Printr-un anunt scurt postat pe site-ul propriu – malev.com – Malev, operatorul national ungar, informeaza ca incepand din aceasta dimineata (3 februarie), de la ora 6:00, isi suspenda toate operatiunile de zbor. Compania a acumulat o datorie de aproximativ 205 milioane de euro (60 miliarde de forinti) si nu a reusit in ultimile saptamani sa ajunga la o intelegere cu diversi investitori.

Cursa Bucuresti – Budapesta din dimineata acestei zile a fost si ea anulata.

CITESTE AICI CATE RUTE RAMAN NEACOPERITE DUPA FALIMENTUL MALEV. VEZI CUM A FOST AFECTATA ROMANIA.

Problemele majore au inceput sa apara o data cu lansarea pe piata a mai multor zvonuri ca Malev nu va putea supravietui fara ajutor de la statul ungar, ajutor interzis de Uniunea Europeana. Imediat, majoritatea prestatorilor de servicii au inceput sa ceara plata in avans a serviciilor prestate pentru Malev. Din acest motiv cash flow-ul Malev a fost afectat si compania a intrat in incapacitate de plata – a explicat intr-o scurta declaratie oficiala Lorant Limburger, CEO al Malev.

Conform unui ordin al guvernului de la Budapesta condus de Viktor Orban, toti pasagerii care au achizitionat bilete pana cu o zi inaintea declararii falimentului (2 februarie – n.a) vor fi rerutati catre destinatiile finale pe alte zboruri, ale altor companii, sau vor primi banii platiti inapoi. Cel mai probabil insa pasagerii urmeaza a fii rerutati pentru ca banii pe locurile achizionate de Malev de la alte companii vor putea fi achitate la o data ulterioara (cel mai probabil de statul maghiar).

Pentru pasagerii care nu vor sa astepte o rezolvare a problemelor de catre angajatii companiei Malev, exista solutii oferite de alte companii. Wizzair, cel de-al doilea operator ca marime pe aeroportul de la Budapesta (dupa Malev). Operatorul low-cost oferta bilete la aproximativ 35 euro/segment (toate taxele sunt incluse) pentru toti pasagerii Malev afectati de incetarea operatiunilor companiei maghiare.

Statul ungar a avut mai multe tentative de a privatiza compania, unul dintre investitori fiind chiar operatorul italian Alitalia, in 1997. Insa din cauza unor neintelegeri italienii si-au retras oferta. La a saptea incercare de a gasi investitorul, Malev a ajuns in mainile miliardarului Boris Abramovich, care detinea OAO KrasAir. In momentul in care compania ruseasca a lui Abramovich a dat faliment, investitorul s-a vazut in imposibilitatea de a mai sustie operatorul maghiar.

In 2010 statul a nationalizat 95% din companiei, insa ajutoarele financiare pe care Malev le-a primit in decursul anilor de la bugetul de stat au fost declarate ilegale de reprezentantii comisiei europene, compania a fost somata sa returneze banii – acest lucru amplificand problemele financiare ale operatorului.

Wizzair devine in acest moment cel mai mare operator aerian de pe aeroportul Budapesta.

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No-frills airline Wizz Air has had almost EUR 10 million in consolidated losses in the 2009 fiscal year, a Czech newspaper claimed. The management commented only as much as the Hungarian subsidiary was profitable, however the Ukrainian and Bulgarian branches were generating losses.

Discount airline Wizz Air has accumulated losses on a major scale, contrary to its widely communicated message that the company has broken even and is generating profit, Reuters reported, citing the website of Czech newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes. The latter claims Wizz Air has had EUR 9.5 million in losses in the last fiscal year of 2008/2009, which compares with EUR 2.6 million loss a year earlier.

During its five years of operation, Wizz Air has never made a profit, with losses totalling EUR 78 million. Vice President John Stephenson first refused to comment, then told the newspaper that the Hungarian subsidiary is profitable while the Bulgarian and Ukrainian branches have not yet broken even.
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In the same time, the Mlada Fronta Dnes Czech online newspaper said that the debt has increased to  almost 74 millions euros (from March 2009 – the end of fiscal year 2008 – till September 2009). No mater what the airline increased it routes number and the flights load factor grew with some percents in comparison with year 2008.

The debt increase can come from the new bases that Wizzair sated up during the last 12 months and because of the entering of Ukrainian and Bulgarian markets.

WizzAir vice president John Stephenson first declined to comment, Napi Gazdasag said, and then said the Hungarian unit was profitable and only the Ukrainian and Bulgarian companies were loss-makers.

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The Czech newspaper explained the investigation by the fact that SkyEurope went bankrupted at the end of the summer leaving thousands of passengers with no refund and no other flight ticket and that this situation should be avoid.

Wizzair has three basses in Romania – in Bucharest, Cluj and Timisoara – operating flights to a total of 17 European destinations.

SkyEurope went bankrupted at the end of august, after announcing a total loss of almost 60 millions euro for the fiscal year of 2008 (march 2008 – march 2009).

Also, another low cost airline, the Italian flag carrier MyAir,  went bankrupted with a total loss of 200 million euro (instead of the 20-30 millions announced by the airline officials). For the moment MyAir officials are trying to relaunch the airline with the financial help of some external sources.

Alitalia launch special fares to SkyEurope stranded passengers.

If they has ticket issued before Aug 31. they can buy tickects with Alitalia to and from one of SkyEurope network such as Athens, Barcelona, Brussells, Bucarest, Budapest, Istanbul, London, Paris Sofia, Thessaloniki from italians port of call of Bari, Catania, Milan (Linate and Malpensa), Naples, Rome and Venice. Alitalia do not allows to fly to Amsterdam, Nice and Paris Orly. Off from the promotions are flighs operated under Alitalia code share with SkyTeam partners (flights with code 7000), with exception of the ones operated by Volare on Milan Linate-Barcelona and vice versa . Tickest at special fare can be bought only at Alitalia ticket counters at the airport.

For CSA flights to/from Prague for SkyEurope passengers click here.

easyJet rescue package for SkyEurope passengers

Following the announcement that SkyEurope has suspended its operations, easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, will offer those passengers stranded a special rescue fee of €40^* to return home on the routes where our flights overlapped with those of SkyEurope. These are:

London – Prague – London

London – Vienna – London

Milan – Prague – Milan

easyJet has made this offer available to any SkyEurope passengers due return home on these routes during the next seven days (offer available until 23:59 Tuesday 8 September).

To claim the exclusive €40 rescue package, passengers should call easyJet customer services on one of the numbers listed below.

Passengers must provide the agent with their SkyEurope booking reference number and present their SkyEurope booking confirmation at check-in as further proof of booking.

From UK: 0870 6 000 000
From Italy: 899 676 789

If you are calling from a country not listed above, you can call us on +44 870 6 000 000.

For further information please contact Andrew McConnell in the
easyJet press office on 01582 52 52 52 or email
press.office@easyJet.com

^*Includes all taxes and charges.

Ryanair Launches €25 Skyeurope Rescue Fare

Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (1st Sept), launched a €25 (one way including taxes and charges) rescue fare* for SkyEurope passengers who may have been left stranded or have had their travel plans disrupted by the bankruptcy of the airline yesterday.

This fare applies on flights to/from Bratislava to the following destinations

Alicante
Barcelona (Girona)
Brussels (Charleroi)
Rome (Ciampino)
Liverpool
London (Stansted).

Ryanair also pledged to assist with the repatriation of passengers who may be caught up in any future airline collapse and advised passengers that the best way to ensure travel plans are protected is to travel only with financially secure airlines such as Ryanair.

Ryanair’s rescue fare can be booked via www.ryanair.com/member/SkyEuroperescuefare.html until 20th September for travel until 17th December, and applies to SkyEurope passengers only.

* This fare must be booked via www.ryanair.com/member/SkyEuroperescuefare.html and passengers must quote their SkyEurope booking reference and bring the same reference for verification at the airport check-in point. Passengers who arrive to check-in without their SkyEurope booking reference cannot be accepted for travel.

Momentan compania a dat publicitatii noile orare de zbor pentru zilele de 15 si 16 august.

Zborurile din/spre Bucuresti se modifica doar duminica, sambata neexistand curse intre capitala noastra si Viena.

IMPORTANT: pasagerii se vor prezenta cu doua ore inainte de ora initiala – inscrisa pe bilet – la aeroportul Viena, unde vor face operatiunile de check-in la ghiseele SkyEurope. Apoi, vor fi transportati cu autobuze (autobuze galbene!!!) pana la aeroportul Bratislava. Autobuzele vor fi parcate in fata Terminalului 2/Plecari al aeroportului din Viena.

Dupa obtinerea boarding pass-urilor, pasagerul va trebui sa se deplaseze la autobuze impreuna cu bagajele de cala, acestea urmand a fi predate reprezentantilor SkyEurope de pe aeroportul din Bratislava.

Exista un numar de autobuze pentru fiecare zbor. Autobuzele pleaca cu 40 de minute inainte de ora initiala inscrisa pe bilet pentru decolare.

Pe 16 august orarul se transforma dupa cum urmeaza:
NE3208     Vienna (19:00)     -     Bucharest (21:30)
NEW:     Bratislava (20:30)     -     Bucharest (23:00)

NE3209     Bucharest (22:00)     -     Vienna (22:30)
NEW:     Bucharest (23:30)     -     Bratislava (23:55)

Mai multe detalii gasiti pe site-ul companiei intr-o sectiune speciala.

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Publicata pe 15 august, la ora 00:50.

Deoarece compania SkyEurope nu a platit in cursul zilei de vineri datori pe care o avea fata de aeroportul din Viena, autoritatile aeroportuare vieneze au decis sa nu mai deserveasca zborurile companiei slovace, incepand cu ora 00:00 a zilei de 15 august.

Compania SkyEurope a mutat, temporar, toate zborurile ce erau operate spre/dinspre Viena, pe aeroportul Bratislava (BTS), situat la aproximativ 60km de Viena.

Conform legilor Uniunii Europene, pasagerii care au bilete spreViena, trebuie sa fie transportati gratuit de la noul aeroport in Viena. Pasagerii care au bilete pentru plecari din Viena vor trebui sa fie transportati gratuit la aeroportul Bratislava.

Pentru mai multe detalii puteti contacta call center-ul companiei, la numerele de telefon:
Romania: 021 405 91 11 (tarif normal)
Austria: 0900 160 696 (0,45 euro/minut, apelabil numai din Austria)
Call Center principal: +421 2 3301 7301 (tarif normal catre un numar fix international din UE).

Airclicks.net va va tine la curent cu situatia zborurilor.

Reuters inform that after SkyEurope promised to pay it bills till Friday at noon the airport gave back the permission to depart.

Most of the departing and incoming flights suffered delays up to 5 hours. Vienna – Athens flight, and the returning flight, has been the most affected one, with almost 5 hours of delay. Vienna – Bucharest flights it is announce to have a 4 hour delay.

The law that protects SkyEurope of its creditors is saying that the airline has to pay the monthly bills  issued by the creditors after the date when the Slovakian Court granted creditor protection.

SkyEurope, has to pay its debts to Vienna Airport by Friday, 1300 GMT or else the operator will suspend all services.

SkyEurope
- Destinations – 38 in 18 countries
- Fleet – 14 aircraft
- Employees – 697
- Passengers flown during 12 months to December 31, 2008 – 6.63 million
- Load factor during 12 months to December 31, 2008 – 72.7 percent

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