Dec 28, 2020
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These two aircraft are the two most modern designs to enter the market in the last decade. Even the most jaded AvGeek will get excited at the prospect of a trip on the Dreamliner or the A350. They’re made by two different plane makers: Boeing and Airbus, respectively.
Each is gorgeous in its own right, from an aesthetic and design perspective.
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It’s the Queen of the Skies. And, you’d better fly one soon if you haven’t already. No U.S. airlines operate this majestic aircraft, and several of the carriers that were still flying the double-decker giants have either grounded them or are planning to phase them out. That includes those operated by British Airways among others.
(Toby Melville/Reuters)
EU countries are moving to ban flights from the United Kingdom over a new strain of the coronavirus that the British government warned is “out of control.”
The Netherlands on Sunday banned all passenger flights from Britain. Meanwhile, Belgium halted all travel from Britain to Belgium for at least 24 hours from midnight local time on Sunday.
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Germany, France, and Austria are also thought to be planning to ban flights from the U.K. due to the newly identified strain of the coronavirus. Spain said it would “act in defense of the interests and rights of Spanish citizens” if the European Council failed to offer a “joint, co-ordinated response” to the outbreak of the new strain.
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