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Alaska Airlines Offers Free Flights To New California Frequent Flyers Advertisement: Alaska Airlines is offering free flights for new frequent flyer members who are California residents. The first 25,000 Californians to sign up to be Alaska’s Mileage Plan members can purchase one-way or round-trip tickets within California by just paying the taxes and fees (from $15). Let’s find out more.  Alaska Airlines is offering California residents a chance to join its mileage program and get a free ...

Saudi Arabia Says Haj Pilgrims Must Be Vaccinated Advertisement: Saudi Arabia has said all Haj Pilgrims for 2021 must be vaccinated before traveling to Mecca. The pilgrimage usually attracts over two million worshippers from around the world but has been impacted by COVID-19.  Last year, Saudi restricted Haj to visitors within the country and reduced capacity to a fraction of usual levels. Saudi Arabia has made it clear that COVID-19 vaccinations are the main condition for attending Haj 2021. ...

Australia is officially extending its international travel ban for three more months.

A flight in the Middle East had to make an emergency landing last week after the pilots got attacked by a FERAL CAT. They think it snuck on board while the plane was being cleaned.

SmartLynx Malta To Fly Airbus A321-200 Freighters For DHL Express Advertisement: SmartLynx Malta and Germany’s DHL Express have partnered together to break new ground in cargo transportation. The SmartLynx subsidiary, SmartLynx Malta, will be operating two Airbus A321-200 freighters to support the Express Division of Deutsche Post DHL Group. In a statement published on 24 February, SmartLynx Malta announced the signing of a new partnership agreement that will introduce two newly converted Air...

Air Belgium Reveals Its Airbus A330 Freighter Paint Scheme Advertisement: In mid-February, we reported that global shipping giant CMA CGM was expanding its operations with the acquisition of four A330-200F (freighters). Coming from Qatar Airways’ Cargo and operating under Air Belgium’s AOC, the four jets will comprise the CMA CGM’s new air cargo division- aptly named “CMA CGM Air Cargo.” Yesterday we caught a glimpse of the operator’s new livery. Spoiler alert: It’s not very excit...

Austrian Airlines To Resume Montreal & New York-JFK Service In May Advertisement: Vienna International Airport (VIE)-based Austrian Airlines will resume international flights to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Montreals Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in May 2021. The airline made the announcement on Friday in a press release seen by Simple Flying. Austrian Airlines plans to fly to Amman and Bangkok. Photo: Austrian Airlines The Lufthans...

Advertisement: Last week, Finnish flag carrier Finnair announced that it would be dismantling one of its remaining Airbus A319 aircraft. This led to a surge of interest from avgeeks and collectors, who wanted to obtain parts of the retired aircraft. However, earlier this week, the airline confirmed that the aircraft’s parts would not go up for sale. Let’s have a look at why this is the case. Finnair’s remaining A319s are the oldest aircraft type in its fleet. They have an average age of 1...

MIAMI – The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has recently declared the Boeing 737 MAX safe to return to the country’s skies. Australia’s CASA is the Australian national authority for the regulation of civil aviation. Although distinct from the government, it reports to the Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. According to a Simple Flying report, “Australia’s aviation regulators have cleared the 737 MAX to fly in the country’s airspace,” although “n...

Full article News of the JV first emerged in September 2019, when Delta purchased a stake in the South American carrier of 20% The final approval for the Delta-LATAM joint venture has been given this week by Brazil. The agreement, which has also been given the nod from Uruguay, still needs approval in some other jurisdictions. The news was released by Simple Flying, an air industry specialized news agency. Nevertheless, it’s a step in the ri...