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Air Canada launches ‘abridged’ summer schedule
/The company says that it has shed nearly 95 per cent of its service over the course of the COVID-19 crisis, and has been left flying to less than half of previous destinations.
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Hong Kong civil aviation watchdogs to investigate airprox incident
/Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) is investigating a runway incident which occurred over the weekend. According to CAD sources, a FedEx MD-11 freighter aborted landing to avoid a Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) Airbus A330-300, which was beginning its take-off run bound for Bangkok. The incident occurred at the airport’s South Runway (25L) on 22 May,
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IndiGo passenger tests positive on first day of domestic reboot
A passenger travelling from Chennai to Coimbatore aboard low-cost carrier IndiGo has tested positive for coronavirus. The incident, which occurred on 25 May, comes on the evening that domestic flights resumed in India. IndiGo said in a statement that the flight crew has been placed in isolation for 14 days, and all other travellers have
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Ryanair’s O’Leary claims rival Lufthansa ‘addicted’ to bailouts
/Ryanair chief executive has slammed the German government’s decision to grant €9 billion ($9.88 billion) of aid to Lufthansa.
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Christopher Nolan crashes 747 into building
/Christopher Nolan crashed an actual Boeing 747 into a building for his new $225 million film, Tenet. The scene, first shown briefly at the end of the latest trailer, was subsequently confirmed as being real by lead John David Washington: “That was a real plane, and that was a real building that they crashed that
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Drones fly COVID-19 testing kits to Scottish island in landmark trial
/ | 1 Comment on Drones fly COVID-19 testing kits to Scottish island in landmark trialThe scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, will see supplies flown 12 miles over “challenging terrain”, which will reduce delivery times from six hour to just 15 minutes.
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