While the runway is sealed, the wingspan of the A380 is such that the engines threw up massive clouds of dust during take-off (note: language warning in video below). Singapore Airlines has begun moving some of its aircraft out of storage and returning them to Singapore, where the planes are undergoing maintenance and refitting. So far two A380s and all six Boeing 737-8 MAX planes stored there have departed Alice Springs, but Singapore Airlines has not yet set a timeline for returning the planes to service. Since the onset of the pandemic we ve continued to remain nimble and flexible with aircraft deployment and monitor global demand closely, a spokesperson said. We currently do not have any plans to return these aircraft to service in the near term.
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Australian Tourism Will Need Federal Support if Overseas Flights Stop Until 2022: Osmond
Australia’s tourism industry is seeking additional financial support from the federal government after the former chief health officer Brendan Murphy warned international travel would be unlikely this year even with a CCP virus vaccine rollout imminent.
Murphy, who is the current secretary of the Health Department, told the ABC on Monday that: “Even if we have a lot of the population vaccinated, we don’t know whether that will prevent transmission of the virus, and it’s likely that quarantine will continue for some time.” Then Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy during the Senate select committee on COVID-19 public hearing at Parliament House on May 13, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. (Sam Mooy/Getty Images)
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The aviation industry was devastated in 2020. That’s not going to be immediately rectified in 2021. Though there are positive signs a recovery is imminent, it will be a long, turbulent road until we once again reach the lofty heights (and huge passenger numbers) of pre-Covid 19 travel.
Demonstrating this in startling fashion, is a recent photo taken by frequent flyer expert and Flight Hacks founder Immanuel Debeer. Posted to his Instagram account on Sunday, the image (along with a bunch more, which you have to click through to see) has evoked a great sense of loss in many of his followers, bringing home how hard aviation has been hit by Covid 19 in a way statistics fail to convey.