Russia saw a unique aviation development this week as Pobeda Airlines (DP), a low-cost carrier owned by Aeroflot Group, conducted a live in-flight trial of a humanoid robot acting as a cabin crew assistant.
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“Aeroflot is suspending business trips to Colombo for the prompt time frame because of an untrustworthy circumstance with regards to the aircraft’s unhampered travels to Sri Lanka. The sales of tickets for the journey to Colombo have been briefly shut down,” the assertion told.