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INFORMATIONAL Dec 31, 1969 TheExplorerBlog Featured Photo Guidelines Do you want your photos to be featured on TheExplorerBlog, click here for the guidelines. Read More →

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NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Turkish Airlines Reducing International Flights to Just 5 Cities Turkish Airlines is Reducing International Flights to just 5 Cities and reportedly offering a "too-good-to-be-true" mileage rebooking policy. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Alitalia to be Fully Owned by the National Government Italy is currently the country with the most cases of COVID-19 outside of mainland China. Therefore, Alitalia, the Italian flag carrier, has been even more impacted due to the virus. Therefore, the Italian goverment said on Monday that it will take full control of the airline, and will help them as losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic is combined with the financial difficulties it previously experienced. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Air New Zealand To Cut Capacity By 85 Percent Air New Zealand will cut capacity by 85%. What routes will be chopped temporarily? Click to see more details. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 British Airways Cuts Jobs Due to Coronavirus Pandemic Resulting from the travel ban in the U.K., British Airways has warned it's workers that they are struggling to survive on a crisis "worse than 9/11" caused by the coronavirus epidemic. Alex Cruz, who is British Airways' chief executive wrote to some 45,000 employees informing them that the airline would be "parking aircraft in a way [they] never have before." Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 ANA Orders 20 787s to Replace Domestic 777s According to multiple sources, ANA (Al Nippon Airways) has committed to buying 20 of Boeing's 787 aircraft, a move that will put ANA's 787 fleet count above 100. This USD $5B is composed of 11 787-10s, four 787-9s, and five 787-8s. Read More →

NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Trans States Airlines To Terminate Services Trans States Airlines will terminate service. Click to see an in-depth analysis. Read More →

INFORMATIONAL Dec 31, 1969 A Guide to Fifth-Freedom Flights Fifth-freedom flights are flights between two cities that are not the airline's home base. For example, an airline is based in city A, and it flies to city Y with a stop at city X. In a fifth freedom flight, passengers can fly the airline based in city A from city X straight to city Y without a stop in city Y. Read More →

ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 American Airlines to Make Seattle an International Gateway American Airlines will add two new key international routes, can you guess them? They are truly out of left field. Click to see more details. Read More →