Qatar Dreamliners in Belgrade, Sarajevo and Skopje

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Singapore Airlines returns A380s

The long-grounded Airbus A380 planes from Singapore Airlines (SIA) will return to passenger service soon, after being grounded for more than one and a half years due to the dip in passenger demand from the Covid-19 pandemic. SIA said that it will resume A380 operations from November 18 on one of its non-stop return services between London and Singapore. The flight from London will ferry vaccinated travellers coming into Singapore under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme. Travellers from the United Kingdom can tap the quarantine-free travel scheme from October 19. Explaining the move to reactivate the Airbus A380, SIA said, "With the inclusion of UK in the VTL arrangements, SIA has seen strong passenger demand for services to and from London towards the year-end holiday season. The A380 has always been a popular choice for our customers and we look forward to welcoming our customers on board the aircraft once again. SIA said it will deploy the A380 on an ad hoc basis on short-haul services before deploying the aircraft for flights to London. It added that it will remain nimble and flexible in deploying capacity to markets in response to demand. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, SIA had a fleet of 19 A380s. It grounded the fleet around March last year as the Covid-19 outbreak rapidly worsened. It has since said it will retire seven of the planes. Doubts had grown in the industry over the plane’s future in recent years, with some carriers having trouble filling up enough seats on the plane to make it profitable. Airbus had announced in February 2019 that it would cease production of the plane.
The Straits Times

Qatar Dreamliners in Belgrade, Sarajevo and Skopje

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Qatar Airways has today operated cargo-only flights from Doha to Belgrade, Sarajevo and Skopje with its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft to bring aid from the Gulf state. It comes after the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, announced last Friday that “medical assistance would be sent to Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia, as support from Qatar for the efforts of the friendly countries in combating the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic”. Qatar Airways itself plans to resume commercial flights to Belgrade on July 1, while services to Sarajevo and Skopje are currently scheduled to begin on October 25.

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Anonymous17:46
I'll be impressed when this becomes a regular passenger visitor. ;)
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Anonymous18:04
Thats a nice gesture, i am happy to have them as visitors in Belgrade .
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Anonymous18:35
wow. Belgrade Nikola Tesla airport had such exotic and rare visitors during corona
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Anonymous19:34
Seems like an overcast day in the ex-Yu capitals :D nice pics
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