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South Korean passenger plane flies with open door, lands safely

An Asiana Airlines plane is parked as one of the plane’s doors suddenly opened at Daegu International Airport in Daegu, South Korea, Friday, May 26, 2023. A passenger opened a door on an Asiana Airlines flight that later landed safely at a South Korean airport Friday, airline and government officials said. (Yun Kwan-shick/Yonhap via AP)

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‘I was in tears’: Briton with valid passport barred from flight over Brexit rules

Is your passport more than 10 years old on the day of entry? Photograph: David Burton/Alamy The Guardian By Miles Brignall Travellers who have not used their passport for a while were this week being urged to dig it out and check it conforms to the post-Brexit rules for entering the EU – because if

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Heathrow and Gatwick: Airline with the most leg room on flights named and it’s not British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or Emirates

A Boeing 787 of the travel company Tui takes off from the southern runway at Gatwick Airport: Credit Photographer Peter Nicholls/Reuters MyLondon By Ertan Karpazli Going on holiday abroad could be the highlight of your year, but that’s only if it turns out to be worth the stress we go through to journey to our

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Heathrow and Gatwick: Important update issued for Brits travelling to 27 European Countries

Travellers queue inside the departures terminal of Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain: Credit to Photographer Henry Nicholls/Reuters MyLondon By Anna Highfield Brits hoping to travel to 27 different European countries should be aware of a big change in the pipeline. While many British travellers were concerned they would need a visa to

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Daallo Airlines Wants To Acquire Boeing 737-800s And Dash 8-300s

Credit to Photo Simple Flying Simple Flying By Tatenda Karuwa Somalia’s Daallo Airlines has appointed ACC Aviation to source Boeing B737-800 and De Havilland DHC8-300 aircraft to add to its fleet and expand its current route network. With its extensive relationships and market experience, ACC Aviation will source offers for the required aircraft and provide

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Two Kenya Airways crew arrested in India over smuggled gold

Two Kenya Airways (KQ) flight crew have been arrested in India for allegedly being in possession of concealed gold. By Daily Nation Although the weight and worth of the gold has not been disclosed, Nation.Africa has learnt that the two were nabbed by the Mumbai airport authorities who are reported to have alerted their Kenyan

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Air Traffic Control Services Return To Somalia After 30 Years

Air Traffic Control Services Return To Somalia After 30 Years Photo supplied by Simple Flying Simple Flying By Linnea Ahlgren If it was not acutely felt before, the events over the past year have shown just how volatile a nation’s aviation industry and air connectivity are when there is armed conflict in the region. Somalia

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Nepal’s plane with 68 passengers, 4 crew members on board crashes

By Anadolu Agency A local plane carrying 68 passengers and four crew members crashed in Nepal on Sunday morning, officials said. Fanindra Mani Pokharel, a senior official in Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs told Anadolu that a passenger plane operated by Nepal-based Yeti Airlines crashed close to Pokhara, a popular tourist destination and the administrative

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Kenya Airways resumes daily flights to New York

By Business Daily Africa Kenya Airways (KQ) has resumed daily flights to New York as it moves to cash in on growing demand for air travel on the route. The carrier had increased the flight frequency on the route to five times per week from three last year in December, citing high passenger bookings. The

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Inside Africa’s quest for visa-free travel

By Daily Nation Africa is moving toward greater integration as more states make progress in their freedom of travel policies, the latest edition of the African Visa Openness Index (AVOI) reveals. This comes on the back of a revived push for a single African air transport market, with an initial pilot involving seventeen African states

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