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Wow! Hi Fly flies an Airbus A340 aircraft over to Antarctica

November 23, 2021 by Ajay Leave A Comment

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Hi Fly, an operator of wet-lease aircraft, operated the first-ever A340 flight to land in Antarctica, and it was all sorts of cool. Here are some details from this very interesting flight.

Qantas to launch flights between Melbourne and Delhi in December 2021

November 22, 2021 by Ajay 1 Comment

Qantas is opening up bookings for a second direct flight between Australia and India. Many ifs and buts though. Here are the details.

India – Singapore VTL flights to resume on November 29, 2021: CAAS

November 21, 2021 by Ajay Leave A Comment

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Singapore is set to open flights with India in the coming days with the announcement that an agreement has been reached with India for the opening up of commercial flights effective November 29, 2021.

Air India (re)launches Delhi-Sydney flight as Qantas plans are on the drawing board

November 18, 2021 by Ajay 3 Comments

Air India has launched flights between India and Australia, using the Vande Bharat Mission, as Qantas plans to launch their flights to India in December 2021.

Etihad Guest offering opportunity to earn Status Miles by conversion of miles

November 17, 2021 by Ajay Leave A Comment

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Etihad Guest is offering a promotion with an opportunity to earn up to 20,000 status miles just for transferring your points into the Etihad Guest programme. Here are the details and how it works.

Emirates launches aircraft upgrade programme across A380/B777 families; Will retrofit Premium Economy and upgrade Business Class to 1-2-1 configuration

November 16, 2021 by Ajay 1 Comment

Emirates has launched a new programme to upgrade the A380 and B777 aircraft to add a Premium Economy cabin, along with the addition of a new Business Class cabin on the Boeing 777 which will be 1-2-1 instead of the current 2-4-2 configuration.

Airbus CEO suggests A350 Freighter is a good candidate to implement single pilot operations

November 16, 2021 by Ajay 6 Comments

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Airbus CEO Guilliame Faury indicated today that the yet-to-enter-service A350 Freighter programme could potentially be in the right place to explore single-pilot operations.

Singapore announces plans to open Vaccinated Travel Lane with India effective November 29, 2021

November 15, 2021 by Ajay Leave A Comment

Singapore has announced that they will put India on their Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme effective November 29, 2021. This will allow passengers arriving on specific VTL flights, and who are fully vaccinated, to skip the rigorous quarantine once in Singapore.