Principalele aeroporturi care ar putea fi afectate de norul vulcanic sunt Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhaga, Dusseldorf si Stockholm.

UPDATE 10am

Lufthansa a anulat toate zborurile din/spre Hamburg care urmau să aterizeze sau să decoleze până la ora 16:00 (17:00 ora României), precum și toate zborurile din/spre Berlin de până la ora 19:00. În total Lufthansa va anula aproximativ 150 de zboruri.

De asemenea, British Airways a anulat toate zborurile de astăzi de pe ruta London Heathrow – Hamburg, și retur.

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Astfel, Lufthansa se așteaptă probleme pe aeroporturile din Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin și Hanovra. Lufthansa atrage atenția că și zborurile din Germania către Sandinavia și Marea Britanie pot suferi modificări pe 25 mai.

KLM a anunțat deja că anulează mai multe zboruri din Stavanger, Kristiansand, Bergen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle și Aberdeen către Amsterdam (corespondentele de astazi, de la Amsterdam spre aceste aeroporturi au fost anulate și, ca atare, nu există aeronave care să opereze cursele de la destinație spre hub-ul KLM). KLM a decis să anuleze și zborurile spre și de la Bremen, Hanovra, Hamburg și Linkoping. Lista completă cu numerele zborurilor anulate de KLM o găsiți aici.

Air France a anunțat că norul vulcanic a afectat operațiunile sale din/spre Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Newcastle și Dundee, aeroporturi din Marea Britanie. Compania oferă călătorilor posibilitatea de a=și schimba datele călătoriei, gratuit. Detalii aici.

British Airways a anunțat că mai multe zboruri pot fi anulate miercuri, după ce previziunile legate de deplasarea norului vulcanic au indicat prezența cenușei vulcanice deasupra părții de nord a Europei. Compania își sfătuiește pasagerii să verifice statusul zborurlui direct pe site-ul companiei și să nu meargă la aeroport dacă zborul a fost anulat.

Ryanair a anulat deja toate zborurile de pe aeroporturile din Bremen, Lubeck și Magdeburg care trebuia să decoleze/aterizeze pe 25 mai până la ora 14:00. Compania îi sfătuiește pe pasageri să verifice pagina http://www.ryanair.com/en/flight-info pentru verificarea statusului zborului, înainte de a pleca către aeroport.

Easyjet nu a anulat deocamdată nici un zbor pentru data de 25 mai, însă, compania atrage atenția asupra faptului că unele zboruri din/spre Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Amsterdam, Dortmund, Berlin și Copenhaga ar putea fi afectate de norul de cenușă vulcanică. Satusul zborurilor se poate verifica aici.

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Astfel, începând cu data de 4 aprilie Ryanair va aplica o taxă de 2 euro/pasager pentru un „fond al compensațiilor”.

Ryanair a atacat în nenumărate rânduri legislația europeană cu privire la drepturile pasagerilor de a primi compensații financiare în cazul zborurilor care suferă întârzieri mai mari de două ore sau sunt anulate.

Conform legislației europene (EU261/2004) pasagerii cărora le este refuzată îmbarcarea sau ale căror zboruri au fost anulate au dreptul la o compensaţie cuprinsă între 125 € şi 600 € în funcţie de distanţa zborului şi de întârzierile înregistrate înainte de redirecţionare. În cazul în care voluntarii aleg redirecţionarea, compania aeriană trebuie, de asemenea, să ofere asistenţă dacă este necesar, de exemplu: mâncare, acces la un telefon, cazare la hotel pentru una sau mai multe nopţi, după caz, şi transport de la aeroport până la locul de cazare.

Companiile aeriene au fost obligate să plătească compensații și să asigure asistență călătorilor chiar și în cazul unor evenimente extreme, printre acestea numărându-se și erupția unui vulcan islandez care a produs, anul trecut, un haos total pe harta zborurilor europene.

Considerați că legislația europeană este una corectă? Considerați taxa impusă de Ryanair ca fiind una legitimă?

Iată mai jos comunicatul Ryanair:

Ryanair to Introduce EU261 Compensation Levy of €2

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (30th Mar) announced it would introduce a €2 levy per passenger for all bookings made from Monday 4th April 2011 in order to fund its costs of flight cancellations, delays and its EU261 costs in “force majeure” cases where the airline is not responsible for either the delays or cancellations.

Ryanair confirmed that over the past year it has suffered costs of over €100m arising from flight cancellations, delays and providing right to care, compensation and legal expenses arising from more than 15,000 flight cancellations and over 2.4 million disrupted passengers, with the majority of these claims arising in three periods during which Ryanair was prevented from flying by the failure/inaction of third parties including:
a) the Icelandic volcano airspace closures of April/May 2010,
b) the snow closures of many EU airports during November/December 2010,
c) over 15 days of national ATC strikes, primarily in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain in summer 2010, which caused repeated flight delays and cancellations.

Ryanair believes that the unfair and discriminatory elements of the airline EU261 regulations should be amended to relieve airlines of the burden of providing care in cases where the cancellations and/or delays are clearly not the responsibility or fault of the airlines.

It is unfair and discriminatory that airlines are made liable for providing refunds, meals, hotels and phonecalls during ATC strikes, bad weather airport closures, or (volcanic) airspace closures when even travel insurance companies avoid liability during these “force majeure” events, and when competing transport providers (rail, ferries and coach operators) have no such “force majeure” liability under their equivalent EU261 regulations.

These unfair and discriminatory EU261 expenses cannot be loaded onto airlines without being passed on to passengers. Over the past year, Ryanair has suffered more than €100m arising from flight delays, cancellations and related right to care compensation, and legal costs overturning unlawful fines by Government regulators who have tried to extend EU261 to cover cases specifically excluded from EU261.

Ryanair’s €2 EU261 levy will help to defray these costs, which are not recoverable from Governments, ATC providers or airports and which therefore fall on the airlines in their entirety. Ryanair also confirmed that if the EU261 regulations are reformed, to include an effective right of recovery clause and a non discriminatory “force majeure” clause then it will reduce and/or eliminate this levy altogether as Ryanair’s cancellation and delay costs reduce over the coming years.

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:

“The EU261 regulations are clearly discriminatory in the way they are applied to airlines, by making airlines responsible for delays, cancellations and right of care expenses during force majeure events such as volcanic eruptions, the snow closure of airports and the frequent ATC strikes across Europe. Despite repeated calls, the European Commission and EU Governments have still failed to make Europe’s ATC services an essential service, which (like their U.S. ATC counterparts) should not have the right to strike.

“ It is clearly unfair that airlines are obliged to provide meals and accommodation for passengers (for days and weeks in some cases), simply because governments close their airspace, or air traffic controllers walk off the job, or incompetent airports fail to clear their runways of snow. When the EU261 regulations were first introduced, airlines were assured that they could recover the cost of these cancellations and delays from those parties who caused them. However the airlines have no right of recovery from Governments (when they close airspace), ATC unions (when they repeatedly walk off the job), or airports (who can’t even clear snow off their runways). It’s a crazy situation that travel insurance companies paid out nothing during the volcanic ash crisis last year (because it was an “Act of God”), yet the airlines were forced to pick up weeks of delays, cancellations, hotel and restaurant costs.

Our EU261 levy enables us to contribute to these costs, while still maintaining Ryanair’s unbeatable low fares. We hope that we will ultimately succeed in removing the discriminatory provisions of the EU 261 regulations which oblige airlines to suffer millions of euro in delays, cancellations and care expenses, even during “force majeure” events which are clearly beyond our control. We are also seeking to have any EU261 compensation linked to the air fare paid, as it is the case for competing rail, ferry and coach transport, so that there is a level playing field between transport providers across Europe.

While we regret the imposition of this €2 EU261 levy, the extraordinary costs which have been imposed on us by delays and cancellations under these discriminatory regulations must be recovered from passengers. Ryanair remains the only airline in Europe to guarantee the lowest air fares on every route we operate, and we are also one of the very few airlines in Europe to continue to avoid fuel surcharges, while many of Europe’s airlines not only levy fuel surcharges, but have been raising them unfairly in recent months”.

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Ryanair announced that it is pulling out of Prague because the airport refused to give it a fee discount in exchange for a guaranteed rise in the number of passengers.
It will end its flights to Birmingham and Frankfurt as of July 1, and the last two routes to Dublin and Stockholm will be canceled at the end of Oct. It had proposed to base six planes in Prague for servicing 2m passengers a year to 33 destinations. Prague Airport’s prices apply equally to all carriers, and it does not intend to change this policy. Ryanair will continue to operate a Brno-London route.

O zi mai tarziu aceasi companie isi anunta si incetarea tuturor zborurilor din/spre Budapesta, suspendarea urmand sa se produca din 28 octombrie.

Wizzair a intrat pe aeroportul din Praga anul trecut luand din publicul SkyEurope, si ducand la pierderi foarte mari ale companiei concurente. Un alt exemplu care-mi vine in minte: dupa vreo doi ani de la infintarea Wizzair la Budapesta SkyEurope inceta de pe aeroportul ungar. Wizzair a invins SkyEurope de fiecare data, la Budapesta, Cracovia si Praga. SkyEurope si-a dat in cele din urma (dar nu din cauza Wizzair) obstescul sfarsit.

Dupa ce in 14 luni Wizzair s-a extins cat a putu la Praga, Ryanair spune “Bye, Bye Prague!” si taie putinele curse pe care le avea. Cum si la Budapesta Wizzair s-a impus foarte bine, Ryanair iese si de pe acest aeroport.

In consecinta:
- Ryanair decide sa nu joace agresiv impotriva unei companii destul de puternice si pleaca cu coada intre picioare
- Ryanair se pregateste sa achizitioneze o parte din Wizzair si atunci nu vede rostul continuarii operatiunilor pe aeroporturile unde “partenerul” are baze operationale.

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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.

La Londra se poate.

2 august. Aeroportul Londra Stansted, una dintre cele mai mari baze ale Ryanair. 255 de zboruri sunt programate sa plece de pe acest aeroport in aceasta zi. Si pentru a fi siguri ca vor putea face fata fluxului de pasageri, Ryanair a pus la dispozitia calatorilor… 11 ghisee de check-in.

Este adevarat ca Ryanair incurajeaza oamenii sa-si faca check-in-ul online (optiune obligatorie de la 1 octombrie 2009), dar nici daca oamenii fac aceasta operatiune nu pot sa isi predea bagajele la timp in aeroport. Nu pot, pur si simplu! Pentru ca 11 ghisee de checkin nu sunt suficiente.

Vreo 600 de oameni au ramas pe afara. Compania nu a dat nici o explicatie, iar reprezentantii Swissport (firma de handling care se ocupa de pasagerii Ryanair pe Londra Stansted) au tacut si ei malc.

Intreaga poveste in The Times.

Because I’ve started receive comments on this old post i have made it up to date.

The Italian low-cost carrier Myair and the Slovakian based low cost airline SkyEurope sign an agreement to form in the short future an alliance that will transform them in the fourth player on the low-cost aviation market in Europe.

According to a press release from Myair, Flyholding – the holding company of Myair and SkyEurope Holding, the holding company of SkyEurope Airlines announced that they have jointly entered into a protocol agreement to immediately commence an operating partnership between Myair and SkyEurope Airlines and explore an eventual strategic alliance.

The new alliance with Myair should help SkyEurope to fix the company financial problems. SkyEurope has been posting losses in both raports presented this year, and last year.

The alliance should help both of the companies to achieve lower prices when purchasing prices of services and fuel.

The companies will start selling each other’s tickets on their websites till the end of this year and will also use each other’s planes. Some airline market analysts says that SkyEurope’s Boeings will be used on the routes were both companies face a high seat demand, and the small CRJ900 of Myair will be used on the routes were are less passengers. Myair Airbuses could be leased in order to get extra cash for the new company operations (this information has not been confirmed by any of the two airlines).

The aim of this alliance is to create the fourth biggest low-cost airline in Europe, after Ryanair, easyJet and AirBerlin. SkyEurope head Jason Bitter said that the two cooperating airlines will play a bigger role on the European market than the one played till now.

Need to know
Friday, LTE International Airways – a charter airline based in Palma di Maiorca, Spain – ceased operation due to financial problems. The company, that own 7 aircraft Airbus 320 was part of MyAir Group, the same that owns Myair.

On the European market other companies that merged this year: Vueling and Clickair (both Spanish airlines) and Condor, TUIfly and Germanwings (all German airlines) are still in talks for merging.

Foto: An Myair Airbus 320 preparing to take off from Bucharest Baneasa airport.
Foto by: Cristian C./Boardingmedia.net

Prima masura anuntata este: renuntarea la check-in-ul la aeroport si realizarea sa exclusiv online. Incepand cu data de 1 octombrie 2009 nici un pasager Ryanair nu-si va mai putea realiza check-in-ul la aeroport.Pasagerii care vor face check-in online si au bagaj de cala vor trebui sa se prezinte la aeroport la ghiseele “Ryanair bag drop desks” unde isi vor preda bagajul de cala.

Trecerea la noul sistem se va face in trei faze.

Prima faza – 19 martie 2009
serviciul de check-in online (limitat in momentul de fata) va putea fi utilizat si de:
- cetateti rezidenti ai unei tari din afara granitelor Uniunii Europene sau Economic European Area
- pasagerii care calatoresc cu bagaj de cala
- pasageri cu deficiente locomotorii
Toti pasagerii care vor utiliza serviciul de check-in online si care vor calatorii numai cu bagaj de mana (maxim 10kg) nu vor avea de platit nici o taxa suplimentara.
Pasagerii care vor calatorii cu bagaj de cala dar opteaza pentru check-in online vor achita o taxa de 5 euro per zbor.
Pasagerii care calatoresc cu sau fara bagaj de cala, dar vor dori sa realizeze check-in la aeroport vor achita o taxa de 10 euro per zbor.

A doua faza – 1 mai 2009
Toate rezervarile care vor fi efectuate de la aceasta data vor cuprinde serviciul de check-in online, care va fi tarifat cu 5 euro per pasager per zbor. In cazul in care pasagerul opteaza pentru check-in la aeroport taxa va fi de 20 de euro per pasager per zbor.

Pe parcursul verii Ryanair va renunta in marea majoritate a aeroporturilor la ghiseele de check-in.

A treia faza – 1 octombrie 2009
Nici un ghiseu de check-in nu va mai fi disponibil in cadrul aeroporturilor. Pasagerilor care nu vor efectua aceasta operatiune online li se va refuza imbarcarea in aeronava.

Pasagerii care vor calatroii doar cu bagaj de mana nu vor plati taxa de check-in online. Pasagerii care vor calatroii cu bagaj de cala vor plat taxa de check-in online de 5 euro si taxa de bagaj (10 euro/geanta – maxim 15kg, daca se achita online inaintea zborului sau 20 de euro/geanta daca se achita pin call center sau la aeroport). Toate gentile se vor preda la “Ryanair bag drop desks”.

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Asa ca, iata zvonurile (pe care nu le pot da ca sigure, chiar daca stiu ca unele sunt sigure ):

- Blueair va mai lansa (in afara de anuntatele Napoli, Catania, Salonic si Paphos) inca trei – patru destinatii, cel mai probabil cu plecare din Bucuresti. Hai sa ne dam cu parerea! Eu zic ca este vorba de: Bucuresti – Rotterdam (daca nu, Eindhoven), Bucuresti – Copenhaga, Bucuresti – Atena si poate un Bacau – Barcelona sau Valencia.

- Ryanair se incapataneaza si a cerut un slot la Stockholm pentru un zbor spre Romania, insa se pare ca nu a cerut vreun slot si la noi. Cool!

- Wizzair ar putea anunta Bucuresti – Napoli – Bucuresti si Cluj – Napoli – Cluj, in regim de doua/trei zboruri pe saptamana.

- Se zice ca Tarom vrea sa zboare la Lisabona. Sa vedem daca poate!

- Cica inca o companie incearca Salerno (Napoli) – Bucuresti si retur. Spionii nostri ar zice ca este Air Dolomiti (partenere Lufthansa).