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ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 Vietnam Airlines Operates Repatriation Flights to the US, Canada, and Europe Amid COVID-19, many foreign governments are looking to evacuate citizens back to their home country. Foreign governments charter aircraft from their national carrier(s) known as repatriation flights. According to sources, foreign governments are doing this by chartering Vietnam Airlines to fly to more than 10 countries, rescuing citizens stuck in the country due to the international travel ban. Read More →

INFORMATIONAL Dec 31, 1969 When Will Aviation Return to Normal? Right now, the aviation industry, along with the rest of the world, is in decline. COVID-19 has affected everyone and everything, including the world of flying. Airlines have cut routes, pilots have been forced to go on furlough, airlines, including the U.K. airline FlyBe have collapsed, aircraft have been grounded and even retired, airport and airline staff have been laid off, and many other ill effects. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Emirates Group Suspends Most Flights Due to COVID-19 Outbreak Emirates is suspending most of its passenger flights amid the outbreak of COVID-19. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Lufthansa Group's Response to Virus Includes Grounding 700 Aircraft Out of its 763 aircraft that fly the skies, the Lufthansa Group is now only flying 63 of them; they decided to ground 700 of their aircraft to lessen the effects of COVID-19. Read More →

ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 Delta Airlines Announces New Domestic Flights from Seattle. According to multiple sources, Delta will launch flights from Seattle to Columbus and Dallas, expanding its Seattle hub.The flights will be launched on June 8th using A220-100's. The flight from Seattle to Columbus will be 1x daily while the flights from Seattle to Dallas will be 3x daily. Read More →

INFORMATIONAL Dec 31, 1969 A Guide to Fifth-Freedom Flights Fifth-freedom flights are flights between two cities that are not the airline's home base. For example, an airline is based in city A, and it flies to city Y with a stop at city X. In a fifth freedom flight, passengers can fly the airline based in city A from city X straight to city Y without a stop in city Y. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 TAP Air Banned from Venezuela for 90 Days Portugal's national carrier, TAP Air Portugal, has been banned from flying to and from Caracas, Venezuela for 90 days. The ban comes after "serious violations of Venezuelan civil Aeronautics regulations." Read More →

ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 Aeroflot to Launch a Flight to Singapore Aeroflot to launch a flight to Singapore. Aeroflot is scheduled to launch the route on October 25th, 2020 using its new A350-900. Click to see more details. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Boeing 777X Makes its First Flight Earlier today, thousands of people watched as an all new variant of the Boeing 777, the 777X made its first flight. The brand new 777, N779XW, departed from Paine Field at 10:30AM local time. After a few hours of flight tests and photography, the plane landed at Boeing Field, also located in Washington State. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Boeing 777X First Flight Postponed After 3 hours on the taxiway, the 777X first flight has officially been postponed. Earlier today, the 777X was supposed to go on its first flight today at 9:30am Pacific Time. However, the weather was not cooperating well. Due to gusty winds, the 777X registered N779XW had to wait on the runway before taking off. While the aircraft was awaiting clearance for takeoff, Boeing set a time limit at 1:30pm. If the plane did not takeoff by then, the flight would then be moved to a later date. Read More →