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ROUTES Apr 12, 2023 Nouvelair Resumes Flights to Russia After Three-Month Hiatus This past Friday, April 7, Nouvelair Tunisie resumed its flights to Moscow Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) from its Monastir Habib Bourguiba Airport (MIR) hub. This marks the first flight for the airline after a three-month hiatus. Read More →
ROUTES Mar 28, 2023 Emirates Launches A380 Service to Bali Two of the world's most popular tourist destinations will now be connected through an Airbus A380 service. The direct flight between Dubai and Bali with Emirates will start on June 1 and replace a Boeing 777 service. Read More →
NEWS Mar 16, 2023 VIDEO: American Drone Crashes After Encountering Russian Fighters Over the Black Sea Russian Air Force Su-27s have caused an American MQ-9 reaper drone to crash into the Black Sea in international airspace. This is the first incident of its kind since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022. Read More →
ROUTES Feb 08, 2023 Prague Airport: Possible Long Haul Routes in 2023 Prague airport is negotiating with a menagerie of airlines over possible new routes to the popular tourist destination. Most of the routes that will commence operations to PRG in 2023 will be seasonal with a few former seasonal ones becoming all-year-round services. Read More →
NEWS Nov 02, 2022 Cathay Pacific Resumes Flights Over Russia As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most European airlines have been rerouting flights around Russia, as heightened alerts have made for dangerous conditions. However, many Asian airlines had never stopped flying over the Eurasian country, mainly due to political ties. Cathay Pacific was one of the airlines that halted flights in March. Now, almost eight months later, flight CX841 from New York to Hong Kong became the first Cathay Pacific flight to fly over Russia. Read More →
NEWS Oct 21, 2022 15 Dead After Russian SU-34 Fighter Crashes into Apartment Complex Fifteen civilians have been announced dead after a crash of an SU-34 fighter in the residential district of the seashore city of Yeysk in Southern Russia. The pilots ejected before the crash. Read More →
ROUTES Oct 12, 2022 Alaska Air and Air Tahiti Nui Form Newest Global Partnership On Wednesday October 5, Air Tahiti Nui joined Alaska Air in the newest codeshare agreement to date. Read More →
NEWS May 02, 2022 Air Traffic Between Europe and Asia Rises in the Face of Russian Airspace Ban Despite UK and EU airlines facing bans from Russian airspace, aviation data firm OAG has recorded rises in scheduled seats between Europe and Asia. Read More →
NEWS Mar 06, 2022 Aeroflot Suspending International Flights on March 8 Aeroflot is now joining S7 in suspending international operations as a result of sanctions. With the threat of planes being seized outside of Russian airspace, starting March 8 Aeroflot will only fly internationally to Belarus. Read More →
NEWS Mar 02, 2022 United Suspends India Flights Due to Russian Airspace Closure As the war in Ukraine rages, Western countries have begun restricting airspace to Russian airlines, which have been met with reciprocal airspace bans by Russia. This move is affecting United States' airline flights to and from Asia, including United's flights to India. As a result, as stated by the airline, "United has decided to temporarily suspend transiting Russian airspace to operate our flights to and from BOM (Mumbai) and DEL (Delhi) India." Read More →