Angeles
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India: Spicejet cuts another 1.400 jobs
The Indian low-cost airline Spicejet intends to significantly reduce its workforce. Around 1.400 jobs are to be cut. The airline claims that this step is due to pressure from investors. Already
Emirates expands flight offerings to Australia
The airline Emirates wants to further expand its flight offering to Australia. To this end, the airline is planning numerous route recordings. The airline Emirates wants to expand its flight offering to Australia. The airline is planning numerous routes
Estelar increases flights to Madrid
The Venezuela-based airline Estelar plans to start flights to Madrid in the summer of 2024. The flights to the Spanish capital are to be operated from Caracas. The
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Flight numbers: Wizz Air is converting numerous routes to Malta branches
To date, most of Wizz Air's intra-European flights have operated under the codes of Wizz Air Hungary and Wizz Air UK. Those from/to Abu Dhabi are often carried out under that. The Wizz Air
Vienna Airport welcomes Jet2 comeback announcement
Austria's largest airport, Vienna-Schwechat, welcomes the comeback announced by the low-cost airline Jet2 for September 2023. The carrier intends to connect Birmingham and Manchester with the federal capital of the Alpine republic. Plus Julian
Vienna: Jet2 takes on Manchester and Birmingham
The British airline Jet2 will serve the destinations Manchester and Birmingham from Vienna-Schwechat from autumn 2023. Two weekly circulations are planned. After Manchester it goes in the period from 29.
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Dresden: Momento launches Sundair charter flights
The tour operator Momento is once again offering holiday trips to Italy, Greece and Portugal from Dresden in the 2024 summer flight schedule. The flights are operated by Sundair. Like last year, there are...
Mainly Lufthansa affected: Germany wants kerosene tax for domestic flights
If the German federal government's latest fundraising plans are put into action, the Lufthansa Group in particular will likely be confronted with significantly higher costs in domestic German air traffic. After air traffic tax, VAT and others
November: Frankfurt Airport has 4,6 million passengers
Frankfurt Airport was able to increase its passenger numbers in 2023 compared to the previous year in 2022. However, Fraport's international airports show different results. At Frankfurt Airport in November 2023
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Swiss reduces flight plan and is heading towards staff shortages
The airline Swiss is reducing its offer by around 2021 flights in the current winter timetable period 22/2.900. About 1.200 connections have already been taken out of sale in the last few weeks. so
Bern: New government jet for Switzerland?
The Swiss Federal Council is currently plagued by a series of breakdowns in the government aircraft. This came into focus in the Confederation, because even a meeting with the Japanese emperor is due to
Singapore Airlines is again offering First Class in Switzerland
After almost two years of abstinence, the airline confirms the return of the first class cabin. From March 27, 2022, the Boeing 777-300ER will become the A350-900 previously used on the
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Night trains: European Sleeper in the starting blocks
With European Sleeper, a new night train provider will be launched shortly. The first step is to establish a connection between Berlin and Brussels. The extension via Dresden to Prague
Climate ticket: Westbahn has had four million passengers so far
Since the introduction of the Austrian climate ticket, the private railway operator Westbahn has had around four million passengers on board who have used their network card. The nationwide valid ticket was issued on November 26th
Survey: Austrians mostly against mandatory gastro tips
So-called service flat rates were gradually introduced by more and more companies in Austria. The consideration is completely unclear, but these increase the income of the companies. This has been evident for a few weeks
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Vienna: Free PCR tests in Bipa branches
Since Friday, residents of the city of Vienna have been able to pick up free PCR test kits from branches of the drugstore chain Bipa. Initially, four self-tests are issued per person. These are so-called gargle tests
BGH: Payment fees for PayPal are allowed
The German Federal Court of Justice dealt with the question of whether or not you can charge a fee for paying an invoice. Actually this is not allowed due to an EU regulation, but this one
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New mobile services are now available to Aviation Direct readers. In order to be able to implement this optimally, the specialist portal for aviation, travel and tourism works together with partners. For example, the news articles
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