Trivia 2020 (miscellaneous news)

[KriVa]

Looks rather typical for a test or maintenance flight.

[Homo Aeroportus]

Thanks info.

H.A.

[rwandan-flyer]

Finnair to resume long-haul flights to Asia in July

Finland's national airline will restart routes between Europe and Asia in July once countries begin to lift coronavirus restrictions on travel, the company announced on Monday.

https://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2 ... -july.html

Finnair to cut costs, draw down part of 600 million euro new loan

Finnair said on Wednesday it planned to make sweeping cost cuts and said it had received state and bank guarantees for a 600 million euro ($657 million) loan that it planned to draw on this quarter.

https://in.reuters.com/article/health-c ... 2W1ZH?il=0

[sn26567]

RwandAir to obtain government funding of US$157 million in fiscal year 2020-21. The funds are meant to facilitate the airline to continue its expansion plan, including the acquisition of new planes and opening new routes.

[Passenger]

Cosmic Girl has released LauncherOne:
https://www.flightradar24.com/OBT01/248f28fa

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[Passenger]

Cosmic Girl has released LauncherOne:
https://www.flightradar24.com/OBT01/248f28fa

...the rocket was released from the 747, but failed after ignition...

[Homo Aeroportus]

See you.
See you.

H.A.

[PttU]

See you.
See you.


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H.A.

With a distance of about 15-20km between them, I doubt they would see each other.

[Homo Aeroportus]

FedPol helo went on a mission south of Brussels this evening.

Looks like overflying a Vivaqua potable water reservoir.
People getting thirsty after the warm day?

H.A.

[rwandan-flyer]

Angola Airlines has taked delivery of its 1st Q400, this week. It will able to fly on some routes, where the B737-700 is too big. New livery

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9696151

The airline ordered 6 Q400s, in 2019 was supposed to add them, early 2020, but i guess due to covid19 and lockdown, deliveries were postponned

https://macauhub.com.mo/2019/08/22/pt-c ... o-de-2020/

[rwandan-flyer]

Air Zimbabwe took delivery of its second B777. As for the first, it is an ex B777 of Malaysia Airlines

Some pictures of the delivery of the 2nd B777 (handed over ceremony in Malaysia). Air ZIm has hired Malaysian staff https://www.facebook.com/Asia-AeroTechn ... 1153254931

Some pictures of the 1st B777

https://www.zimlive.com/2020/01/20/air- ... in-harare/

The 1st B777 left for Ethiopian Airlines Maintenance, in April 2020, to carry out heavy maintenance https://nehandaradio.com/2020/04/15/air ... -ethiopia/

And good analysis of a Zimbabwean newspaper. The company will need smaller planes to rebuild a regional network

Airzim’s Boeing 777-200ER needs feeder ‘birds’ [/ b]

https://nehandaradio.com/2020/01/24/air ... der-birds/

[Passenger]

Belgian State Gazette, 14th July 2020:

FEDERALE OVERHEIDSDIENST MOBILITEIT EN VERVOER. Personeel. Aanstelling in de hoedanigheid van directeur-generaal a.i. van het Directoraat-generaal Luchtvaart van de Federale Overheidsdienst Mobiliteit en Vervoer.
Bij ministerieel besluit van 1 juli 2020 wordt Emmanuelle Vandamme aangesteld om de functie van directeur-generaal ad interim van het Directoraat-generaal Luchtvaart van de Federale Overheidsdienst Mobiliteit en Vervoer uit te oefenen, in het Nederlandse/Franse taalkader, met ingang van 1 juli 2020. Overeenkomstig de gecoördineerde wetten op de Raad van State kan beroep tot nietigverklaring en / of schorsing worden ingediend binnen de zestig dagen na deze bekendmaking. Het verzoekschrift hiertoe wordt gericht aan de griffie van de Raad van State, Wetenschapsstraat 33, te 1040 Brussel, ofwel per post aangetekend schrijven, ofwel volgens de elektronische procedure (zie daarvoor de rubriek "e-procedure" op de website van de Raad van State).

SERVICE PUBLIC FEDERAL MOBILITE ET TRANSPORTS. Personnel. Désignation en qualité de directeur général a.i. de la Direction générale Transport aérien du Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transports.
Par arrêté ministériel du 1er juillet 2020, Emmanuelle Vandamme est désignée pour exercer la fonction de directeur général a.i. de la Direction générale Transport aérien du Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transports, dans le cadre linguistique français/néerlandais, à partir du 1er juillet 2020. Conformément aux lois coordonnées sur le Conseil d'Etat, un recours en annulation et / ou suspension peut être introduit endéans les soixante jours après cette publication. La requête à cet effet est adressée au greffe du Conseil d'Etat, rue de la Science 33 à 1040 Bruxelles, soit sous pli recommandé à la poste, soit suivant la procédure électronique (voir à cet effet la rubrique « e-Procédure » sur le site Internet du Conseil d'Etat).

Emmanuelle Vandamme:
https://be.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelle-v ... -53092a120

[globetrotter]

Aeroflot new livery is exclusive to A350 no other aircraft types will get it.

[sn26567]

EASA warns European airlines should avoid Iranian airspace until further notice, following Iran’s admission earlier in the week that its armed forces inadvertently shot down a Ukrainian airliner.

[Passenger]

Skippy in the sky by the last flight of VH-OEY, Qantas 747-400, flight QF-7474 from Sydney to the Mojave Desert (via L.A.):

https://www.flightradar24.com/QFA7474/2500f1e0

[sn26567]

China Airlines (Taiwan) will be rebranded after parliament passed a proposal to avoid confusion with carriers on the Chinese mainland.

[Passenger]

Air New Zealand: collision incident in a hangar at Auckland: ANZ B787-9 and ANZ B777-300ER:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/indust ... ort-hangar

[globetrotter]

Sri Lankan apply cargo title to a passenger aircraft used as freighter https://www.srilankan.com/en_uk/coporat ... etails/355

[globetrotter]

Indian LCC Spicejet has wet leased Hifly A330-900neo https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bus ... 199616.cms

[Passenger]

4th August: LOT-flight LO-9825 Poznan-Mallorca, ERJ-195 reg SP-LNL:
takeoff, bird strike, return to Poznan. New takeoff, another birdstrike, diversion to Warsaw.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4dad4dee&opt=0