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Friday airline updates: American Airlines to resume flights to Spain
Airlines

American Airlines has announced that the company will resume flights between the US and Spain over the coming week, after new COVID-19 cases in the European country have fallen dramatically. The move will make AA the first major US airline to reboot US-Spain connections since travel restrictions were first levelled in March. Flight AA36 departed

Somali and Kenyan officials to jointly investigate aid plane crash
Air Crash Investigations

Somali and Kenyan officials are set to hold a joint investigation into the downing of a humanitarian flight in Somalia’s south-west on Monday. Officials from respective governments spoke Tuesday, in a bid to curb escalating tensions between the two east African nations. “The government of the Republic of Kenya urges the federal government of Somalia

American Airlines blasted over ‘packed’ flight
Airlines

Video footage showing conditions on a “packed” American Airlines flight has been circulated on social media, after passenger Krissy Maloney posted the clip online. The Connecticut woman blasted the airline over reportedly failing to comply with social distancing guidelines, claiming that “every single seat on this plane was filled”. Maloney also claimed that, contrary to

‘Preighters’ is the new name for 2020’s aviation phenomenon
Airlines

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has become the first industry figure to give the phenomenon of passenger-to-cargo transformations a name.

Delta to sanitise every flight with ‘electrostatic spraying’
Airlines

Delta is set to sanitise every flight with so-called ‘electrostatic spraying’, after initially using the technology on flights to and from Asia.

Qatar Airways warns of substantial job losses, plans to reopen routes in late May
Airlines

Qatar Airlines has issued a company notice warning cabin crew to prepare for redundancies, as the impact of the disruption takes its toll on Qatar’s financial health. In the notice to cabin crew, reported by Reuters, Qatar states: “We have to face a new reality, where many borders are closed, rendering many of our destinations

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