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British Airways 3Q21 Johannesburg aircraft changes
British Airways in the 3rd quarter of 2021 plans operational aircraft changes on London Heathrow – Johannesburg route, previously not covered on Airlineroute. From Heathrow, the airline schedules 777-300ER aircraft on BA057/054 service, between 20JUL21 and 11AUG21, replacing 777-200ER.
Additional ch… read more
Lufthansa Airlines hibernates more aircraft
Lufthansa and its subsidiaries Eurowings, SWISS, Austrian and Brussels Airlines will ground 125 more aircraft during Winter 2020/2021 than originally planned, Lufthansa Group’s CEO Carsten Spohr wrote in an internal memo.
The coronavirus pandemic continues to dramatically disrupt the aviation industry. “It is unavoidable to r… read more
Numerous German airports face bankruptcy without access to fresh capital
The never-ending corona crisis is worsening the situation at German airports.
Massively broken flight connections have brought air traffic almost to zero in recent months. With a sustained drop in passenger numbers of over 80%, a trend reversal is not in sight. Even the autumn holidays did not change this negative development.… read more
KQ spends Sh62 million to quarantine staff
KQ spent Sh62.3 million in two-and-a-half months to quarantine its cabin crew in Nairobi’s high-end hotels, revealing the firm’s high cost of operations in the Covid-19 pandemic. The airline made the payments to Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport hotel, Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Hurlingham hotel and Panari Hote… read more
Emirates: Contactless biometric path at DXB
Emirates has launched an integrated biometric path at Dubai International airport (DXB). The contactless airport experience is now open to passengers travelling from and through the emirate.
The integrated biometric path will give passengers a seamless travel journey from specific check-in to boarding gates, with le… read more
SARS-CoV-2 test to identify positive cases in less than 5 minutes - hope for airtraffic?
Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, announced that it has started developing a groundbreaking SARS-CoV-2 test. Unlike current approaches (using blood, saliva, or a nasopharyngeal swab), the new test will identify SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in a person’s exhaled breath… read more
Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou airport acquires 3 shuttle buses for the transfer of passengers
Qatar Airways ‘committed to Gatwick route’
Qatar Airways has no plans to scale back services at London Gatwick (LGW), UK country manager Gary Kershaw has told Routes. The Gulf carrier resumed daily servic… read more
QR extends interline agreement with Kenya Airways
The interline agreement extends the Doha-based carrier’s footprint to 43 destinations in Africa by providing domestic connections to Mombasa and Kisum… read more
Qatar Airways receives three A350-1000s
Qatar Airways announced (22-Oct-2020) the delivery of three A350-1000s. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker stated: "Due to COVID-19's impact on travel demand, we will continue to fly greener and smarter by keeping our fleet of Airbus A380 grounded, as it is not commercially or environmentally justifiable to operate such a large aircraft in the cur… read more
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