In this issue:
- Ryanair B737 Diverts to Belarus After Being Intercepted by MIG-29 Fighter Jet
- EU Approves Plan to Allow Vaccinated Visitors and Countries With Low COVID-19 Infection Rates
- Breeze Airways Announces Routes and Service from 16 Cities
- SIA Group Reports Record $4.3 Billion Loss – The Worst in its History
- Iceland’s PLAY Air to Launch Flights in June
- Singapore, Hong Kong Call Off Air Travel Bubble Again
- Video: World’s Oldest and Last Active B747 Classic – Mahan Air B747-300
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Ryanair B737 Diverts to Belarus After Being Intercepted by MIG-29 Fighter Jet
A Ryanair Boeing 737 has been intercepted by a MiG-29 fighter jet, being diverted to Minsk and an opposition activist has been detained upon arrival.
Flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius was “notified by Belarus ATC of a potential threat risk onboard” and changed course to “the nearest airport, Minsk” according to a Ryanair statement. Roman Protasevich, a well-known opposition activist and blogger, was arrested on arrival; allegedly under the instructions of the Belarusian government.
EU Approves Plan to Allow Vaccinated Visitors and Countries With Low COVID-19 Infection Rates
The EU approved a proposal to allow vaccinated tourists from outside the European Union to visit this summer. They also voted to relax the criteria and release a new list of "safe" travel countries. The safe countries, which visitors could enter without vaccination, are those with 75 or less Covid-19 cased per 100,000 people in the […]
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Breeze Airways Announces Routes and Service from 16 Cities
Breeze Airways, the new “Seriously Nice” U.S. carrier from JetBlue founder David Neeleman, today unveiled its debut network, comprising 39 nonstop routes between 16 cities in the Southwest, Midwest, Southeast and Eastern US. Breeze will focus most flights from four main airports: Tampa, FL; Charleston, SC; New Orleans, LA; and Norfolk, VA. The first flights will […]
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SIA Group Reports Record $4.3 Billion Loss – The Worst in its History
The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group’s passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger-kilometres) shrank 97.9% in the financial year ended 31 March 2021 from a year before. Group revenue fell by $12,160 million (-76.1%) year-on-year to $3,816 million due to the plunge in passenger flown revenue across Singapore Airlines, SilkAir and Scoot – the three passenger airlines […]
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Iceland’s PLAY Air to Launch Flights in June
New Icelandic carrier PLAY Air has begun ticket sales, with their first flight scheduled for June. Flying to seven destinations across Europe initially, PLAY will expand to the United States in early 2022. The airline has formed in the wake of WOW Air’s collapse, with former executives partly founding PLAY. Operating on a similar low-cost […]
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Singapore, Hong Kong Call Off Air Travel Bubble Again
Singapore and Hong Kong announced on Monday (17 May) that the two Asian cities would once again postpone a travel bubble as COVID-19 cases surge in Singapore. The latest bubble, which would have allowed quarantine-free travel between the two cities, was supposed to start on 26 May with first flight being sold out. According to […]
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Video: World’s Oldest and Last Active B747 Classic – Mahan Air B747-300
A B747-300 passenger aircraft is back in the sky flying after spending over 5 years in maintenance! Can you believe it? Here is the story:
On 15th October 2015, one of their B747-300s, EP-MNE, was involved in an incident on flight 1095 from Tehran to Bandar Abbas.
While climbing through 7500 feet, the no.3 GE CF6-50E2 engine suffered an uncontained failure. Some parts of the engine detached and struck engine no. 4, as well as damaged the aircraft structure. An emergency landing was declared. The plane was able to land safely and was carrying 441 passengers and crew.
Surprisingly, this 747-300 EP-MNE didn't get written off! Mahan Air put in 5 years of work in maintenance on her and she recently completed a heavy C-check. They managed to transfer 2 engines from a retired sister ship, EP-MND, and got this B747-300 back flying in the sky once again. Mahan Air B747-300 is now the world's last and oldest B747 passenger currently flying.
I flew on Mahan Air B747-300 domestically in Iran a few years ago. I was very lucky to fly on the upper deck of the 747 classic. This video shows my flight experience on now the world’s oldest and last active Passenger B747 from Tehran to Mashhad. With most of the 747 retired and killed by the pandemic, it is definitely good news to see a B747-300 back in the sky flying.
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