Kurt Hofmann
@HofmannAviation
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Air Transport World Correspondent
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Joined August 2011
#CEOinterview - Icelandair’s traditional transfer business between Europe and North America has been affected by geopolitical challenges and aggressive price competition. @Icelandair @AviationWeek
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UAE-Based Air Arabia To Launch Saudi Arabia LCC. My story @AviationWeek . @airarabiagroup
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A consortium led by Air Arabia, Nesma Group and KUN Holding has won a bid to establish an LCC based in the Saudi Arabian city of Dammam.
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In my weekly column in the Vienna-based newspaper Kurier, I m analyzing the questions if air fares would get more expensive. I believe, yes. #hofmannaviation #luftfahrtexperte @KURIERat @IATA
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#LOUNGEvisit - Salzburg Airport celebrates 10 years of its Business Lounge. I have visited some many lounges worldwide, fancy ones, not so fancy ones. But the lounge in Salzburg is one of my favorites. @SalzburgAirport
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Finnair’s A330 Wet-Lease To Qantas Remains ‘Feasible,’ CEO Says. My story @AviationWeek . @Finnair @Airbus
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Finnair will resume Sydney-Singapore services in September thanks to a wet-lease agreement with Qantas.
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R.I.P. dear Felix Baumgartner - I m glad that we have met several times, like last summer in St. Wolfgang…. #hofmannaviation #luftfahrtexperte
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Aegean Grows ‘Special Purpose’ Sub-Fleet With Two Airbus A321XLRs. My story @AviationWeek . @aegeanairlines @Airbus
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Greece’s Aegean Airlines is expanding its Airbus A321neo portfolio with two additional A321XLRs for new services to Delhi and Mumbai starting March 2026.
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#CEOinterview with Turkka Kuusisto from Finnair. I had the chance to talk with Turkka during the Q2 results call today about the recent industrial actions, fleet renewal plan, A330 wet-lease operations and other important topics. Soon at the Aviation Week Network . @Finnair
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On May 15, 2013, I joined Niki Lauda to Hamburg Finkenwerder for a Mercedes-Benz AG presentation. Not really my business, but an Airbus A380 has been used as a display. The A380 turned 20 years of its first flight this year, it was on April 27, 2005.
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#TVwork today with i24 News, an international news channel based in Tel Aviv and broadcasting in English, French, Arabic and Hebrew. I was speaking about why Wizz Air shut down its subsidiary in Abu Dhabi. Looking very much forward to my visit in Abu Dhabi at Etihad next week…
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Swiss Weighs Future Of A220-100s Amid Ongoing Engine Issues. My interview @AviationWeek . @Airbus @FlySWISS
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Swiss International Air Lines is reflecting on the future of its Airbus A220-100 fleet as Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues remain a recurrent concern.
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#talkingbusiness with Clarissa Cunz, head of aircraft asset management from Swiss International Air Lines, here at Airbus in Toulouse. Published @AviationWeek . @FlySWISS @Airbus
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During the first six months since the launch of the direct air service between Belgrade and Shanghai, Air Serbia has transported over 20,000 passengers on this intercontinental route. @airserbia @Airbus
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#FilmingProject with @emirates - Valerie Tan, SVP Corporate Communications, from Emirates and based in Dubai, have flown in to Vienna with her camera team, for interviewing me about the developments of Emirates since I m reporting about the carrier more then 20 years.
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#PreDeliveryVisit at @Airbus in Toulouse - Today I was able to visit @FlySWISS new flagship, its first Airbus A350-900 in the special #Wanderlust design. HB-IFA will be delivered to Zurich in late summer, followed by its first commercial flight in Q4 2025.
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In my weekly column in the Vienna-based newspaper Kurier, I m answering the question, why airlines do wet-lease aircrafts from other carriers and some reasons related to these operations . @KURIERat @_austrian @IATA
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Swiss Strategizes For Peak Summer Operations As Challenges Loom. My story now @AviationWeek . @FlySWISS @eurocontrol @zrh_airport @lufthansa @IATA
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Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines is implementing additional measures to stabilize peak summer operations and to improve punctuality.
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RT @SAS: .@AirFranceKLM today announced that it will initiate proceedings to take a majority stake in SAS, marking a new and strategically….
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#CEOmeeting with Francisco Gomes Neto from Embraer earlier this week in Copenhagen. Francisco has flown in as Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has ordered up to 55 Embraer E195 E2s, becoming the 22nd E2 customer worldwide. #hofmannaviation #luftfahrtexperte @flysas @embraer
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This was really a nice experience. Earlier this week, I was traveling on SAS Plus from Copenhagen to Salzburg. After leaving the lounge, an SAS Link Embraer E195LR have flown me back to my #homebase in only 1h15, offering a very good seat-pitch in 3A and a nice food service.
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