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S7 flight diverted after Kremlin critic suspected poisoned
A Moscow-bound S7 Airlines flight carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny diverted to the Siberian city of Omsk on Thursday, following a suspected poisoning. The 737-800, registered VP-BQF, departed Tomsk Bogashevo Airport in the country’s east at 8:06am. After nearly an hour in the air, the politician was heard screaming from an onboard lavatory. Passengers
![Graded Costa Rican reopening sees six US states permitted entry](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/avianca.jpg)
Costa Rica plans to reopen to US tourists from September onwards, shortly after readmitting travellers flying from a handful of countries deemed "low risk".
![Virgin Atlantic defers Airbus deliveries](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/virgin-atlantic-400.jpg)
Virgin Atlantic defers Airbus deliveries
Virgin Atlantic reportedly plans to delay the delivery of a number of aircraft produced by French plane maker Airbus.
![SIA burns through half funds raised in just two months](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sia-a380.jpg)
SIA burns through half funds raised in just two months
Around half the proceeds of a US$6.4 billion capital raise have already been spent by Singapore Airlines’ parent company SIA Group since it was first completed on 5 June. Operating at less than 10 per cent capacity, the Singaporean carrier has burned through more money in the two months leading up August than SIA, Cathay
![UAE police dogs deployed to sniff out COVID-19](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/snifferdogs.png)
UAE police dogs deployed to sniff out COVID-19
As the UAE emerges from one of the world’s strictest lockdowns, sniffer dogs have been deployed at Dubai International Airport. The world-first procedure involves – according to Emirati broadsheet The National – taking perspiration samples from arriving visitors before being placed under the noses of specially trained dogs. Dubai only reopened its doors to international
![‘Fly now, pay later’: JetBlue rolls out lay-by scheme](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jetblue.jpg)
‘Fly now, pay later’: JetBlue rolls out lay-by scheme
JetBlue customers will be able to fly before paying a single dollar, under a new partnership with New York-based Goldman Sachs. The low-cost carrier – which has recently made headlines for achieving carbon neutrality across its domestic network – began trialling its MarcusPay option to recreational travellers in April. However, this feature is now available