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ANA to launch online info portal for Japanese arrivals
/Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), intends to launch a new online information portal to better equip overseas arrivals for their entrance into Japan. Under current guidelines, anyone entering Japan is required to quarantine for a certain number of days and is prohibited from using public transportation, both upon their arrival and during their
Read moreAirlines take different approaches to staff vaccines
Emirates announced on Monday it had started offering COVID-19 vaccines to its frontline employees, including pilots and cabin crew, while American Airlines has taken a different route. The airline has made both the Pfizer-BoNTech vaccine, and a second vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm, to all Dubai-based employees. Both vaccines are currently already approved
Read moreUkraine may restart Soviet-era An-74 production
Ukraine has stated it may resume production of the unique Antonov-74 aircraft after nearly 17 years, in order to supply the plane to the country’s armed forces. The Soviet-era An-74 is a short-to-medium range light transport cargo and passenger aircraft, which made its debut flight in 1979. A total of 62 An-74 aircraft were produced
Read moreSriwijaya Air crash: Cockpit recorder casing found, US to join investigation
/Divers in Indonesia have reportedly found the casing of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 that crashed into the Java Sea last week. However, authorities are still searching for the device’s memory unit, according to an Indonesian Navy officer, which is hoped to contain vital information on the cause of
Read morePIA 777 repossessed minutes before departure
/ | 6 Comments on PIA 777 repossessed minutes before departureA Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane was seized on behalf of its lessor minutes before its scheduled departure from Kuala Lumpur, following an ongoing dispute. Passengers were left stranded at Kuala Lumpur when the PIA Boeing 777 was seized by Malaysian authorities on behalf of its lessor, mere minutes before its scheduled departure, and already
Read moreAutomated drones to fly above US heads for the first time
| 1 Comment on Automated drones to fly above US heads for the first timeThe US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised provisions around the use of fully automated drones, giving appropriate permissions to the first US company to do so. According to American Robotics, the first US company to be approved to utilise fully automated drones to fly “over people”, the first commercial use of said drones will be
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