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• 27/05/2020 06:19

Middle East & Africa AIR market update

Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.

The data is supplied by OAG using its … read more

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• 26/05/2020 15:10

Emirates implements new health safety rules as it resumes operations

The new measures took effect with the resumption of regularly scheduled passenger flights to nine destinations.

"Emirates is implementing a comprehensive set of measures at every step of the traveller’s journey, to enhance the sanitisation of all touchpoints, and ensure the health and safety of our customers and employees. The risk of catc… read more

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• 26/05/2020 15:01

Abu Dhabi airport to test airport technology to help identify medically at-risk travellers

Etihad Airways will partner with Australian company, Elenium Automation to trial new technology which allows self-service devices at airports to be used to help identify travellers with medical conditions, potentially including the early stages of Covid-19.

Etihad will be the first airline to trial the technology, which can monitor … read more

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• 26/05/2020 14:48

Brussels Airlines restarts its operations with a network of 59 destinations from June until August

Last week Brussels Airlines announced that it will restart its commercial flights from its hub at Brussels Airport on 15 June. Based on market demand and ongoing travel restrictions, the airline will offer an adapted and downsized summer schedule, which will consist of approximately 30% of Brussels Airlines’ originally planned summer sche… read more

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• 26/05/2020 14:21

Emirates July til October 2020 Kuala Lumpur operations updated

Airlineroute on Monday (25MAY20) published Emirates’ planned operation from July to October 2020, based on data as of 0445GMT 25MAY20. In the original post and previous updates, Dubai – Kuala Lumpur sector was omitted by accident.

The following is planned Emirates’ operation to Kuala Lumpur betwe… read more

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• 26/05/2020 05:49

British Airways Franchise Comair Doesn’t Expect To Fly Until October

South Africa’s regional carrier Comair will not fly before October, the airline noted in a statement to its shareholders today. As well as the grounding of Comair and its low-cost brand Kulula, the airline is facing significant financial difficulties caused, in part, by COVID-19. It is undertaking measures to cut costs and is seeking to c… read more

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• 25/05/2020 19:19

Tim Clark stated Emirates won’t retire a large number of Airbus A380

In an interview published today by Financial Times, Sir Tim Clark stated that Emirates plans to deploy all its aircraft in the summer of 2022 and won’t retire a large part of the airline’s 115 superjumbos, as some suggested last weekend citing sources close to the airline.

Speaking about the A380s, Clark said: “We’re … read more

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• 24/05/2020 11:55

Etihad Airways To Resume operations on July 17th

Expecting a “meaningful” return, Etihad Airways (EY) announced July 16 as the resumption date for regular passenger flights, according to its CEO, Tony Douglas. In an interview with CNN, Douglas said that these efforts were “small steps [taken] in a very controlled way” as a regular schedule during these times also meant there were… read more

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• 24/05/2020 05:54

Air Mauritius suspend international commercial flights until end of June

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• 23/05/2020 08:00

Ethiopian Airlines London operations adjusted

Ethiopian Airlines in recent schedule update revised planned Addis Ababa – London Heathrow route, for the remainder of summer 2020 season. The Star Alliance will be operating this route 7 weekly, instead of planned 10 weekly flights. Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft operates this route.

ET700 ADD0035 – 0650LHR 350 5… read more