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2020: The year the changed aviation – Part 3
/2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the
Read more2020: The year the changed aviation – Part 2
/2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the
Read morePodcast: When and how will aviation return in 2021?
/Join us in this week’s World of Aviation podcast episode where host Adam Thorn and reporter Hannah Dowling discuss the near-term future of aviation into the new year. The good news is the world has a vaccine that should bring aviation back to life. The bad news is we have no idea exactly when, or
Read more2020: The year that changed aviation – Part 4
/2020 has without a doubt brought about the single biggest disruptor to the global aviation sector potentially ever seen: the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 December, 2019, Chinese authorities officially revealed they were treating a small number of citizens suffering from a mysterious illness in Wuhan. No one knew just what this would mean for the
Read moreCathay ramps up vaccine storage capacity
/Cathay Pacific is expanding its cold storage facilities at its cargo terminal to allow it to temporarily house more than 8.6 million vaccine doses per day, as the global vaccine distribution challenge begins to ramp up. The terminal’s current capacity is around 7.1 million doses, and a new cold storage room will be added to
Read moreFinal Virgin Atlantic 747 farewelled
Virgin Atlantic’s final Boeing 747 has now left the airline’s fleet after more than 19 years in service with the carrier. The jumbo jet, registration G-VROY, was named Pretty Woman, and took off from London Heathrow earlier this week G-VROY, which has been flying in Virgin’s fleet since 18 June 2001, is headed to Las
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