The weekly airliners.de network briefing. This time, among other things, with slow start-ups at some airports, new route announcements and the review or postponement of some expansion plans.
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Airports start operating again
The Memmingen Airport drives his business slowly again high. The airport announced on Saturday that Wizz Air aircraft from Sofia had been processed for the first time since regular flight operations had ceased. Over the next few days, more flights to Sofia, Varna in Bulgaria and Kiev in Ukraine are planned.
The Salzburg Airport has a four-week break due to the corona pandemic Regular traffic resumed. According to a press release, a Eurowings plane from Düsseldorf landed at Mozart Airport on Wednesday. However, the airport still opens with limited operating hours.
In Italy are the two since May 3rd Airports Ciampino in Rome and Peretola in Florence again open, the Italian Ministry of Transport said. The government had previously announced the gradual relaxation of the corona restrictions.
New routes
The airport Saarbrucken gets a new connection. According to the announcement Corendon Airlines flights into Turkish from 5 November Antalya record, tape. The new route is on the flight schedule twice a week.
In the middle of the corona crisis Wizz Air new routes known. According to the announcement, the low-cost airline will start from 3 July Lviv to Hamburg and from Kharkiv according to b. Both routes are offered twice a week.
Wizz Air has also announced flights from June Europe to Abu Dhabi to offer. After Budapest and Bucharest, three more connections will follow in September with Cluj-Napoca, Katowice and Sofia. All routes should be flown twice a week. The Wizz Air subsidiary announced for Abu Dhabi is scheduled to start operations later this year.
Gulf Air will run once a week until May 15th Bahrain to Frankfurt to fly. According to the flight schedule data, the airline will use an Airbus A320 on the connection.
KLM wants flights from Amsterdam to Hanover and Nuremberg offer, it says in a press release. The airline currently connects its hub with Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart every day.
On May 10, certain flight connections to and from Lithuania can be resumed. According to the operator of the three international airports in Lithuania, the Lufthansa from May 13th again three weekly flights between Vilnius and Frankfurt to offer.
Turkish Airlines wants the according to “Reuters” Flight operations from end of May to resume. In June, 60 percent of the domestic network is to be served and 19 countries are served internationally. 99 countries are to be flown to again by September.
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Corona delays
The launch of. Scheduled for June 1st Lübeck Air is due to corona-related travel restrictions mid August postponed. This was announced by Lübeck Airport on Friday. The new terminal building can therefore only be presented to the public in August, said the managing director of the airport and the airline, Jürgen Friedel.
Qantas has the “Sunrise” project due to the corona pandemic put on hold, reports “Flight Global”. According to CEO Alan Joyce, Qantas believes in the potential for ultra long distances, but the time is not yet ripe for it.
The Spanish airline Air Europa leaves their machines on the ground longer than previously planned due to corona. According to “Touristik Aktuell”, the airline is now continuing its flights until 15th June out.
Because of overloading the Quarantine facilities by returning workers Philippines all nine airports blocked for international flights. The ban on landing should apply for one week, the working group said in the fight against the new corona virus on Sunday in Manila.
The extensive stopping of passenger flights all over the world also complicates the transportation of international mail, according to industry associations. This was announced by Iata and the international postal association UPU. Continue reading
From the perspective of the aerospace industry in Germany, air traffic is only in two to three years again the high Pre-crisis level to reach. Manufacturers and suppliers are therefore demanding further support from the state. Continue reading
Expansion plans at airports
The corona pandemic has a significant impact on the forecast number of passengers on the Airports. Now fit first Locations in Germany their Expansion plans at. However, large projects continue. An overview. Continue reading
On the future Capital airport BER has the on Thursday Trial operation began. Around 250 employees at the airport, the federal police, the ground handling officer and the Berlin-Brandenburg public transport company tested the processes at the airport. Continue reading
The Leipzig City Council has decided to expand the Leipzig / Halle Airport to check again. From the Greens’ point of view, the planning approval procedure from 2004 is flawed and would lead to increased aircraft noise for residents, reports “Radio Leipzig”.
The Heathrow expansion will change because of the corona crisis according to operator information “at least two years” delay. So far, it was planned to start building a third runway in four years in 2022. A lawsuit brought by environmentalists against the construction project, which a court granted at the end of February, also causes the delay. The Heathrow operating company appealed.
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