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In a hard-hitting and excellent editorial, it says: “The problem is that it’s a documentary offering far too little in the form of actual documentation and far too much in the form of wild speculation, conspiracy theories, and ill-conceived sensationalism. Ultimately, it does a disheartening disservice to the documentary form, and more importantly, to the anguished loved ones of MH370’s passengers who desperately seek closure.”

The article examines in detail each episode and adds: “Each episode takes the limited concrete information from that fateful night and uses it to present three different theories about what may have happened to the aircraft. Suffice it to say, with each episode, the hypotheses get more outlandish and unbelievable, with scant data and verifiable material to back them up.” 

The piece concludes with this statement: “The true dereliction of MH370‘s documentary duties is the disrespect it shows for the flight’s families, friends, and colleagues, and for the souls of the passengers themselves. Rather than examining the clear facts of the case and pursuing the most logical explanations in order to help close the book and let those so regrettably impacted find some degree of peace, the series merely stirs up a tasteless stew of suspicion, supposition, and assumption. It reaches no strong conclusions, nor even attempts to make the case for the most rational interpretations of the facts and data. This undoubtedly makes the emotional wounds of those impacted by the flight’s disappearance even more painful, a startling display of apathy and an unconscionable lack of awareness on the part of the filmmakers. MH370: The Plane That Disappeared could have — and should have — done better.”

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In a damming article on the Netflix MH370 series in The Times famous wreck hunter David Mearns (above), a British-resident US marine scientist is quoted via Twitter expressing his disappointment.

The series is “dominated by Jeff Wise and Florence de Changy, ridiculous and unsupported
conspiracy theories” he wrote.

He added “Inmarsat is real, Blaine Gibson is real, the plane is in the southern Indian Ocean. Resume the underwater search.”

David Mearns is one the world’s leading shipwreck hunters and has found HMS Hood, RMS Bismark, HMAS Sydney and the German raider Kormoran and was part of the team that found the world’s largest battleship the Japanese Musashi.

He also holds five Guinness World Records including finding the German Rio Grande, which was located at a depth of 5,762 metres (18,904 ft).

Even the series director Louise Malkinson has admitted that “it’s (MH370) most likely that the plane is in the southern Indian Ocean.”

The Times article criticises the series saying: “While devoting two of the three episodes to the conspiracy theories, the series offers only brief rebuttals. Australian search officials are outraged by the claims. Mike Exner, a member of a watchdog panel of aviation experts, called the claims a distraction. “I’m just reluctant to talk about Florence or Jeff or these conspiracy advocates,” he said. “These are people that don’t really understand the facts and the data.”

Another article critical of the series is from Big Think which headlines its piece saying: What happened to Flight MH370? Don’t believe what Netflix’s documentary tells you.

The author Alex Berezow starts by saying: “Unless it’s on National Geographic, I am deeply sceptical of documentaries. It seems that many films that label themselves as such are primarily about presenting a polished, highly persuasive narrative — but whether that narrative is true is of secondary importance. Depending on the topic, a documentary that chooses to have a casual relationship with the truth can range from mostly benign entertainment (like Animal Planet’s Mermaids) to nefarious propaganda (like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11). Unfortunately, Netflix’s new documentary, MH370: The Plane that Disappeared, is more akin to the latter.”

Alex’s piece is a great read that clearly outlines the many failings of the Netflix series and you can read it all here.

He finishes by saying: “Video is a powerful medium. People believe what they see, particularly if it’s tied together with a convincing story. It’s why dictators the world over make sure that they control the TV news. But instead of giving the 239 suffering families and the public at large a true story, Netflix exploited the pain caused by a horrifying tragedy to push lies and conspiracies to boost its viewership. Shame on them.”

YES, shame on you Netflix for putting the relatives through bizarre and totally unsupported stories which, at best, are fantasies.

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The warning says: “Qantas Group aircraft have experienced interference on VHF from stations purporting to represent the Chinese Military. In addition Group aircraft have experienced GPS jamming suspected to originate from warships operating off the northwest shelf of Australia.”

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The International Federation of Airline Pilots (IFALPA) has also issued a warning about interference in the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and East of the Indian Ocean.

IFALPA’s recommendations are:

1. Do not respond to warship
2. Immediately report the contract to the controlling ATC agency
3. Notify your company’s dispatcher of the attempted contact
4. Complete an ASAP report or other company Safety Report for either on-ATC communication or GNSS interference.

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The show, MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, also called into question the motives of wreck hunter Blaine Gibson who has done fantastic work raising awareness of MH370 amongst local fishermen so they would hand in any pieces that they found.

This is critically important work as the smallest piece can hold clues as to what happened to MH370 which claimed 239 lives.

Blaine has been vilified by a number of people who have suggested either directly or indirectly, that he is just seeking publicity and incredibly “planting” debris.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The reality is so very different that when the truth emerges it’s almost not recognisable.

Here is the summary of all the debris pieces found thus far prepared by Richard Godfrey whose breakthrough work on tracking MH370 has given searchers a more precise location.

The first SIX pieces found were located by locals in Reunion Island, South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique from mid-2015 to early 2016. Blaine had been searching for debris for some time with no success.

Blaine’s first actual find was seven months after the first debris was located.

After the first debris was found, Blaine sought out the help of Charitha Pattiaratchi a Winthrop Professor of coastal oceanography at the University of Western Australia.

Chari advised Blaine to scour the lonely and mostly deserted beaches of the many islands of the western Indian Ocean for debris.

Blaine set off and did exactly that, but again we repeat – his first find was seven months after the first find.

After Blaine’s first find another seven pieces were located by seven different people in seven different locations.

So for the first 14 pieces that were found, Blaine found just one himself!

Then Blaine found a number of pieces in two locations in mid-2016 – three on June 6 and 2 on June 12 and then locals turned over more.

Another seven pieces were then found by various people in once again seven different locations.

In late 2016 Blaine found another piece.

Of the 39 pieces found, Blaine actually only found 6 himself and the other 33 were found by 26 different people.

What Blaine did, however, was to use publicity – TV, radio and online – to raise awareness amongst locals so they would hand in pieces that were being used as tables and even washing boards.

And that worked as 14 pieces were handed to Blaine, who is responsible for getting a total of 20 pieces into the hands of authorities.

It is almost certain that anyone walking the beaches of Madagascar, South Africa and a host of other countries bounding the western side of the Indian Ocean will find pieces of MH370 as there is absolutely no question that the aircraft was shattered on impact and its fuselage was ruptured as some of the debris comes from inside the cabin.

Instead of accusing Blaine, everyone interested in this tragedy should thank him for finding so much debris and more importantly raising awareness amongst locals.

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Vietjet will operate twice weekly services between Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) and Brisbane Airport (BNE) from June 16, 2023, on every Monday and Friday. The flights from Ho Chi Minh City will take off at 10:05 (local time) and land in Brisbane at 21:10 (local time). The return flights will depart at 23:10 (local time) and arrive at 04:50 the following day (local time). 

To celebrate the launch, from now to March 22, 2023, all Vietjet’s Eco tickets between Vietnam and Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney) are on sale from US$0 (*) at www.vietjetair.com and Vietjet Air mobile app. In addition, Vietjet’s passengers from across Vietnam flying to and from Australia can enjoy free transfer domestic flights to and from Ho Chi Minh City. (**) 

Vietjet’s Vice President Nguyen Thanh Son, said: “We are very excited to fly the first direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Queensland which is called the Sunshine state in Australia. The addition of Brisbane to our list of destinations would be another development to broadly connect Australia and Vietnam.

“Especially, with our recently introduced connecting services through Ho Chi Minh City and soon other Vietnamese hubs, Vietjet can bring more passengers from Asia and European countries to Australia.

“And vice versa, Australians now would find it easy and economical to fly across Asian nations across its vast network which serves Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, mainland China, Thailand, India, Kazakhstan, etc. and other Vietnamese touristy coastal cities named Da Nang, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc. I believe that our services would be a catalyst for the further growth of tourism and trade between the two nations, and among the regions in the coming years.” 

The airline has a flight network covering around 450 flights daily on 160 routes throughout Vietnam and Vietnam with a variety of Asia Pacific destinations.

Vietjet will deploy the Airbus A330-300 onto the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane routes with a configuration of 12 SkyBoss Business seats, and 365 seats in SkyBoss, Deluxe and Eco classes.  

The flights connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Melbourne, Tullamarine airport, will commence operation on April 8, 2023, and the flights linking Ho Chi Minh City with Sydney will be in service from April 12, 2023. 

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The first routes to be re-opened from Johannesburg will be either Perth or Sao Paulo, SAA Chairman and CEO John Lamola confirmed in an interview with Airlineratings.com

“We are ready now to start. From July or August we will begin to sell flights again to either Sao Paulo or Perth and start operating maybe a month later,” said Lamola.

SAA had stopped four of its remaining long-haul routes at the end of February 2020 and initially kept flying to just London and Frankfurt, unrelated to the emerging worldwide pandemic at the time. The state-owned airline, having amassed debts equivalent to AUD 9.6bn/US$ 6.4bn, had been put into Business Rescue, the South African equivalent of the US bankruptcy protection Chapter 11. In September 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 crisis crippling aviation globally and an extreme lockdown in South Africa, SAA ceased operations entirely.

After a year, a “new” SAA restarted on a much smaller scale in September 2021. It currently operates just nine aircraft and flies only two domestic routes and will soon serve ten African destinations ranging from Accra to Mauritius. The government still holds 49 per cent of the shares, while chosen private equity partner Takatso Holding is supposed to take 51 per cent, but the capital injection hasn’t taken place so far.

To keep SAA running, the 2023 state budget allocated another A$82m/US$55m to the airline. John Lamola insists that SAA legally still has to fill the role of the flag carrier. “Fact is that we are the national carrier, and as such we have an obligation for long-haul airlift capability in South Africa. SAA is the only airline in South Africa that flies wide bodies,” he stresses.

Currently, SAA operates just one A340-300 and one A330-300, with another A330 joining shortly. “We will restart long-haul operations with our A330s. We then want to retake some of our former A350s currently stored in France, they have been offered to us,” said Lamola. “The plan is to retake two A350s and maybe move to the third.” On the other hand, he admits to also having interesting proposals from Boeing with the 787 being a candidate as well, in order to create synergies with strategic partner Kenya Airways.

Once the routes to Perth and Sao Paulo have been re-opened, SAA wants to increase its new global reach. “We have been under a lot of pressure to restart our routes to London and the United States from our customers. We have a loyalty program with members who can’t spend their miles because we don’t have enough international routes,” says Lamola. The airline has kept its route rights to the US dormant and still owns valuable assets in London. “In Heathrow, we have four daily slots that we have leased out, making money for us.” In serving Europe again, the “new” SAA is contemplating flying non-stop from Cape Town, a popular winter break destination, especially for tourists and long-term travellers from the UK and Germany. The old SAA had withdrawn direct services from the Cape to London over a decade ago in favour of concentrating on its Johannesburg hub. That was seen as a massive strategic mistake, contributing to the unprofitability of SAA’s long-haul network, while European and Gulf carriers were left to dominate all lucrative long-haul routes from Cape Town until today.

Industry analysts doubt, however, that there is a viable business case for a “new” SAA, both within Africa and especially in long-haul. “There is no need for SAA, we have healthy competition within Africa from carriers like Airlink and soon FlySafair, and it will also be very hard for them to make money on any long-haul route,” says a leading South African aviation industry expert, who wants to remain anonymous.

Also, the alleged disentanglement between the government and its airline is seen as hanging in doubt by the fact that the sought-after private investment hasn’t taken place to this day and SAA again relies entirely on state funding so far. John Lamola, a member of the ruling ANC party, won’t have any of that.

“Since SAA restarted in September 2021, it has been operationally successful and also financially,” the Chairman and CEO insists. “In the last quarter of 2022, SAA was profitable. SAA is no longer even technically insolvent, we are producing cash,” he stresses. At the same time assuring that indeed lessons have been learnt: “All of us agree that we need an airline that is not encumbered in political and governmental processes. It has to be privatized in terms of how it works, but in a corporate structure of the national carrier.”

And he is looking at finding a new role for the airline: “Our aim is not to rebuild the old SAA that was flying 54 very expensive aircraft. We’d rather operate as a mid-size airline that takes decisions under commercial considerations, not political ones. We are not going to be told by a minister ‘fly to Beijing”, or anywhere else.” By 2025, he predicts, SAA will be a mid-size airline operating about 30 aircraft.

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Key to the cabin design says the airline has been giving passengers more space, made possible by the decision to configure its 12 Airbus A350s to seat 238 passengers compared to the 300-plus seat layout specified by other carriers.

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Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said the investment in new A350 aircraft and approach to cabin design continues Qantas’ 100-year history of aviation ‘firsts’.

“Qantas has been the leader in opening up new long-haul flights for most of our history, and we’re bringing everything we’ve learned, both technically and in terms of passenger comfort, to Project Sunrise flying,” said Mr Joyce.

The Qantas A350 will have six First suites in a 1-1-1 configuration and 52 Business Suites in a 1-2-1 configuration.

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Red Bull pilot Luke Czepiela landed the Piper Cub on top of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, the iconic seven-star hotel in Dubai.

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To land on the helipad, 27m in diameter, he completed over 650 practice landings before the attempt on top of the 56-story hotel. He needed just 20.76 meters to stop.

To make the feat possible he and a team of CubCrafters engineers along with renowned American aviation engineer and aircraft builder Mike Patey made a number of modifications to the aircraft, reducing the total weight to only 425 kilograms, moving the main fuel tank to the rear of the plane to allow for more aggressive braking and adding nitrous to enhance power for Czepiela’s secondary challenge – taking off from the helipad.

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Our rating system is rated from one to seven stars on safety – with seven being the highest ranking. Within each airline, you will find the country of origin, airline code, booking URL and seat map information. The rating system takes into account a number of different factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies, lead associations, as well as the airlines, own safety data. Every airline has a safety rating breakdown so you can see exactly how they rate.

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• “Why is it so costly to fly short distances?”
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Riyadh Air the new Saudi Arabian, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will buy 39 787-9s and take options for an additional 33 787-9s.

The order was matched by Saudia Arabian Airlines which will grow its long-haul fleet with 49 787 with a further 10 options. The agreement will include both 787-9 and 787-10 models.

Tony Douglas, CEO of Riyadh Air said: “The new airline reflects the ambitious vision of Saudi Arabia to be at the core of shaping the future of global air travel and be a true disrupter in terms of customer experience,

“Riyadh Air’s commitment to its customers will see the integration of digital innovation and authentic Saudi hospitality to deliver a seamless travel experience. By positioning the airline as both a global connector and a vehicle to drive tourist and business travel to Saudi Arabia, our new 787-9s will serve as a foundation for our worldwide operations, as we build the wider network and connect our guests to Saudi Arabia and many destinations around the world,” Mr Douglas said.

His Excellency Engr. Ibrahim Al-Omar, Director General of SAUDIA Group said “SAUDIA continues its expansion efforts in all aspects of the airline; whether it’s introducing new destinations or increasing the aircraft fleet. The agreement with Boeing delivers on this commitment and the newly added aircraft will further enable SAUDIA to fulfil its strategic objective of bringing the world to the Kingdom”.

SAUDIA operates more than 50 Boeing aircraft on its long-haul network, including the 777-300ER (Extended Range) and 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliner.

Since revenue service began in 2011, the 787 family has launched more than 350 new nonstop routes around the world, including about 50 new routes since 2020. The Dreamliner reduces fuel use and emissions by 25% compared to the aircraft it replaces.

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In the past months, the airline has executed rapid growth of its network operations – reintroducing services to 5 cities; launching flights to 1 new destination (Tel Aviv), adding 251 weekly flights onto existing routes and continuing the roll-out of service enhancements in the air and on the ground.

In the coming months, established routes to Europe, Australia and Africa will be served with more Emirates flights, while in East Asia, more cities are seeing route restarts.

Upcoming A380 deployments in the Northern Summer 2023 season:

Emirates continues to scale up its A380 operations with the reintroduction of the iconic double-decker across its network: Glasgow (from 26 March), Casablanca from (15 April), Beijing (from 01 May), Shanghai (from 04 June), Nice (from 1 June), Birmingham (from 1 July), Kuala Lumpur (from 01 August), and Taipei (from 01 August).

Upcoming route enhancements by region:

Europe

• Amsterdam: from 14 to 19 weekly flights starting 02 April.          
• Athens: Addition of a daily seasonal service to serve summer demand between 01 June to 30 September.
• Bologna: from 5 flights a week to a daily service starting 01 May.
• Budapest: from 5 flights a week to a daily service by 01 June.
• London: start of 2^nd daily service to London Stansted on 01 May. This will take Emirates’ London operations to 11 daily flights – including 6 times daily to London Heathrow and 3 times daily to Gatwick.
• Venice: from 5 to 6 flights a week from 26 March, increasing to a daily service from 01 June.

Africa 

• Cairo: from 25 to 28 weekly flights by 29 October.
• Dar es Salaam: from 5 flights a week to daily flights starting 01 May.
• Entebbe: from 6 flights a week to daily flights starting 01 July.

Australia and New Zealand

Emirates’ non-stop Australia flights will return to pre-pandemic levels to Sydney from 01 May, Melbourne from 26 March, and Brisbane on 01 June.

• Brisbane: An additional daily service starting 01 June will take Emirates to 14 flights per week to Brisbane.
• Christchurch: restart of daily service from Dubai via Sydney from 26 March.
• Melbourne: addition of 3^rd daily service to Melbourne from 26 March via Singapore. This adds capacity to Melbourne and re-establishes connectivity between Singapore and Melbourne. The other 2 daily flights from Melbourne fly non-stop to Dubai.
• Sydney: addition of 3^rd daily non-stop service from 01 May.

East Asia

• Bangkok: Addition of 5^th daily service from 01 August.
• Beijing: To commence daily non-stop Boeing 777-300ER service from 15 March, upgrading to an A380 effective 01 May. A second daily service will commence effective 01 September with an A380.
• Hong Kong: Addition of a daily non-stop flight from 29 March. This increases Emirates’ operations to 14 weekly flights including its existing daily Dubai-Bangkok-Hong Kong service.
• Kuala Lumpur: Addition of a third daily service from 01 June.
• Tokyo: Resumption of services to Tokyo Haneda with daily flights on 02 April. This takes Emirates’ Japan operations to 21 daily flights including a daily A380 service to Tokyo-Narita and a daily Boeing 777 service to Osaka.

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