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Incidents/Accidents

Tens Of Passengers Test COVID Positive On Emirates Flight To Hong Kong
On Saturday, an Emirates flight to Hong Kong was found to have 26 passengers who tested positive for COVID-19. The number of coronavirus cases added to the highest daily increase in Hong Kong for more than two months.
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Iran To Send Ukraine 737 Crash Black Boxes To France For Analysis
Iran says it will send black boxes from the Ukraine International Airlines crash to France. The Boeing 737-800 crashed outside Tehran in January. The plane was shot down. To date, the Iranian Government has refused to hand over the black boxes. This was despite earlier promising to do so.
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Commercial

Boeing Directs Spirit To Cut Max Deliveries Further
Spirit AeroSystems, the primary supplier to Boeing’s 737 Max program, has been directed to lower its deliveries further in 2020 from the lingering effects of the global pandemic and Max grounding, according to a Spirit filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the close of the market on Monday.
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Boeing Vs. Airbus - Everything You Need To Know
There is no duopoly in the world fiercer or a rivalry as complex as Boeing vs. Airbus. Both firms have been around for decades, developing many of the aircraft that we love and have ushered in a new golden age of air travel. But which company is more successful?
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Airlines

Lufthansa Waves Auf Wiedersehen To SunExpress Germany
Today, SunExpress announced that it is closing down the flight operations of its subsidiary in Germany. SunExpress Deutschland is being sacrificed so that the airline can focus on the Turkish tourism market.
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Emirates To Resume Airbus A380 Flights In July
Middle East giant Emirates is seriously ramping up its capacity. In a brief tweet posted today, the airline confirmed it would be reactivating some of its A380 fleet for operations into Europe as soon as next month. From July 15th, the superjumbo will be making a return to London and Paris, with more destinations added later.
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US Domestic Passengers Top 600,000 For First Time In 3 Months
The number of passengers passing through TSA checkpoints passed 600,000 for the first time since March today. The milestone marks the latest in a series of stepping stones back to a full recovery.
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Delta Says Passengers Won't Be Removed For Not Wearing Masks
Delta Air Lines’ CEO Ed Bastian has said that passengers that remove or refuse to wear face masks on flights will not be forcibly removed by Delta staff. The CEO made a comment in a television interview on Monday following controversy last week when American Airlines forced a passenger to disembark.
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Virgin Atlantic - 36 Years Of Serving Britain
Yesterday, Virgin Atlantic celebrated its 36th birthday. However, 36 is likely to be one birthday that the airline won’t want to remember for years to come. Virgin Atlantic’s entire scheduled passenger operation has been grounded for around three months now.
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Why Did Concorde Mostly Fly To New York?
Concorde was mostly renowned for its regular flights from Paris and London to New York. But, with its potential to transport the rich and famous to destinations around the world in super quick time, why did it not operate on many more routes?
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Why Did The US Airlines Stop Flying The Boeing 747?
The Boeing 747 is one of the most iconic planes in commercial aviation history. It has been a welcome presence in the sky for the last 50 years. However, despite its legacy, it has been fully retired by carriers across the United States.
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Almost 50% Of Austrian Airlines' Fleet Will Be Operational Next Month
Over 40% of Austrian Airlines’ fleet will be back in the skies by the end of July, according to the carrier. The airline is slowly waking up its fleet following almost three months grounded, during which all scheduled passenger operations were suspended. Following the suspension, Austrian Airlines returned to the skies on June 15th.
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Wizz Air's Admirable Confidence To Fly In A Post-COVID-19 World
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air hasn’t let COVID quash its ambitions. Launching over 100 new routes in less than a month and opening several new bases, including its first in Russia, just shows the airline’s incredible determination to come out of the crisis on top. But is this a slick business move on the part of the airline, or is it setting itself up to fail?
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95% Of KLM's European Network Will Be Back By August
Dutch flag-carrier KLM is “gradually and carefully” restarting its network. Come August, the airline plans to operate flights to around 95% of its European destinations.
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Kingfisher Airlines: The Indian Airbus A380 Operator That Never Was
Kingfisher always had a reputation for being a luxury-focused airline, but did you know the airline had ordered the Airbus A380? The airline placed an order for 10 A380s in total, hoping to become a major intercontinental airline. However, the airline never took delivery of the planes. Let’s find out the story of Kingfisher’s A380s.
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Why Is Flying In Europe So Cheap?
Travelers who have booked flights in various parts of the world will know first-hand how much prices can vary between regions. What’s more frustrating is how similar distances and levels of service can be, despite the huge difference in airfares. It’s no secret that Europe is one part of the world where flying between any two cities can be achieved for relatively little – especially when compared to domestic markets like Canada and Australia. Why is this?
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Airports

LAX To Screen International Passengers' Temperature From Today
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has become the latest airport to begin screening passengers’ temperatures on arrival at the airport. The facility will begin a trial using thermal scanners in a bid to tackle the spread of COVID-19.
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Toronto Pearson launches Healthy Airport program featuring innovative partnership with BlueDot
TORONTO, June 23, 2020 /CNW/ - The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), which operates and maintains Toronto Pearson, today launched its "Healthy Airport" commitment, a comprehensive program that outlines the steps the airport and its partners are taking to be ready for the new realities of air travel, and to lead the aviation industry in advancing the future of healthy travel corridors.
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Malta International Airport Will Open To All Flight Destinations on July 15
Malta’s Ministry for Tourism and Consumer Protection and the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) welcomes the announcement made yesterday by Prime Minister Robert Abela that a further six countries have been added to the list of destinations for when the Malta International Airport officially reopens on July 1, and that restrictions on all other flight destinations will be lifted on July 15.
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Aviation Quote

People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.

- David G. Neeleman, after raising a record $128 million to start New Air (the then working name for what became JetBlue Airways), quoted in Business Week, 3 May 1999.


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