Blue Air has announced direct flights between Bucharest Otopeni and Paris Charles de Gaulle, effective December 18, 2020.
Starting with December 18, 2020, all Blue Air flights operated on the route Bucharest – Paris will have Charles de Gaulle as their destination airport. Blue Air will transfer to Charles de Gaulle the flights previously operated at Beauvais Airport, offering 3 weekly services under the 20/21 Winter Schedule.
Effective December 18th, Blue Air will operate flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles de Gaulle according to the following schedule:
Wednesdays, Sundays
Bucharest OTP 08:00ย –ย Paris CDG 10:05
Paris CDG 10:50ย – Bucharest OTP 14:40ย ย ย ย
Fridays
Bucharest OTP 07:05 โ Paris CDG 09:10
Paris CDG 09:55 โ Bucharest OTP 13:45ย ย
In other news, the airline also announced flights from Bucharest and Bacau to Rome Ciampino Airport.
Starting on December 18, 2020, all Blue Air flights operated on the route Bucharest – Rome and Bacau โ Rome will have Ciampino International Airport Giovani Battista Pastine as their destination airport. Blue Air will implement a temporary transfer of the flights operated at Rome Fiumicino to Ciampino Airport, offering 3 weekly flights on the route Bucharest Otopeni โ Rome Ciampino and up to 7 weekly flights on the route Bacau โ Rome Ciampino.
From December 18, 2020 Blue Air will operate flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rome Ciampino according to the following schedule:
On November 12, 2020, Austrian Airlines is starting a further testing phase on flights OS171 (Vienna-Hamburg) and OS172 (Hamburg-Vienna) in order to integrate COVID-19 rapid antigen tests in the travel chain.
The first phase of the project is currently underway and will last until November 8, 2020. In this case, passengers are offered the possibility to undergo the tests on a voluntary basis. In the next step, tests will be obligatory for passengers and the crew on selected flights. This ensures that all persons on board have tested negative for COVID-19. The implementation of the free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests will take place in close cooperation with the Lufthansa Group as well as the respective airports in Vienna and Hamburg. After taking the test, passengers will receive their results within 10-15 minutes, either via SMS or, upon request, also after consulting medically trained staff. The boarding card is only activated if the test result is negative, enabling the passenger to gain entry to the security area and the gate. If the test result is positive, the affected passenger will be taken care of by the airport medical service in order to fully clarify the individualโs medical condition. Further steps will be specified with the responsible health authorities. In this case, the passenger will be able to rebook or cancel his or her Austrian Airlines flight at no cost.
โAbout 25 percent of the passengers volunteered to have themselves tested in the first testing phaseโ, explained Austrian Airlines COO Jens Ritter. โOur objective is to make quarantine regulations obsolete in the future on the basis of a sophisticated testing strategy. Mandatory tests are a further step on this path.โ In the medium term, the hope exists that the use of rapid tests will lead to a loosening of the numerous travel restrictions and make travelling easier and possible to plan once again.
“Economy and tourism urgently need more freedom to travel. We therefore need solutions that offer security and can be integrated into the travel process. Rapid antigen testing is a way out of the Covid-19 crisis. The test operation at Vienna Airport works very well and we are pleased that Austrian is now expanding this offer to the Hamburg connection”, stated Julian Jรคger, Member of the Management Board of the airport operating company Flughafen Wien AG.
The COVID-19 rapid antigen test is performed at the testing center at Vienna Airport or Hamburg by expert medical personnel. Vienna International Airport has set up a test center for this purpose in the check-in area of Terminal 3, near counter 370. The tests are carried out by medical staff of the airport. Passengers can take the test before departure without having made an appointment in advance. When departing from Hamburg, it is possible to register online in advance and thus reduce waiting times. Passengers are requested to come to the respective testing center two hours before departure. The test results are checked by the gate personnel during the boarding process. No data is exchanged, noted down or passed on. These flights can only be boarded with negative COVID-19 test results. Alternatively, Austrian Airlines also accept negative PCR test results which are not older than 48 hours at departure. In this case as well, passengers are also requested to report to the testing center.
The pilot phase of the mandatory COVID-19 tests is currently scheduled to last until the end of November 2020. The underlying aim of the pilot project is to optimally integrate the testing procedure in the passengersโ travel process and design it in such a manner as to be as pleasant as possible. The testing program represents a Group-wide pilot project of the Lufthansa Group. It should enable intercontinental mobility and the freedom to travel, also during the coronavirus pandemic, and while maintaining health protection. If the trial runs become well established, the airline may offer the tests on a larger scale and extend them to other routes as well.
Flights with rapid antigen tests are marked accordingly
All flights operated as so-called โCOVID-19 Tested Flightsโ are designated accordingly on the Austrian Airlines website so that they can already be identified as such during the booking process. Moreover, passengers are provided with information before departure via a pre-flight e-mail and check-in invitation. At the present time, the rapid COVID-19 antigen tests do not replace the PCR tests mandated by health authorities. This means that all passengers must continue to adhere to local entry regulations. The obligation to wear masks on board Austrian Airlines flights as well as at airports remains in force, with the exception of children under the age of six and passengers who can present the appropriate medical declaration.
Today, November 7, the final Lufthansa flight to depart Berlin/Tegel will take off from the old capital city airport “Otto Lilienthalโ at 9:20 pm, headed for Munich. This flight will symbolize, closing the chapter to a part of Lufthansaโs history, which has lasted for decades. The Berlin fire department will bid farewell to this special flight with a fountain of water, which will be visible as the airport will light up the evening event.
Due to a high demand of passengers wanting to experience this final flight, LH1955 will be operated by an Airbus A350-900, currently one of the most modern and environmentally friendly long-haul aircraft in the world.ย Numerous Tegel fans are among the passengers. The last flight to Berlin/Tegel (LH1954) will arrive from Munich at 8:10 p.m. and land on the runway of the old airport.
The history of Lufthansa in Berlin is long and rich in tradition: Lufthansa was founded in Berlin in 1926, where flight operations were discontinued after World War II.
It was not until October 28, 1990 that the first Lufthansa connections to and from Berlin were available again โ initially twelve daily flights within Germany and additional flights to London. Today, six Lufthansa Group airlines in the Lufthansa Group operate to the German capital: Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Swiss, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Air Dolomiti (during 2021 summer schedule). In 2019 the Lufthansa Group airlines operated 60 daily flights from Berlin with up to 33,000 passengers. With a market share of 30 percent, Lufthansa is currently once again the market leader for flights to and from Berlin. Furthermore, Berlin is the only location in additional to Frankfurt, in which all Lufthansa Group business segments are represented locally.
On November 12, Lufthansa will start the first test runs for comprehensive COVID-19 antigen rapid tests on selected routes between Munich and Hamburg. In close cooperation with Munich and Hamburg airports as well as with the biotech companies Centogene and the Medicover Group’s medical care center, MVZ Martinsried, the airline is offering its customers the opportunity to be tested for COVID-19 free of charge before departure on two daily flights. Passengers who do not wish to be tested will be transferred to an alternative flight at no additional cost.
The first test flight with 100 percent negative tested passengers is LH2058, which leaves Munich for Hamburg at 9.10 a.m. The second daily flight on which all passengers are tested is LH2059 from Hamburg to Munich.
Once the test is completed, customers receive their test results within 30 to 60 minutes. Only if the result is negative will the boarding pass be activated and access to the gate be granted. Alternatively, passengers can present a negative PCR test not older than 48 hours at departure. Lufthansa takes care of the complete rapid test procedure. There are no extra costs for the passenger. All they have to do is register in advance and allow a little more time before departure.
“With our test strategy, we are pursuing the goal of using the data obtained to gain important insights into the use of rapid tests. Successful testing of entire flights can be the key to revitalizing international air traffic,” says Christina Foerster, Lufthansa Group Executive Board Member for Customer, IT & Corporate Responsibility.
Finnair has concluded an agreement with Airbus that the deliveries of the remaining three committed A350-900 aircraft will be postponed, as anticipated in connection with the announcement of the Q3 results. The agreement is a part of Finnairโs comprehensive measures to ensure that the company can emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic as a strong airline. The aircraft were originally scheduled for delivery from Q2 2021 to Q2 2022, and on average, the new delivery dates for the aircraft will be 24 months later than originally scheduled.
As a result of the deferrals, Finnairโs cash flow from investing activities will be approximately 200 million euros less in 2021.
โFinnair has been in intensive negotiations with all of its suppliers during the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking to reduce expenditures in order to support our ramp-up plans when traffic recovers. This agreement will give us more flexibility to deploy the existing fleet more efficiently and improve cash flowโ, says Christine Rovelli, Senior Vice President, Finance and Fleet Management at Finnair.
Finnair has ordered a total of 19 new A350-900 XWB aircraft from Airbus, of which 16 have now been delivered.
On the traffic side, inย October, Finnair carried 100,800 passengers, which is 92.0% less than in the corresponding period of 2019 and 12.8% less than in September 2020. The COVID-19 impact, including the exceptionally strict travel restrictions imposed by Finland, still affected all passenger traffic figures. It was visible especially in the North Atlantic figures (no scheduled flights in October).
The overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) decreased in October by 88.5% year-on-year. Finnair operated 76 daily flights (cargo-only included) on average which was 21.1% compared to October 2019. The differences between capacity figures are explained by the shorter operated flights on average and by smaller operated aircraft compared to October 2019. Finnair’s traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) decreased by 95.6%. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) decreased by 50.7% points to 31.6%.
The ASK decline in Asian traffic was 86.6%. The North Atlantic capacity decreased by 100.0%. In European traffic, the ASKs were down by 90.2%. The ASKs in domestic traffic decreased by 66.3%.
RPKs decreased in Asian traffic by 96.9%, in North Atlantic traffic by 100.0%, in European traffic by 94.7% and in domestic traffic by 71.4%.
The PLF was 19.2% in Asian traffic but it was supported by the cargo operations and a very high cargo load factor. The PLF was 45.0% in European traffic and 59.6% in domestic traffic, whereas there was no PLF figure in North Atlantic traffic due to zero passenger flights in October.
Passenger numbers decreased in Asian traffic by 96.9%, in North Atlantic traffic by 100.0%, in European traffic by 93.5% and in domestic traffic by 78.2%.
Available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres decreased byย 87.4% year-on-year and revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometres decreased byย 81.9%, both due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on scheduled flights. However, cargo related available tonne kilometres decreased by 76.7% and revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 65.3% and they both include also the cargo-only flights operated between Europe and Asia as well as Europe and North America. The total cargo tonnes were up by 26.1% from September 2020 due to continued strong demand for the cargo capacity. As a result, the cargo load factor was still clearly higher than in the corresponding period of 2019.
In October, 94.7% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (82.4%).
Traffic statistics for November 2020 will be published on Tuesday 8 December 2020.
Finnair Traffic Performance October 2020
Month
% Change
YTD
% Change
Total traffic
Passengers 1,000
100.8
-92.0
3,308.1
-73.3
Available seat kilometres mill
464.9
-88.5
12,146.9
-69.4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill
147.1
-95.6
7,930.9
-75.8
Passenger load factor %
31.6
-50.7p
65.3
-17.2p
Cargo tonnes total
5,037.4
-70.0
57,163.8
-60.5
Available tonne kilometres mill
117.3
-80.3
2,146.9
-63.0
Revenue tonne kilometres mill
49.5
-87.7
1,088.4
-71.7
Asia
Passengers 1,000 Asia
6.8
-96.9
494.8
-77.2
Available seat kilometres mill Asia
264.7
-86.6
5,725.1
-70.7
Revenue passenger kilometres mill Asia
50.7
-96.9
3,788.6
-76.9
Passenger load factor % Asia
19.2
-63.6p
66.2
-17.7p
Europe
Passengers 1,000 Europe
53.4
-93.5
1,947.4
-75.5
Available seat kilometres mill Europe
156.7
-90.2
4,808.9
-68.3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill Europe
70.5
-94.7
3,028.1
-75.5
Passenger load factor % Europe
45.0
-37.6p
63.0
-18.6p
North Atlantic
Passengers 1,000 North Atlantic
0.0
-100.0
82.3
-78.9
Available seat kilometres mill North Atlantic
0.0
-100.0
848.9
-75.0
Revenue passenger kilometres mill North Atlantic
0.0
-100.0
647.1
-78.1
Passenger load factor % North Atlantic
N/A
N/A
76.2
-10.5p
Domestic
Passengers 1,000 Domestic
40.6
-78.2
783.6
-59.1
Available seat kilometres mill Domestic
43.5
-66.3
764.0
-50.1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill Domestic
25.9
-71.4
467.1
-53.4
Passenger load factor % Domestic
59.6
-10.4p
61.1
-4.2p
Cargo Traffic
Europe tonnes
284.2
-92.1
8,543.4
-70.2
North Atlantic tonnes
0.0
-100.0
2,542.2
-77.8
Asia tonnes
2,436.2
-79.3
29,331.8
-71.8
Domestic tonnes
28.5
-41.0
278.9
-43.5
Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes
2,748.9
-83.6
40,696.3
-71.9
Cargo flights, tonnes**
2,288.5
100.0
16,467.5
100.0
Cargo Traffic tonnes total
5,037.4
-70.0
57,163.8
-60.5
Available tonne kilometres* mill
37.9
-76.7
596.8
-62.1
Revenue tonne kilometres mill
36.4
-65.3
379.5
-58.5
Available sched. cargo tonne kms*, mill
20.6
-87.4
448.8
-71.5
Revenue sched. cargo tonne kms, mill
19.0
-81.9
258.8
-71.7
Cargo load factor* %
96.0
31.6p
63.6
5.4p
– North-Atlantic cargo load factor* %
N/A
N/A
66.3
10.0p
– Asia cargo load factor* %
96.1
26.1p
62.6
-0.4p
Scheduled traffic Cargo load factor*, %
92.3
27.9p
57.7
-0.5p
* Based on average operational cargo capacity
** Including purchased traffic
Change %: Change compared to the figures of the respective periods in the previous year (p = points).
Available seat kilometres. ASK: Total number of seats available. multiplied by the number of kilometres flown.
Revenue passenger kilometres. RPK: Number of revenue passengers carried. multiplied by kilometresflown.
Passenger load factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available seat kilometres.
Available tonnekilometres. ATK: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of passengers. cargo and mail. multiplied by kilometres flown.
Revenue tonnekilometres. RTK: Total revenue load consisting of passengers. cargo and mail. multiplied by kilometres flown.
Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available tonne kilometres.
Finnair currently operates flights to some 50 destinations in Europe and Asia. Despite lower frequencies than our regular service, both leisure and business travellers can still fly with our available connections. Transfers at Helsinki for long-haul flights to Asia are fast and convenient as usual. Read more about which destinations you can travel with our network.
OUR CURRENT AND UPCOMING ROUTES*
Destinations in Finland
Ivalo
Joensuu
Jyvรคskylรค
Kajaani
Kemi
Kittilรค
Kokkola
Kuopio
Kuusamo
Mariehamn
Oulu
Rovaniemi
Vaasa
Destinations in Europe
Alanya
Amsterdam
Berlin
Brussels
Budapest
Copenhagen
Dublin
Dรผsseldorf
Edinburgh
Frankfurt
Gothenburg
Hamburg
London
Manchester
Milan
Munich
Mรกlaga
Oslo
Paris
Prague
Riga
Rome
Stockholm
Tallinn
Vienna
Warsaw
Zurich
Destinations in Asia
Hong Kong
Nanjing
Seoul
Shanghai
Tokyo (Narita)
Destinations in the United States
No flights scheduled in the upcoming months
*Please note that the destinations listed are subject to change.ย
Spirit Airlines’ย bright yellow planesย are about to touch down at John Wayne Airport (SNA), and more flights are already on the way. The airlineย announced plans for more service to the airport in 2021 with a second daily flight to Las Vegas (LAS) and new nonstop service to Phoenix (PHX).
SNA will become the newest dot on Spiritโs route map on November 17, when the airline launches its previously announced daily flight to LAS and twice-daily service to Oakland (OAK). Orange County recently awarded Spirit additional takeoff and landing rights for 2021, which allowed for the expansion to PHX and additional flying to LAS.
Spirit Airlines at SNA
Destination
Flights Available:
Launch Date:
Oakland (OAK)
2x daily
Nov. 17, 2020
Las Vegas (LAS)
2x daily
Nov. 18, 2020*
Phoenix (PHX)
1x daily
Jan. 6, 2021
*Second daily flight begins Jan. 6, 2021
Spirit touched down in California more than 20 years ago with its first flight to Los Angeles (LAX), launching two decades of growth across the Golden State. In the years that followed, the airline expanded its options for Guests in the L.A. basin with service to Burbank (BUR), and grew to serve Sacramento (SMF), Oakland (OAK) and San Diego (SAN) as well.
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Guest Safety
Spiritโs commitment to Safe Travels includes a multi-layered safety approach that requires all Guests and Team Members to wear face coverings. Each passenger agrees to that policy as part of a health and safety acknowledgement prior to boarding the aircraft. Every plane in our Fit Fleetยฎ uses state-of-the-art, high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters that capture 99.97% of particles and filter the air for contaminants every 3 minutes.
Between each flight, enhanced cleaning procedures focus on high-touch areas such as tray tables and armrests using hospital-grade disinfectants. Spirit also uses two EPA-registered fogging treatments. The first applies a safe, high-grade disinfectant thatโs effective against coronaviruses. The second uses an antimicrobial product that forms an invisible barrier on all surfaces that kills bacteria and viruses on contact for 30 days. Please visit Spiritโsย COVID-19 Information Centerย for more information on safety enhancements.
JetBlue Airways today announced it is expanding service from New York City over the peak Thanksgiving weekend, with additional nonstop flights from New York, Newark and Westchester County airports. Additions include Florida destinations like Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa, and more frequency in popular VFR markets like Port-au-Prince, San Juan, Santiago and Santo Domingo. Plus high-demand transcontinental routes to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
These additional 25 flights will operate between November 20th and November 30th, as part of JetBlueโs strategy to add capacity in routes with strong potential for leisure and VFR demand.
Scandinavian Airlines-SAS has made this announcement:
The ongoing pandemic continues to severely impact SAS and reported traffic figures for October are broadly in line with September this year.
During October, SAS carried just over 0.6 million passengers, down 78.7% compared to last year. Similarly, SAS reduced its capacity by 73.3% year-over-year. Compared to the previous month, demand, capacity and load factor remained broadly unchanged.
โReported traffic is close to what we experienced in September and demand continues to be stronger for domestic than for European and Intercontinental travel, which is also reflected in the network and schedule we offer. Regretfully, the accelerated number of COVID-19 cases in October have led to reinforced restrictions across Europe, which naturally impacts the willingness to travel negatively. Even though we expect the low demand environment to be maintained for the next few months, our view remains firm that the ramp-up phase for the airline industry will continue until 2022 with demand returning to levels before the pandemic a few years thereafterโ says Rickardย Gustafson, CEO SAS.
1 Change compared to same period last year. p u = percentage units
Preliminary yield and PASK
Oct20
Nominal change
FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK
1,18
14,5%
20,7%
PASK, SEK
0,44
-43,2%
-40,1%
Oct20
Punctuality (arrival 15 min)
91.7%
Regularity
99.3%
Change in total CO2 emissions, rolling 12 months
-57.2%
Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer
-5.3%
Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions
42%
Definitions:
RPK โ Revenue passenger kilometers
ASK โ Available seat kilometers
Load factor โ RPK/ASK
Yield โ Passenger revenues/RPK (scheduled)
PASK โ Passenger revenues/ASK (scheduled)
Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometers โ SAS passenger related carbon emissions divided with total available seat kilometers (incl. non-revenue and EuroBonus), rolling 12 months
Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions โ Share of SAS passenger related carbon emissions compensated by SAS (EuroBonus members, youth tickets and SAS’ staff travel)
From fiscal year 2020 we report change in CO2 emissions in total and per Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) to align with our overall goal to reduce our total CO2 emissions by 25% by 2025, compared to 2005.
Emiratesโ iconic flagship Airbus A380 landed at Queen Alia International (AMM) yesterday afternoon as the airline resumed the operations of its popular aircraft to Amman.
Customers can fly the Emirates A380 between Dubai and Amman three times a week on Wednesdays, Thursday and Fridays as part of the airlineโs newly introduced expanded schedule of 10 weekly flights. The expanded schedule also includes flights EK 905 and EK 906. Emirates flight EK 905 departs Dubai at 22:15 and arrives in Amman at 23:40 local time. The return flight, EK 906 departs Amman at 01:45 and arrives in Dubai at 06:40 local time.
Timings have been scheduled to facilitate more effective onward connections to destinations in the United States such as well as vital connections to European points popular with Jordanian travelers.
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