It concerns the routes to Brussels, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Berlin. These cities are less than 700 kilometers from Schiphol and can already be reached by train, but many travelers still go there by plane. Together, these destinations account for 14 percent of all flights that land and depart at the airport. In the … Read more
The merger would create the second largest tour operator in the Netherlands. ACM recently approved the acquisition, but Sunweb is now pulling the plug from the amalgamation of both companies. “We regret making this announcement as Sunweb Group has invested significant time and resources to facilitate this transaction. As the requirements of the purchase and … Read more
It is planned to operate Boeing 737s between Melbourne and Sydney from 1 March 2021. Flights to Brisbane should also come in spring. The Boeing 737 fleet will be expanded to ten units next year. Last summer, Rex Airlines announced that it saw opportunities to compete on routes between major Australian cities with established names … Read more
Eurocontrol considers a recovery in 2026 the most obvious. In this scenario, a corona vaccine will not become widely available until mid-2022. That would mean that air traffic in 2024 will be 92 percent of the 2019 level. A full recovery follows two years later. Eurocontrol’s most positive scenario assumes that the vaccine will be … Read more
The first of the two aircraft, the PH-BFV, put the wheels on the Polderbaan for the last time a little after five. The aircraft, which came from Shanghai, made a fly-by over Schiphol shortly before. Spotters who came to look at the device had to do so at some distance: for fear that they would … Read more
TUI fly had to abruptly interrupt flights to Alicante on September 4 when almost all of Spain was placed on code red by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since then, the airline flew three more times a week to Alicante to repatriate travelers and to fly travelers there for essential reasons. Now that the region … Read more
In short, the proposal includes plans to emerge smaller but stronger from the corona crisis in the future. Not only will jobs disappear, but other costs must also be structurally reduced. The details of the reorganization for the period up to 2022 have been broadly agreed with all eight trade unions representing the personnel on … Read more
The measure, which has been in force since March 14, is intended to prevent the spread of the corona virus to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. For that reason, flights from almost all countries are banned. Aircraft from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain are still allowed to land there, as well as flights … Read more
“It is extremely important that everyone realizes that aviation has ended up in completely different waters,” says Hoekstra, pointing to companies other than KLM where there have been major layoffs and staff have lost substantial salaries. “There are not that many flavors on the table,” said the minister. “It is either a salary drop, or … Read more
The pilot file must be reduced to 3,900, because there is considerably less flying. Earlier, Lufthansa announced that it was saying goodbye to one large number of aircraft, including the Airbus A380. Lufthansa is in talks with the unions to avoid forced layoffs and to allow as many pilots as possible to leave through natural … Read more