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Ratatouille 2? Mice Spotted In Paris Airport Restaurant
Some furry fiends have been spotted clambering over pizza and quiche, reportedly in a restaurant at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. The footage, shared on the 11th June, identifies two of the rodent rascals inside a food case at one of the airport’s cafes. We can’t be certain, but we’re pretty sure they aren’t budding chefs.
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Lawsuit Filed Against American Airlines Alleging Racial Discrimination
American Airlines is facing a joint lawsuit alleging racial discrimination after an incident onboard a flight in May. The lawsuit was filed by Elgin Banks, a black man from Arizona, who was removed from the flight after he tried to switch his seat. Joining the lawsuit are four other passengers, defending Banks and his claim.
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Invisible Curtains Stop The Spread Of COVID On Aircraft
US-based design firm Teague has developed an add on for aircraft interiors that could help us all to travel safer. The AirShield uses the existing gaspers on board to form blades of air, keeping everyone’s germs to themselves and directing the airflow to the floor. Although the product is not licensed for use yet, its simplicity means we could see it on aircraft in the very near future.
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Air Belgium Eyes United States Flights
Rebounding Air Belgium is bucking the trend turning a profit in April and looking optimistically towards the future. In mid-December this year, it is launching a new route to Mauritius, and come 2021, it is eyeing new transatlantic destinations in the United States and the Dutch Antilles.
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Delta Set To Resume Flights To China This Week
Delta Air Lines will resume commercial flights to China in three days. This will make the airline the first in the United States to resume China flights after suspending them due to the global health crisis. The first routes this week operate between Seattle and Shanghai with a stop in Seoul-Incheon.
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Unions Against Proposed South African Airways Rescue Deal
In a move supported by several unions, regional airline Airlink has filed a court application today to prevent administrators from discussing a rescue package for national carrier South African Airways (SAA). The national carrier has been in a form of bankruptcy protection since December 2019 and has received several loans to keep it afloat.
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American Airlines Expects To Spend $8.4 Billion On New Planes
American Airlines has said that its estimated expenditures for aircraft purchase commitments between 2020 and 2024 would be around $8.4 billion. Regarding how it was going to raise the money, American Airlines says it expects to obtain a binding commitment for a loan under the CARES Act.
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Virgin Atlantic Announces Another 17 Route Resumptions
Virgin Atlantic has revealed plans to fly to a further 17 destinations. The phased approach to recommencing operations will begin in a month, with the latest routes to be announced resuming in October.
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Where Are American Airlines' Grounded Boeing 777s Stored?
While airlines around the world are slowly returning aircraft to service, much of the world’s fleet remains grounded. This includes a portion of the American Airlines Boeing 777 fleet. But how many planes are still grounded, and where are they?
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JetBlue Says Airlines Will Keep New Cleaning Rules Post-COVID
Every airline in the world has had to shake up its cleaning and sanitation procedures as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. While this comes at a cost to the airline, and in the long run, may be reflected in the price of tickets, it’s a good move to make passengers feel safer on board. But will these measures stay long term? Let’s take a look.
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What Happened To Delta's Retired MD-88/90 Fleet?
Last month Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines announced that it was going to retire its MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft sooner than they had planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this in mind, we thought we would take a look and see what has happened to Delta’s MD-88/90 fleet.
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BA CityFlyer To Resume London City Flights In July
British Airways’ CityFlyer subsidiary is set to resume operations from London City Airport in July. According to the airline’s booking engine, flights to Spain and Italy will be the first to resume services. Domestic services will follow ten days after the international resumption.
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Coronavirus: Airport tests may provide 'early travel quarantine release'
Passengers arriving at UK airports could soon be able to have the same type of saliva swab test used by the NHS to screen for the coronavirus.
Companies planning a trial of the scheme hope a negative result will allow early release from the government's 14-day travel quarantine.
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Passenger flights restart at East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport has resumed passenger flights for the first time since coronavirus lockdown measures were introduced in March.
A Ryanair service from Alicante arrived at 15:11 BST before departing to the same destination a short time later.
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Sheremetyevo Airport develops COVID-19 safety measures
Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) has developed a full range of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of state agencies and medical institutions in order to ensure the health and safety of passengers, visitors and employees.
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Manchester Airport to trial pre-booked security timeslots
In order to improve the security experience and help restore confidence in travel as the airport begins to see more people wanting to fly, passengers at Manchester Airport (MAN) now have the opportunity to pre-book a free 15-minute security slot as part of a new UK-first trial by Manchester Airports Group (MAG).
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Aviation Quote
Professor Focke and his technicians standing below grew ever smaller as I continued to rise straight up, 50 metres, 75 metres, 100 metres. Then I gently began to throttle back and the speed of ascent dwindled till I was hovering motionless in midair. This was intoxicating! I thought of the lark, so light and small of wing, hovering over the summer fields. Now man had wrested from him his lovely secret.
- Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot describing the first helicopter flight.
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1. True or false, It is impossible for a jet fighter to shoot itself down by flying in to its own gunfire.
2. Pilots are familiar with adverse yaw, a result of using ailerons, but what is adverse roll, and what causes it?
3. During October 1945, what well known department store became the first such store to display airplanes for sale, and what type of airplanes did the store sell?
4. True or false, A radio aid to navigation used in the United States prior to the advent of the VOR (or "omni") was the VRB, or voice radio beacon. The VRB broadcast in voice the bearing of n aircrafr from the station.
5. What is a vortilon?
6. True or flase, Low-pressure troughs and high-pressure ridges associated with the jet stream in the northern hemisphere are situated north and south, respectively of the jet.
7. A pilot is wearing a lapel pin called a "Lennie," and he appears particularly proud of it. What does the pin represent?
8. What is a sub-cloud car and what type of aircraft were equipped with them?
