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UK’s biggest airports ask for help as possible closure looms

A British Airways Airbus A321-200NX plane taxis near Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Britain’s biggest airports including Heathrow and Gatwick have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask that any government support for the aviation industry should include help for airports, which they said could have

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UK airline Flybe collapses as virus hits weakened company

This Jan. 13, 2020, photo, shows a Flybe flight departing from Manchester Airport in London. The struggling British airline Flybe has collapsed, leaving passengers stranded and told to find their own way home. UK Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement Thursday, March 5, 2020, that financially troubled Flybe had entered administration. (Peter Byrne/PA via

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Coronavirus: ‘No worry’ about flights from China to Kenya

Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/ A China Southern Airlines plane lands at the airport in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province, There will be more flights from China to Nairobi in the coming weeks, the Chinese embassy has confirmed, amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak in Kenya. Planes carrying Chinese expatriates, workers and traders are expected

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Saudi Arabia halts travel to Islam’s holiest site over virus

In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo taken with a slow shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears

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Plane skids off runway in Istanbul, killing three and injuring 179

A Pegasus Airlines plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport skidded off the end of a wet runway and broke into three pieces after landing on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 179, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. The three had died in hospital, with 179 of the 183 aboard wounded, Koca told reporters in

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Israel approves travel to Saudi under limited circumstances

Muslims pray at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in their holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Waleed Ali/File Photo Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions. Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, after consulting with

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Gulf carriers fly over Iraq, Iran after military action deters others

Photo Credit Reuters Qatar Airways, Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries, even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes. Executives and analysts said carriers in the Gulf, a major transit stop between European

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Charter plane crash-lands in Kajiado

Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/The aircraft belonging to Yellow Wings Air Services after the crash landing. A light aircraft en route to the Amboseli National Park on Thursday morning crash-landed at Mashuru area in Kajiado County. The plane that came from Wilson Airport in Nairobi was ferrying three tourists. The pilot and passengers escaped with minor

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UK issues travel advisory on Kenya after Manda Bay attack

The Manda Bay Attack • Around 190,000 UK residents visit Kenya every year and most visits are trouble-free. • UK says that terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Kenya. The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory for its citizens visiting Kenya following the Manda Bay attack. The UK, through

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EU aviation agency warns against flights over Iran ‘until further notice’

In this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2016 a Boeing 737 airplane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP Photo) The EU’s air safety agency Saturday advised airlines to avoid flying over Iran, after Tehran admitted mistakenly shooting down a passenger jet, killing 176 people. After days of denials,

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