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  • Greece: Passenger air traffic dropped by 93% in June 2020

    Greece: Passenger air traffic dropped by 93% in June 2020

    Latest Greek Civil Aviation Authority data show a 93 percent drop in total passenger traffic going through local airports in June 2020, compared to the previous year.

    Only 588.186 passengers on domestic and foreign flights arrived in Greek airports in June 2020, compared to 8.427.908 passengers in June 2019.

    There were 17.049 flights in May 2020, down 74% from the same month in 2019.

    The drop in passenger arrivals from abroad was even greater, falling 97,5%.

    In the first half of 2020, 6,2 million passengers travelled instead of 24.7 million passengers in the first half of 2019.

  • LOT resumes flights to North America and Asia

    LOT resumes flights to North America and Asia

    LOT resumed on July 1st its international flights since the suspension of passenger flights in mid-March.

    LOT’s flight route network will include the first long-haul flights to Canada, South Korea and Japan, as well as flights to the UK, Albania, Montenegro and Ukraine.

    The first passengers flew on board LOT planes to Berlin, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Barcelona, Prague, Budapest, Vilnius, Kiev, Dubrovnik and Split yesterday.

    They will be joined by travellers flying to Vienna and Oslo.

    From July 3rd, the summer campaign #LOTnaWakacje begins and passengers can start planning their trips outside Europe as well.

    The Polish airline will take passengers to three cities in North America and Asia: 

    • Toronto – from three to seven times a week from July 1st; 
    • Seoul – from two to five times a week from July 3rd; 
    • Tokyo (Narita airport) – from two to three times a week from July 3rd. 

    All long-haul flights will be operated from Warsaw’s Chopin Airport.

    In addition, LOT will also launch a Budapest-Seoul connection, offered once a week, from July 20th.

  • Over 1.000 daily Ryanair flights over Europe since 1 July

    Over 1.000 daily Ryanair flights over Europe since 1 July

    Ryanair will operate over 1.000 daily flights across 200 European airports, restoring almost 90% of its pre-Covid-19 route network.

    Ryanair crew members and airport support teams are returning to work after the 3½ month Covid-19 shutdown.

    In line with the recommendations of EASA and the ECDC, Ryanair has introduced new health measures for both our crews and our passengers, which will minimise the risk of Covid-19.

    These include mandatory face masks/coverings, fewer check bags, cashless inflight services, and improved hygiene procedures.

    500.000 seats on sale

    Ryanair is releasing 500.000 seats on sale from just €19.99 one way for travel in late Aug & Sept.

    These fares are the lowest ever offered by Ryanair during the peak summer months and are avaible until midnight Fri 3 July.

  • Austrian Airlines resumed long-haul flights after 100 days

    Austrian Airlines resumed long-haul flights after 100 days

    One of the first regular long-haul flights operated by Austrian Airlines took off from Vienna today at 10:33 A.M. as flight OS 89.

    The Boeing 767 with the registration OE-LAX landed on time at Newark Airport in New Jersey at around 1:45 P.M.

    Close to one third of the aircraft is occupied, with 64 passengers on board. The return flight is fully booked.

    “Long-haul routes comprise the supreme discipline in Austrian aviation”, says Austrian Airlines CCO Andreas Otto. “Therefore, after such a long interruption, we are of course especially pleased to be able to offer intercontinental flights again and thereby get our hub at Vienna Airport up and running again.”

    The last regularly scheduled Austrian Airlines long-haul flight before the forced coronavirus break, departing from Chicago, landed in Vienna on 19 March 2020.

    In the meantime, Austrian Airlines carried out various repatriation flights from South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, amongst other places.

    Transport flights for medical supplies from China and Malaysia also took place and will be continued in July.

  • Aegean expects to operate 1000 flights per week by July 15th

    Aegean expects to operate 1000 flights per week by July 15th

    Greek airline Aegean is announcing further adjustments in its network for June, July and August 2020. 

    From June 15th onwards, the frequencies of domestic flights to and from all airports in Greece, as well as international destinations and frequencies to and from Athens and Thessaloniki, will be gradually increasing.

    As of July 1st, and subject to further ease of travel restrictions, the summer network, both in terms of frequencies and number of destinations, will be resumed.

    The entire 31 destinations domestic network that recurrently operated throughout the lockdown, will be also increased progressively, in order to facilitate the connectivity of island destinations with the international network.

    By July 15th, Aegean will fly to 42 international destinations from Athens and 7 destinations from Thessaloniki.

    By June 15th, it will be further announced the direct international network from Aegean’s hubs in Heraklion, Rhodes and Chania with flights starting early in July. 

    Aegean expects, that by July 15th, about 1,000 flights will be operated per week

    Aegean expects, that by July 15th, about 1,000 flights will be operated per week, while by the end of August the number of operating flights, will reach 1,600.

    As a result, the total network at its peak, is estimated to be smaller by 50% from the initial planning before the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Air Dolomiti restarts flights from Florence to Catania, Palermo and Cagliari

    Air Dolomiti restarts flights from Florence to Catania, Palermo and Cagliari

    Air Dolomiti, the Italian airline of the Lufthansa Group, restarts from Italy and announces the resumption of flights with connections from Florence airport to Catania, Palermo and Cagliari.

    As of June 5, the airline will offer four weekly frequencies to Sicily and Sardinia from Florence airport. Flights will be operated on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays departing from Florence at 11:55 a.m. to Palermo and at 4:10 p.m. to Catania.

    The connections to Cagliari will be operative from June 19th at 12:05, four times a week on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

    Air Dolomiti fares starting from 99 € one way

    For all flights the airline offers a fare starting from 99 € one way (from 178 € round trip) taxes and surcharges included. 

    During the booking process it will be possible to block the fare (option valid only through the website www.airdolomiti.eu) and make the payment at a later time after booking, within seven days of departure. 

    In addition to this, if the passenger no longer wishes to fly or wishes to change the departure date, he or she may choose to cancel the booking free of charge, receiving a refund of the full cost of the ticket or rebooking without additional charges.

    These changes must also be requested within seven days of the departure date of the flight. 

  • Tarom extend the suspension of some flights until June 16

    Tarom extend the suspension of some flights until June 16

    Tarom has decided to extend the suspension of flights until June 16, 2020, at 23:59, Romanian time, to / from some countries.

    • Italy until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • Spain until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • Germany until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • France until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • Austria until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • Belgium until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • Great Britain until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • Netherlands until 16 June 2020, inclusive;
    • Turkey until 16 June 2020, inclusive.

    Tarom will continue to operate passenger flights to and from destinations considered to be at low risk, following the regulations in force, flights which can be subject to the possibility of suspension if the situation will require it.

    The Romanian company will keep operating charter for passengers and cargo flights types, following the regulation in force, the last ones having by definition a special regime.

  • 408 thousand persons were employed in the air transport sector in EU

    408 thousand persons were employed in the air transport sector in EU

    In 2019, 408 thousand persons aged 20-64 were employed in the air transport sector in the European Union (EU), representing an 11% increase compared with 2018.

    These workers accounted for 0.2% of total employment in the EU, Eurostat data shows.

    Among EU Member States, Luxembourg recorded the highest share of persons employed in the air transport sector (1.0% of total employment), followed by Malta (0.5%), Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal (all 0.4%).

    With regard to the gender balance, a small majority of air transport workers were men (56%). The highest share of men was recorded in Sweden (77%), followed by Denmark (74%) and Malta (73%).

    By contrast, Finland was the only EU Member State where women were predominant in the air transport sector (57% of air transport workers were women).

  • EasyJet will restart flights from 21 European airports

    EasyJet will restart flights from 21 European airports

    EasyJet announced that it will resume some flights on 15 June. Services will be operating from London Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Belfast, and Isle of Man in the UK.

    In addition, flying will resume in France from Nice, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon and Lille, as well as from Geneva in Switzerland, Lisbon and Porto in Portugal, and Barcelona in Spain.

    Flying will principally be on domestic routes alongside a minimal number of international routes. The airline expects to increase flying as customer demand continues to build and restrictions are relaxed.

    A new range of additional measures will be in place to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of all customers and crew onboard.

    These include enhanced aircraft disinfection for easyJet aircraft; customers, cabin and ground crew will be required to wear masks; there will also initially be no food service onboard flights, all of which operate on a short-haul network.

  • Austrian Airlines will have to cut 1.100 jobs to survive

    Austrian Airlines will have to cut 1.100 jobs to survive

    Like many other airlines, Austrian Airlines also needs state support. Negotiations take place practically every day, says Heute.

    The plan for the rescue of the airline is to be set up next week. It will be difficult for the workforce and employees should stay on short-time work as long as possible.

    By 2023, 1.100 of the 7.000 jobs will be cut and wages will decrease by 13 percent. If the planned cost cuts cannot be done, the path would lead to bankruptcy.

    The Supervisory Board of the Austrian Lufthansa subsidiary met on Wednesday until late in the evening and encouraged the management board to pursue its restart plan with all its might.

  • Austria: Airline passenger volume increased by 14.1% in 2019

    Austria: Airline passenger volume increased by 14.1% in 2019

    In 2019, a total of 36.2 million passengers (transit included) was counted at the six international Austrian airports (Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz and Salzburg), as Statistics Austria reports.

    Compared to 2018, this was a growth in passenger volume by 14.1% (+4.5 million passengers).

    Furthermore, a total of 319 945 take-offs and landings was registered in scheduled and non-scheduled traffic at the six airports. Thus, the number of flight movements rose by 7.8% compared to the previous year (296 852 take-offs and landings).

    Vienna International Airport transported 31.7 million passengers

    The increase in passenger volume at Austria’s airports was primarily attributable to Vienna International Airport, which transported 31.7 million passengers in 2019, a growth by 17.1% (+4.6 million passengers) compared to the previous year.

    More passengers were also registered at the airports Innsbruck (+25 194 passengers or +2.3%) and Graz (+5 996 passengers or +0.6%).

    Salzburg airport, which was temporarily closed due to the runway renovation in spring 2019, reported a decrease of 126 477 passengers (-6.9%) compared to 2018.

    At the airports Linz (-28 562 passengers or -6.1%) and Klagenfurt (-18 938 passengers or -8.3%), the number of passengers declined as well in 2019.

    Concerning air cargo and air mail, a total of 247 200 tonnes of cargo and 16 521 tonnes of mail was transported by air in the reference year. While air cargo remained stable (2018: 247 198 tonnes), air mail increased by 19.1% (2018: 13 874 tonnes) compared to the previous year.

  • 1.2 billion fewer international air travellers by September 2020

    1.2 billion fewer international air travellers by September 2020

    Compared to “business-as-usual”, by September 2020 international air passenger totals could drop by as many as 1.2 billion travellers according to the latest projections from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). 

    Its estimates also show that international capacity could drop by as much as two-thirds from what had been forecast for the first three quarters this year, leading airline revenues to drop by as much 160 to 253 billion dollars for the January to September period. 

    Europe and the Asia-Pacific will be hardest hit by the capacity and revenue impacts, followed by North America. Similarly, the most substantial reduction in passenger numbers is expected to be in Europe, especially during its peak summer travel season, followed by the Asia-Pacific. 

    “As overall severity and duration of the pandemic are still uncertain, ICAO has developed six different recovery paths under two indicative scenarios to explore the potential short-term economic implication of the COVID-19 pandemic,” advised ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu in a message to Representatives of ICAO’s Member States.