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Added on the 14/11/2019 15:32:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Cape Town (South Africa), Sep 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Nic Bothma) South African Airways airline resumed its flights after the bankruptcy it suffered in March 2020. The South African government rescued the airline with more of 426 million euros and restructured its debt once the company emerged from bankruptcy after cutting hundreds of jobs and selling a 51 percent stake of its business to the Takatso Consortium investor group.FOOTAGE OF THE FIRST FLIGHTS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS AIRLINE AT THE CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER THE BANKRUPTCY PROCESSES IT UNDERTAKEN IN MARCH 2020.
In response to the outbreak of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus mutation, over 40 countries have banned flights from the UK. At the same time, the UK government has shut down most of London and South East England in a new round of lockdowns. Over the weekend, rank-and-file Londoners flocked to train and bus stations to get out of town while they still could. But according to Business Insider, members of the monied class didn't have to battle for space on an overhead storage bin. Instead, British high society went to London's private jet terminals to catch charter flights out of the country.
Johannesburg (South Africa), Dec 21 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Kim Ludbrook).- Several countries across the world on Monday suspended air travel to the United Kingdom in the wake of a rapidly spreading mutant variant of the coronavirus detected in Britain.Switzerland has also included South Africa in its flight ban announcement along with the UK, and ordered those who have arrived from these countries since Dec. 14 to undergo a 10-day mandatory quarantine.FOOTAGE OF JOHANNESBURG- OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
Thousands of holidaymakers are stranded in Bangkok after Thai Airways cancelled all flights over Pakistan after Islamabad suddenly closed its airspace in response to soaring tensions with India. IMAGES of people at Suvarnabhumi airport
Cabin crews at Eurowings and Germanwings, the budget units of Lufthansa, go on strike on Thursday, forcing hundreds of flights to be canceled.