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    Episode 66: Flair Airlines expands with the 737 MAX; Canada flight closures; Lufthansa is next to revamp its onboard meal menus

    en-usFebruary 07, 2021

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    Episode 66

     

    Airlines

    - Flair Airlines expands with the 737 MAX

    - Canada flight closures

    - Lufthansa is next to revamp its onboard meal menus

    - Etihad tests yet another health pass

     

    Aircraft

    - Boeing’s 737-10 gets delayed by 3 years

    - JetBlue Mint Studio 

    - The 777-9 is also delayed

    - Boeing re-examines the case for the NMA

     

    Other

    - Israel shuts down all commercial passenger air traffic in and out of the country

    - Oakland becomes the first U.S. airport to sell COVID 19 test kits from vending machines

    - Book now pay later schemes take center stage during the pandemic


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