In 2019, Hong Kong International Airport handled 71.5 million passengers and 419,730 flight activities. HKIA was a bona fide global aviation hub and, for many passengers, their jumping-off point into Asia.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Monday (Mar 7) launched a safety charter to uphold standards as the aviation industry recovers from the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The activity by Russia’s largest state-owned airline comes after the country’s aviation agency, Rosaviatsiya, who recommended that all Russian airlines with foreign-leased aircraft halt both passenger and cargo flights abroad.
The Singaporean super jumbo is finally returning to India. Singapore Airlines yesterday declared it will start operating A380 flights to India from March 14th. For currently, Mumbai will be the only Indian city to get the Giant of the Skies, but Delhi is anticipated to follow soon.
The proposed Greenfield Airport in Hollongi is designed for operations of the A-320 category of aircraft as well as a future extension of the Runway by 500 meters distance to cater A-321 type of aircraft.
Jet Airways has selected Sanjiv Kapoor as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with the appointment effective from April 4, as they are set to continue their operations this summer.
In all, the Pentagon has ordered about 12,000 service members from various U.S. bases to Europe, with a pair of thousand more already stationed abroad shifting to other European countries. They had hardly a week to schedule_ getting medical screenings, making sure bills would be paid, arranging for relatives to care for kids and pets before marching with rucksacks and rifles onto a plane bound for Germany. “It’s been very hectic and stressful, but overall it’s worked out,” Army Staff Sgt. Rico Jackson told Wednesday as she stayed with dozens of fellow soldiers to board a chartered flight at Hunter…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and airspace restrictions pose huge challenges to international aviation as hundreds of flights that operated to fly over Russian air space now have to opt for alternative routes, leading to a growth in operating prices due to more fuel burn.
I am declaring that we will join our allies in closing off American airspace to all Russian flights, Joe Biden told in his State of the Union talk.
Elon Musk has disputed a threat from Russia to drop the International Space Station from orbit, saying SpaceX will step in before that ensues.