The state of Qatar has said it “regrets any distress or infringement” caused to 18 women forced to undergo an invasive genital examination without consent at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. The acknowledgement comes nearly a month after the incident, which occured on 2 October, and days after the matter became known to the public. Qatari
Emirates has retired an Airbus A380 from its fleet, a first for the world’s largest operator of the superjumbo jet. The retired plane, registration A6-EDG, was the second A380 to ever be delivered to the airline, which was received by Emirates in October 2008. It was the 13th A380 to ever be built. In fact,
Boeing has announced a fourth straight quarterly loss, as well as 11,000 additional job cuts, as the company continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing 737 MAX crisis. The planemaker has said it lost $466 million in the third quarter, marking its fourth straight quarterly loss. The pandemic has seen demand for
In this cross-posting with The Conversation, general physician Dr Claudia Finkelstein relays how best to keep yourself and others safe while travelling for the holidays, if your country permits you to do so. With the holidays approaching, many people are considering whether to visit relatives or friends in the coming weeks. At the same time,
The joint venture between Airbus and ST Engineering is gearing up to expand its A321 passenger-to-freight conversion program, following the delivery of its first conversion to Qantas on Tuesday. Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture between European planemaker Airbus and Singapore-based ST Engineering, has delivered its first A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft to Australian flag-carrier Qantas
Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), has said it will retire more than a tenth of its fleet and cut over 3,500 jobs, as it attempts to rein in its cash burn amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the carrier still intends to cash in on changing travel preferences by launching a new budget
