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Cathay Pacific eyeing outback ‘boneyard’: Report
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Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is considering shifting some of its long-haul planes to desert storage facilities, according to numerous reports.

British Airways’ reopened lounges offer glimpse into ‘new normal’
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Innovations include contactless lounge entry screens, which BA says allows passengers to "scan their own boarding pass when entering".

Boeing 787-10 makes BA debut
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British Airways operated its inaugural revenue flight on Saturday with its Boeing 787-10, a transatlantic service destined for Dallas Fort-Worth.

USAF to tool up Reaper amid spike in drone downings
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The US Air Force has unveiled several important countermeasures and strategic priorities to protect unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on deployment. The news comes on the back of an exponential jump in the number of UAVs lost in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. According to data gathered by Oxford-based NGO Drone Wars UK,

Moldova shuts down bootleg helicopter factory
Airlines

Moldovan authorities have shuttered a clandestine facility located in the country’s east, after searches revealed it to be churning out fake copies of the Soviet-type Kamov Ka-26 helicopter. On Tuesday, the Moldovan Prosecutor’s Office – together with investigators from the Police General Inspectorate – carried out raids on the factory, 100 kilometres north-east of the

‘Pretend to go abroad’: Taipei Songshan offers up fake flights
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On Thursday, Taipei’s Songshan Airport hosted 60 locals aboard its “fake flight” experience. According to the airport, the move was aimed towards those “starved of the travel experience” during the coronavirus pandemic. The would-be passengers received boarding passes and proceeded through security and immigration, before boarding a China Airlines Airbus A330 complete with flight attendants

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