When President Emmanuel Macron got the green light for the state to bail out ailing Air France earlier this month, who knew that just a few days later he would put the nation’s aviation industry into a tailspin after bowing to a climate group’s demands on reducing carbon emissions. With …
Read More »Destination unknown: Qantas offers ‘mystery flights’ for travel-hungry tourists amid border closures
The airline has come up with another creative way to attract more customers amid the coronavirus crisis. Starting Thursday, Australians were able to book a ticket for one of the “mystery flights,” scheduled for the end of March, April and May. Each time Boeing 737 will fly out of either …
Read More »Crash-afflicted Boeing 737 MAX resumes passenger flights in US with take-off from Miami
Two Boeing 737 MAX planes crashed within six months of each other, in October 2018 and March 2019, killing hundreds of people and prompting the widespread grounding of the fleet. American Airlines Flight 718 left Miami at around 10:40am (Eastern Time) for New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The airline is the …
Read More »Flights grounded, 911 services down amid widespread communications outages after blast damages AT&T building in Nashville
The telecom giant declined to say how widespread outages were, but confirmed that one of its buildings, housing telephone exchange network equipment, was “affected” by the explosion, causing “some” service interruptions. “We are in contact with law enforcement & working as quickly as possible to restore service for some customers …
Read More »China suspends all UK flights indefinitely amid fears new ‘highly contagious’ Covid-19 strain may spread
Speaking on Thursday in a regular media briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Beijing would be pausing all flights between China and the UK. “After much consideration, China has decided to take reference from other countries and suspend flights to and from UK,” Wang told reporters. China will …
Read More »US may enforce Covid-19 testing for British passengers as 40+ countries ban UK flights over fears of more infectious new strain
Officials considered the move following a meeting of the White House’s Covid-19 task force on Monday, Reuters reported, citing government personnel and airline representatives briefed on the plan. While the White House has reportedly yet to make a final decision, talk of the move came hours after three airlines – …
Read More »Nobody’s getting nuked: Pentagon says ‘doomsday flights’ following Trump Covid-19 test were ‘pre-planned’ after Twitter hysteria
“These are preplanned flights and the timing is coincidental,” a US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) spokesperson told the Washington Times about the two E-6B Mercury planes, which took off roughly around the time Trump revealed his test results on Thursday night. The aircraft are nicknamed “doomsday planes” since they are essentially mobile …
Read More »“Aeroflot” has closed the sale of tickets for international flights until the end of July
The airline “Aeroflot” has closed the sale of tickets for international flights until the end of July. Restrictions on flights from Moscow to new York, Istanbul, Havana, male and other foreign cities. Now, on the website of the airline tickets for these areas can be bought from 1 August. The …
Read More »Russians “pleased” the sharp increase in prices for flights “Victory”
Airline-loukoster “Victory”, part of the Aeroflot group, announced a significant increase in prices for tickets to Russia from abroad, as from 28 October, the rate will include the cost of registration services in foreign airports. As explained in the press-service of airline “for the execution of the decision of the …
Read More »The Kremlin is not going to resume flights to Georgia: airlines of the Russian Federation has already lost 1 billion R
Russian airlines are trying to remind the government of its promise to compensate for losses from the closure of air links with Georgia in late June. According to “Kommersant”, the lost profit of the industry due to restrictive measures exceeds RUB 1 billion In a White house promise to revisit …
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