Lufthansa Group prizemljuje Austrian Airlines

The Lufthansa grupa carrier Austrian Airlines will temporarily suspend scheduled flight operations as of Thursday, 19 March 2020. Austrian Airlines is thus reacting to the entry restrictions imposed by many countries in response to the massive spread of the coronavirus.

For the time being, the last flight with flight number OS 066 will land in Vienna from Chicago at 8:20 a.m. on 19 March. Until then, flight operations are to be reduced in a controlled and structured manner in order to bring all passengers and crews home if possible. Initially Austrian Airlines will cancel all flights until March 28th 2020, and passengers who have booked a flight with Austrian Airlines during this period will be re-booked on other airlines if possible.

Osim toga, avioprevoznici Lufthansa Grupe dodatno će smanjiti svoj red vožnje na kratkim i dugim relacijama. Otkazivanje, koje će biti objavljeno već sutra, 17. marta, dovešće do oštrog pada usluga na dugim linijama, posebno na Bliskom istoku, u Africi i Centralnoj i Južnoj Americi. Sveukupno, kapacitet sjedišta Lufthansa grupe na dugim linijama bit će smanjen za do 90 posto. Ukupno 1,300 sedmičnih priključaka prvobitno je planirano za ljeto 2020.

Unutar Evrope red letenja će također biti dodatno smanjen. Od sutra će i dalje biti ponuđeno oko 20 posto prvobitno planiranog kapaciteta za sjedenje. Prvobitno je za ljeto 11,700. bilo planirano oko 2020 sedmičnih letova na kratkim udaljenostima s aviokompanijama Lufthansa Group.

Dodatni otkazi će biti objavljeni u narednih nekoliko dana i putnici će o tome biti obaviješteni.

Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said: “Now it is no longer about economic issues, but about the responsibility that airlines bear as part of the critical infrastructure in their home countries.” Lufthansa will work with airports and air traffic controllers to develop a coordinated concept for maintaining the critical infrastructure.

The new timetable for all Lufthansa Group airlines will initially be valid until 12 April 2020. Lufthansa Group passengers planning a trip in the coming weeks are advised to check the current status of the respective flight on their airline’s website before departure. If rebooking possibilities exist, the passengers concerned will be proactively informed about alternatives, as long as they have provided their contact details online. In addition, currently changed rebooking conditions apply on a goodwill basis.