Air
Wizz Air
Wizz Air Ukraine Connects Donetsk and Larnaca
Wizz Air Ukraine plans to commence direct services between Donetsk and Larnaca, effective from March 30, 2014. Akos Bus, director general, Wizz Air Ukraine, described the launch of the new flight, which will be operated twice a week, as an important milestone for the recently opened new base in Donetsk particularly and the carrier’s operations in Ukraine in general. “With the new route Ukrainians have a low-cost opportunity to fly to sunny Cyprus. We remain highly committed to continue to develop our route network from the Donetsk base and look forward to offer our passengers the best routes and the best price,” commented Bus. Wizz Air opened its second Ukrainian base after Kiev in Donetsk at the beginning of October.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa Offers More Destinations in Winter
DECEMBER 2013
MONTHLY NEWS
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Minister Congratulates Cyprus Airways Tasos Mitsopoulos, minister of communications and works, Cyprus, through a letter sent to Tony Antoniou, chairman, Cyprus Airways, expressed satisfaction for the very honourable distinction that the airline received at a recent competition held by APG, the Network for Airline Distribution Services, where travel agents around the world placed Cyprus Airways at third position. “This international recognition confirms the quality level of services offered by the company over time and reflects its prestige and credibility on an international scale,” mentioned Mitsopoulos in his letter. He also noted that the distinction comes at a particularly difficult time for the carrier and is another major incentive for effective planning to overhaul the company and its placement on a sustainable path of development.
Lufthansa and Germanwings have marginally expanded their services in the winter flight schedules. Their joint capacity in terms of available seat per kilometre increased overall by 1.1 percent, while this growth is attributable to the deployment of larger aircraft. The new winter timetable launched on October 27 and will run until March 29, 2014, whereas in combination with Germanwings, the airline is offering customers an even wider choice of destinations reaching 211 in 81 countries. Of the total, Lufthansa is serving 199 routes, while Germanwings is operating services to 64 destinations. The two highly modern flagships in the carrier’s long-haul fleet, the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747-8, will be deployed on further connections to Shanghai, Mexico City, and Chicago. Additionally a dedicated connection to Sochi, Russia, hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, will be operated from January 24 to March 17, 2014 by an Airbus A321. Moreover, an additional 23 destinations in Europe previously served by Lufthansa out of Hamburg and Berlin will be transferred successively to Germanwings in the winter timetable. Flights operated through the Frankfurt and Munich hubs remain under Lufthansa.