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Kyrgyzstan is preparing for the resumption of international flights, which was cancelled amid COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua. Airports in Kyrgyzstan are planned to be ready for international flights from June 15 and the resumption of international flights will be carried out by a separate decision the country’s government said in a statement on June 4. Foreign and domestic airlines should provide their plans about when and how many times they will carry out their flights According to Xinhua. The health authorities of Kyrgyzstan also plan to take additional sanitary and quarantine measures at the …

Tim Clark has delivered his view on the coronavirus pandemic with his usual succinct style: “A $15 trillion torpedo has hit the global economy.” And the fundamentals for the industry’s recovery are largely outside its control. Tim Clark delivered his view on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic with his usual succinct style: “A $15 trillion torpedo,” he called it. The collapse in passenger demand has hit Emirates badly – it suspended passenger operations in late March and parked its entire Airbus A380 fleet. However, half its Boeing 777 passenger fleet continue to fly in an all-cargo role. Clark has …

On the evening of Friday, June 5th, 300 doctors and nurses from the Republic of Cuba arrived in Kuwait to assist in the battle against COVID-19. This large team of Cuban healthcare professionals will be working in intensive care for the next six months to deal with coronavirus cases. The arrival of the Cuban team A Kuwait Times Instagram post (embedded below) shows the large team emerging from a Kuwait Airways Boeing 777 via stairs. Sporting white medical coats and wearing face masks, the Arab Times reports that the team was transferred from the airport via private buses to be tested for …

HAECO Cabin Solutions, a business unit of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, has launched new, certifiable devices to allow package stowage in the main passenger cabin. As the COVID-19 environment developed, the company saw that airlines were beginning to use passenger flights strictly for cargo. At the same time, social distancing directives were being instituted nationwide. Four solutions were developed in less than a month. The solutions will be certified through a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) and are unique in the amount of weight that can be carried. The palletised variant can hold 1000 lbs, …

Air Asia Group is considering a number of proposals from banks and potential investors including selling a stake in the Malaysia-based carrier, or forming a JV, to shore up the airline’s finances as its battles the impact of an almost total grounding of its fleets since the end of March due to COVID 19. Air Asia suspending the vast majority of its aircraft on March 27 due to the COVID 19 pandemic as a number of governments in its key markets, such as Thailand and Vietnam, imposing travel bans. In a statement on the company’s website today, Air Asia said …