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The never-ending corona crisis is worsening the situation at German airports.
Massively broken flight connections have brought air traffic almost to zero in recent months. With a sustained drop in passenger numbers of over 80%, a trend reversal is not in sight. Even the autumn holidays did not change this negative development.… read more
On the evening of 31 October 2020, Terminal 1 of Berlin Brandenburg
Airport will open with the arrival of the first scheduled flights. One
week later, on 7 November 2020, regular flight operations at Tegel will
cease. In between the commissioning of Terminal 1 and the closing of
Tegel, the airlines shall relocate to Berlin … read more
United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways has conducted a commercial service through Israeli airspace, with its Milan Malpensa-Abu Dhabi flight. Flight EY88 has a scheduled block time of 6h 5min and typically spends about 5h 25min airborne.
The service is normally routed through Turkey and then uses the busy north-south cor… read more
An overwhelming majority of US and Canadian travelers (99 percent) are eager to travel again, with 70 percent stating that they plan to take a holiday in 2021, according to a Travel Leaders Group survey of nearly 3,000 frequent travelers. The survey was conducted in September in conjunction with the World Travel & Touris… read more
According to the Italian government decree signed on the evening of October 9 by the four ministers of Economy, Transport, Economic Development, and Labor, the company statute, annexed to the decree, confirms that the Alitalia name will no longer exist. The new company, Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA, will be based “in the Municipality… read more
Flyers Rights President Paul Hudson issued the following response to the DOT’s refusal to promulgate a mask rule after DOT General Counsel Steven Bradbury issued a letter denying Flyers Rights’ rulemaking petition:
eTurboNews published the full letter two days ago:
Mr. Bradbury,
This horrible decision will no doub… read more
The Additional Director General of the India Ministry of Tourism, Ms. Rupinder Brar, said that technology will be a game-changer for the travel start-up industry and government is ready to support new ideas and collaborate with start-ups.
Addressing a webinar on “Travel Start-up Accelerator Series – Towards A Self-Reliant … read more
United Airlines during the weekend of 02OCT20’s schedule update filed planned operation for most of Northern winter 2020/21 season. Note, majority of the schedule update focuses on operation for November 2020, however certain routes already see overall reductions for entire season.
Planned operational changes as follows. Note se… read more
SWISS has completed by the end of September its processing of the ticket refund requests which it had received from Swiss tour operators up to the end of July, thereby complying with a corresponding requirement from the Swiss Confederation. The refund requests from direct customers dating from the same time period have also … read more
Owing to adjusted travel warnings, prompting Code Orange (essential travel only) designations for the UK, Spain, parts of France and other countries, the planned upscaling of KLM’s European network in September has been put on hold. The quarantine rules in the United Kingdom have had a particularly marked impact on KLM’s network. For the … read more
Numerous German airports face bankruptcy without access to fresh capital
Finally: New Berlin Brandenburg airport (BER) about to open
EY 787-10 operates service through Israeli airspace
US: Consumer survey proves 70% of travelers plan to holiday in 2021
Good Bye Alitalia; hello Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA (ITA)
United NW20 Long-Haul schedule
SWISS completes all ticket refunds
KLM prepares for restricted winter schedule
