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The EU Commission has revised the "black list" of airlines and now allows airlines based in the Republic of Moldova to fly to the European Union. It was stated that flight safety has improved dramatically. A total of 90 airlines from 15 countries are not allowed to fly to the European Union due to safety concerns.
On Wednesday, Zambia Airways will officially start operations with DHC Dash 8-400. The first aircraft is the ET-ANW, which arrived in Lusaka on Monday. The “new” Zambia Airways is a joint venture between Ethiopian Airlines and the Industrial Development Corporation. Zambia Airways has a long history, which began in
Despite good bookings, Gulf carrier Emirates Airline has decided to postpone the start of non-stop flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv. The reason for this is that Israel is closing its borders to foreigners again. Emirates had announced that it would fly daily between the two cities from December 6, 2021. The deployment
The budget airline Easyjet is facing increasing competition in Italy from its Hungarian competitor Wizz Air. Arch-rival Ryanair is also expanding. Now they want to fight back and have announced an increase in the number of aircraft stationed there. In Milan-Malpensa, the largest Easyjet Europe base in Italy, they plan to fly with 24 instead of 21 Airbus jets. In
Military aircraft of the type C160 Transall have now become a rare guest at European airports. The German Air Force will decommission the transport aircraft by the end of the year. The successor is the Airbus A400M. France actually wanted to take this step in 2018, but due to delivery delays for the model, it was decided to postpone it.
The Austrian military training area Allentsteig received nine splinter-protected tractors of the Steyr 6300 Terrus CVT type from Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP). Almost half of the military training area is at acute risk from unexploded ordnance. In order to meet official requirements, agricultural and forestry work must still be carried out in this zone. The military training area Allentsteig is equipped with
The low-cost airline Cebu Pacific flew the first Airbus A28-2021 to Manila on November 330, 900. It is aircraft number 62, which was purchased from the European manufacturer. The RP-C3900 is special because this Airbus A330-900 has all-economy seating. As of today, no other aircraft has
From December 15, 2021, after more than 20 months of restrictions, international air traffic to/from India is to be restarted. However, "free flying" is still not possible because the government continues to restrict capacity. The new system takes the service offered before the Corona pandemic as a basis and also takes into account the current
The new Omicron Corona variant means that changes to entry regulations are being made at extremely short notice. More and more European countries are banning passenger connections from countries in the south of the African continent and are also issuing strict entry regulations. The United Kingdom is now not allowing anyone to enter without quarantine. Unless you happen to be from South Africa or
The IAG group member British Airways has had enough of the complicated quarantine measures in Hong Kong, which also apply to flight crews. The carrier is suspending its flights to the Chinese special administrative region. The reason for this is that numerous BA employees are in quarantine in Hong Kong. According to the BBC, there were two flights in the last few days in which
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