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Passengers on a Qatar Airways flight had to endure being stuck for hours in stifling cabin heat as the aircraft sat on the tarmac without air conditioning. On June 10, 2024, flight QR 204 was scheduled to depart Athens International Airport (ATH) in the early afternoon, bound for Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha. However, due to a technical issue, the B777 aircraft had to be grounded in temperatures that came close to 40 degrees Celsius, amid a heatwave that enveloped Greece throughout
Delta Selects Economy Upgrade Between NYC and LA Delta Air Lines is bringing Premium Select to the domestic market, planning to debut the premium product on select daily flights between New York/JFK and Los Angeles beginning this fall. The new offering will begin in September on its Boeing 767 fleet on the JFK-LAX route, with pricing expected to be totally reasonable and award redemptions available for a low price that doesn’t make anyone shake their head.
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Hey, you’ve gotta hand it to United’s network planning folks for their creativity and willing to try to new things… United plans more intra-Asia flights with 737s Brian Sumers at The Airline Observer has a fascinating interview with Patrick Quayle, United’s SVP of Global Network Planning and Alliances. Quayle shared an interesting new area of the network that the airline is focusing on, to optimize profitability.
A consignment of 16 live yaks has been successfully transported from Kyrgyzstan to Azerbaijan by Silk Way West Airlines, a cargo-only carrier based at Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) in Azerbaijan. The mission was conducted at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan to bolster the yak breeding program in Kalbajar, a region of the country located around 450km from the national capital of Baku.
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Undelivered 787 Dreamliners are currently being inspected by Boeing at its South Carolina facility after the discovery that hundreds of fasteners may have been installed incorrectly, according to Reuters. Two sources who have spoken to Reuters said that more than 900 fasteners per 787, split between the plane’s mid-fuselage, may have been incorrectly torqued or tightened.
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Australians have a love-hate relationship with their national flag carrier, Qantas, but when it comes to ferrying elite athletes to the Olympic or Paralympic Games, then it's 100% love for the Flying Kangaroo. Today, love was in the air at the Qantas Jet Base when the airline unveiled the aircraft that will do the job to Paris and back this year, painted in its Olympic livery.
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