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Trade Air suspends domestic operations in Croatia

Trade Air on April 29 suspended its domestic operations in Croatia according to Croatian Aviation.

The suspension was due to the expiration of the PSO program. The airline is expected to operate the domestic routes again in June.

The Croatian government is expected to announce soon a new winner of the PSO program for the next four years.

The airline operated the following domestic routes under the program:

Osijek – Zagreb – Osijek

Osijek – Pula – Split – Pula – Osijek

Osijek – Rijeka – Osijek

Rijeka – Split – Dubrovnik – Split – Rijeka

The airline still flies from Ljubljana to various destinations in Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Spain on Airbus A320 aircraft.

Top Copyright Photo: Trade Air Airbus A320-212 9A-BTG (msn 795) CFU (Antony J. Best). Image: 957527.

Trade Air aircraft slide show:

Trade Air aircraft photo gallery:

Condor’s new Airbus A320 retrojet

Condor Flugdienst has painted the pictured Airbus A320 D-AICH (above) in the 1961 retrojet livery. This mimics the same livery previously painted and worn on Airbus A320 D-AICA which is now leased to Air Transat in their colors.

Above Photo: Condor/Marlin Lehmann.

Similarly Boeing 767-31B ER D-ABUM is painted in the 1963 retrojet livery.

Copyright Photo: Condor Flugdienst Airbus A320-212 D-AICH (msn 971) (1961 retrojet) FRA (Marcelo F. De Biasi). Image: 946237.

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Thomas Cook Group shows profitable growth in a disrupted environment

Thomas Cook Group issued this report:

• Strong Airline profit growth of £35 million despite higher disruption cost

• Increased capacity with revenues growth of 10.1% to £3.5bn

• New airlines founded in Spain and Germany to support growth

Manchester/Frankfurt/Copenhagen – The Thomas Cook Group Airline has increased its underlying profit by 37% to £129 million for the financial year ending September 30, 2018. With an increase of available seats of 8.8% and a fleet of 100 aircraft overall revenues have grown by 10.1% to £3.5bn in the financial year 2017/18.

With the two brands Thomas Cook Airlines (in UK and Scandinavia) and Condor (in Germany), the Group Airline has carried over19 million passengers to over 120 destinations worldwide.

As part of the airline strategy for profitable growth, two new airlines have been set up in 2018. Based in Mallorca and Oberursel the new platforms provide greater operational flexibility at competitive costs, while better ensuring the quality and customer experience compared to third-party lease arrangements.

Peter Fankhauser, Chief Executive of Thomas Cook, said:

“Our Group Airline delivered strong growth in customers and profit, benefitting from increasing capacity in a turbulent European aviation sector.”

The pan-European airline could realize £31 million by implementing cost reduction measures that address synergies across its markets. The integration of the airline is well advanced with a consistent product, customer experience and management approach.

The European Aviation market was marked by disruption in Summer 2018 caused by delays of the registration of new aircraft, shortage on spare parts and an air traffic control system that was not fully prepared for the strong growth. This resulted in a substantial increase of irregularity cost (which include EU261 compensation costs, welfare, sub-charter and denied boarding costs) of £101 million in Summer 2018 vs. £49 million in Summer 2017.

The Group Airline has put several measures in place to optimize its operational performance, such as additional reserve aircraft, a streamlined aircraft basing with an all Airbus fleet in UK and Scandinavia and all Boeing aircraft operated in Germany and a dedicated team for customer communication in the case of a delay.

Delta to drop Orlando – Miami service

Delta Air Lines will drop the Orlando – Miami route on October 28. The route is currently served once a day with Airbus A320s according to Airline route.

Delta Air Lines aircraft slide show (Airbus):

Air Transat leases two Airbus A320s from Condor

Air Transit has leased two Airbus A320-200s from Condor. The first has now been painted, albeit retaining the yellow Condor engines.

A320-212 C-GCKR msn 1416, ex D-AICK

A320-212 C-GCKU msn 1437 ex D-AICL

Air Transit aircraft slide show:

DART Ukrainian Airlines suspends operations

DART Ukrainian Airlines (Kiev) has suspended all operations. The airline, which started operating in 2013, operated its last flight in late January 2018.