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Advertisement: Titan Airways has successfully delivered the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the remote island of Saint Helena. The airline operated its Boeing 757 on the route this week, landing Monday after a fuel stop in Accra. It’s the first of two missions to the island that are planned so far. Titan Airways’ 757 has returned to Saint Helena with an important cargo onboard. Photo: Saint Helena Airport Titan’s 757 returns to Saint Helena Last summer saw the first arrival of Titan A...

British Airways Completes Rollout Of ‘World Leading’ Inflight Internet Advertisement: The European Aviation Network (EAN) rollout has been completed on the British Airways short-haul fleet. This has seen its entire Airbus narrowbody fleet equipped with Inmarsat’s EAN technology. As well as this, Inmarsat has been named the ‘World’s Leading Inflight Internet Service Provider’ for the fourth year in a row at the World Travel Awards 2020. British Airways has completed the installation...

Why Finnair Is Confident That Asia Travel Will Bounce Back Advertisement: Before the global health crisis, Finnair performed over 104 weekly flights to 21 Asian destinations. However, the pandemic’s impact has continued to rock the flag carrier of Finland’s operations since the beginning of last year. Nonetheless, Ole Orvér, Finnair’s chief commercial officer, told Simple Flying that he is confident that his carrier’s activity to Asia will soon return. Finnair has high hopes for the fu...

The luggage, which was lost 12 years ago, was reported to have contained the large sum of money in cash, while on a flight to China.

Emirates ordered to pay passenger £1.2m after losing his luggage 12 years ago Helen Coffey © Provided by The Independent Emirates has been ordered by a judge to pay a passenger $1.63m (£1.2m) after losing his bags 12 years ago. Orji Prince Ikem, a Nigerian businessman, was travelling to China for business in 2007 when the loss occurred. Ikem was carrying $1.63m cash in his hand luggage in order to purchase goods in China, reports However, before he even left Lagos airport o...

Qatar Airways Has Drastically Reduced Flights To Croatia Advertisement: Qatar Airways has scaled back its planned flight operations to Croatia significantly. Dubrovnik has lost all flights to Doha while seat capacity to Zagreb has been reduced drastically. Further cuts are expected when Qatar updates its timetable for the month of June onwards. Qatar Airways planned to fly twice daily to Zagreb and five times weekly to Dubrovnik in Croatia in the summer of 2020. Photo: Anna Zvereva via Wikimedi...

Qatar Airways To Inaugurate Seattle Route Two Months Early Advertisement: Today, Qatar Airways revealed that it would be bringing forward the launch of its new route to Seattle, Washington. The airline is launching the route to tie into Alaska Airlines’ network as the latter looks to join the oneworld alliance towards the end of March. Qatar Airways has brought forward the inauguration of its new Seattle route. Photo: Qatar Airways While many airlines were forced to cut routes or suspend fli...

What To Expect From Alaska Airlines In 2021 Advertisement: There will be two major progressions for Alaska Airlines this year. After much anticipation, the carrier will debut its Boeing 737 MAX and join the oneworld Alliance. This week, Simple Flying spoke with Alaska Airlines’ SVP of fleet, finance and alliances, Nathaniel Pieper, about the Seattle-based carrier’s plans for 2021. Alaska Airlines’ first 737 MAX will arrive on January 14th, setting the airline up for a new chapter. Photo:...

Advertisement: Prospective South African airline, Webclift Airways, has ambitious plans. The start-up is yet to get planes, its air operator’s certificate and is seeking further funding. But already, Webclift Airways is eyeing flights between Johannesburg and Miami sometime in 2022. South African start up Webclift Airways wants to start flying in 2022. Photo: Webclift Airways Johannesburg – Miami on Webclift’s radar According to the airline’s website, Webclift Airways wants to operate i...

Becoming A Virgin Atlantic A350 Training Captain Advertisement: Captain Chris Pohl gained an interest in aviation at the age of 12 when his father got him to sit in the cockpit of a Boeing 727 on a family holiday. Fast forward to today, and Captain Chris is one of Virgin Atlantic’s senior captains, with a responsibility for training pilots on the Airbus A350. Captain Chris Pohl recently shared his journey to becoming an Airbus A350 training captain at Virgin Atlantic with the Simple Flying te...