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Édition digitale de Charleroi Belga Le Red Lion, touché à la cheville, manquera les deux prochains matches de la Belgique dans le tournoi olympique de hockey. Blessé très tôt dans le match contre l’Allemagne, lundi, l’attaquant des Red Lions, Nicolas De Kerpel sera absent les deux prochains matches du tournoi olympique de hockey (contre l’Afrique du Sud mardi et le Canada jeudi) a annoncé Denis Van Damme l’attaché de presse des hockeyeurs, lundi soir à Tokyo...

UK Traffic Light Travel Update Expected Tomorrow 3 minute read The United Kingdom Government is widely expected to update its traffic light classification system tomorrow. The move would come as the first update since the green list was launched in mid-May. Red and Amber rules have been in force since early 2021. The UK Government is expected to update its traffic light lists tomorrow. Photo: Getty Images The UK has been relatively strict on international arrivals since a rise in COVID-19 cases...

The Battle For Africa: Why Turkish Airlines Is Winning 3 minute read Turkish Airlines serves 53 passenger destinations across Africa from Istanbul Airport this year, up by one over 2019. It has more destinations in Africa than in Asia (41). Cairo is the leading route, and Egypt is the top country. Narrowbodies are utterly vital to its African effort, with over two-thirds of 2,000-mile-plus destinations flown by single-aisle aircraft. Only one African airport sees Turkish Airlines’ B777-300ERs...

Portugal Gets Boost Of Capacity After Green List Addition 2 minute read With Portugal being added to UK’s green list last week, Brits have been booking flights to the country’s popular holiday destinations. As a result, flight traffic between the UK and Portugal is up, and some carriers are even swapping smaller jets for larger aircraft in order to accommodate the increased demand. TUI Airways replaced its Boeing 737-800s with a Boeing 787-8 on its service between Birmingham (BHX) and Faro ...

airBaltic Takes Its 26th Airbus A220-300 And First In 2021 3 minute read Latvian national flag carrier airBaltic said in a statement released today that it had just taken delivery of its latest Airbus A220-300 and that it is the first of seven planned deliveries this year. The aircraft registration number YL-AAZ departed Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (YMX) at 15:29 EDT for the just under eight-hour flight landing at Riga International Airport (RIX) at 06:26 EEST. airBaltic has an all...

Advertisement: Last night, African airline Air Namibia revealed that it would be suspending operations, effective today. While all aircraft will fly back to the airline’s base, no passenger flights will now operate. The airline posted the announcement to its Twitter feed. Air Namibia has ceased operations and is filing for liquidation. Photo: Fraport 2020 saw its fair share of airline bankruptcies, many due to the COVID crisis. Government support went a long way for many, saving numerous airl...

Advertisement: The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the aviation industry hard. Ryanair noted this while revealing its third-quarter results earlier today. However, the airline has also referenced the current COVID-19 travel restrictions for UK and Irish travelers as accelerating the situation recently. Just how much has the crisis impacted the Irish carrier, though? Simple Flying decided to find out. Ryanair’s UK-Ireland flights are currently operating at lower levels than the first wave of COVID-1...

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...

Ryanair Steps In To Repatriate Irish Stranded In UK For €95 Each Advertisement: Ryanair is working with the Irish Government to repatriate Irish citizens stuck in Great Britain following this week’s new travel ban. The airline has so far scheduled two flights, setting passengers back €95 ($115) each. Ryanair is repatriating Irish citizens stranded in Great Britain for €95. Photo: Tom Boon – Simple Flying On the weekend, many countries began restricting travel from the United Kingdom a...

Advertisement: Last week the Ghanaian government concluded negotiations with EgyptAir for a joint venture that will establish a new national airline in Ghana. A previous attempt at creating a partnership with Ethiopian Airlines fell through over issues such as routes and funding. However, the only thing remaining for the new deal is for it to be approved by Ghana’s Parliament. EgyptAir is partnering with the Ghanaian government to help relaunch Ghana Airways. Photo: Tom Boon / Simple Flying O...