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Lufthansa Wednesday said it would resume flights to Tehran on Thursday after earlier cancelling its daily flight to the Iranian capital due to the situation in the country. Lufthansa said Tehran airport was open and there were no security restrictions (NOTAMs) for the approach or the surrounding area. Lufthansa said its group airlines would continue to fly around Iranian and Iraqi airspace.<br/>

ANA will take delivery of its last of three Airbus A380s, which have been specially dedicated on its Tokyo-Honolulu routes. With the third “Flying Honu” jet, the carrier states it will operate twice-daily A380 flights between Tokyo Narita and Honolulu from 1 July. ANA currently flies between both cities 10 times weekly with the doubler decker type, with Boeing 777-300ERs operating the remaining four-times-weekly flight. Cirium schedules data shows the Boeing 777s are configured to seat 278 passengers, while the A380s can seat 520. Keeping with the aquatic theme of its first pair of A380s, the carrier states that the third aircraft will be painted in an orange livery — representing the Hawaiian sunset.<br/>

EgyptAir Airlines will receive its first A320neo as part of the Dubai Airshow deal signed in 2017. Jetphotos website published a photo of Egypt's first Airbus A320-251N. However, no specific date was mentioned for the arrival of the new Airbus. In December 2019, EgyptAir announced it will increase the number of flights to several destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and the Middle East during the summer of 2020." The move comes within the framework of the company's efforts to enhance its services," said Chairman of EgyptAir Airlines Ashraf el-Kholy. The flights of the flagship carrier to Washington are scheduled to increase from three to four flights per week, while the number of flights to Toronto will be seven instead of six, according to MENA. Additionally, the number of flights heading to Europe will go up from 14 to 21 flights weekly.<br/>