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China suspends more flights due to COVID-19
06.11.2020 – 10:33 UTC
China has suspended the flights of ten airlines after some of its passengers tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in the country.
According to directives issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), this includes the second suspension of China Southern Airlines service between Dhaka and Guangzhou. The flight was suspended for four weeks from November 30, 2020, after it was already suspended for a week on November 2, 2020. The airline’s service from Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l to Guangzhou was also suspended for one week from November 2.
The Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Guangzhou will now also be stopped for one week from November 9, 2020, while ET684 from Addis Ababa to Shanghai Pudong, already suspended for five weeks from October 26, 2020, will remain. ashore for another four weeks starting November 30, 2020.
In accordance with CAAC policies, flights are stopped for a week if five passengers test positive for COVID-19. The suspension lasts four weeks if 10 passengers test positive. Airlines are allowed …
Qatar Airways starts operations B787-9 but only for cargo
06.11.2020 – 05:59 UTC
Almost a year after first registering the aircraft in Qatar, Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has launched B787-9 operations, albeit only in cargo services at the moment.
Four aircraft were transported from the country’s former Doha International Airport to Doha Hamad Int’l on November 1, 2020, and were subsequently deployed on scheduled cargo-only flights the following day. All have been active since then, serving destinations such as Brussels National, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Mumbai Int’l, Paris CDG, London Heathrow, and Kuwait.
Qatar Airways initially received the first seven B787-9s in the final days of 2019, however the aircraft was transported from Everett to Doha for just a few days, to be formally accepted by the Qatari airline, and subsequently transported back. to Victorville for cabin equipment. In April 2020, they were transferred back to Doha and have been stationed there ever since. It is not clear if the aircraft has its cabins fully installed. The remaining four aircraft remain parked at …
Editorial Comment: Information on ferry flights has been corrected to show that they operated from the old Doha International Airport to Hamad International and not vice versa. Korean Air was added as another active A380 operator. – 06.11.2020 – 07:22 UTC
Hi Fly Malta to end A380 operations
05.11.2020 – 03:23 UTC
Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) has announced that it will recall its only A380-800 at the end of this year and replace it with a more marketable A330 twinjet.
“The decision not to extend the initially agreed lease period came as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which drastically reduced demand for very large aircraft,” the airline said.
9H-MIP (msn 6) was retired by Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) in November 2017 and added by Hi Fly Malta in mid-2018. The 14-year-old Airbus aircraft is owned by Doric Asset Finance and was the only A380 of the world available for charter or crewed lease. However, the airline has had trouble finding locations for the plane this year, only rolling out it on one-time ad-hoc charter flights. In July 2020, the airline removed most of the seats from the plane and offered it to the market for cargo-only flights.
According to data from Flightradar24 ADS-B, the quadjet was parked at Kuala Lumpur Int’l between October 7 and 23, after operating a charter flight from Bangkok …
China Southern establishes its own freight forwarder
04.11.2020 – 13:41 UTC
China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) has established a new wholly owned cargo carrier, China Southern Airlines Cargo Co. Ltd t / a China Southern Air Cargo (CZ, Guangzhou), with plans to equip it with a fleet of B777-F .
An announcement in which the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) gave its official consent to the project said that China Southern Air Cargo has a registered capital of CNY1 billion yuan ($ 149.39 million), all of which has been funded entirely by China Southern. Airlines. Of the amount, 400 million CNY (59.75 million USD) is in cash and the remainder will be done through asset transfers.
China Southern Airlines intends to relocate 30 flight personnel, nine maintenance engineers and 10 dispatch employees to its subsidiary. From then on, China Southern Air Cargo will also use Guangzhou as its main hub, as well as the CZ code of its parent company, its logo and livery, its aircraft and its take-off and landing slots. However, once you have your own two feet, the carrier will request its own route authorities and spaces.
According to the …
