Air Canada has launched Live TV on select aircraft and domestic routes. Live TV on Air Canada flights currently features six Canadian English and French channels which are available as part of the airline's complimentary and extensive inflight entertainment programming. Live TV is presently available on domestic routes from coast to coast operated with a Live TV-enabled aircraft. Currently 40 Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Airbus A330 and Airbus A220 aircraft are Live TV-enabled and Air Canada expects 50% of domestic flights operated by mainline aircraft to offer Air Live TV by the second of quarter 2023. "We are thrilled to launch Live TV," said John Moody, Senior Director - Product Design, at Air Canada. "Customers will be able to enjoy content from great Canadian channels in both English and French. Sports fans flying with us can enjoy the exhilaration of watching regular season, playoff and championship games in real time, while business news junkies will appreciate remaining connected to market trends and current events, right from their seat. As we continue elevating the customer experience, we look forward to expanding Live TV to more flights, and bring even more leading content and features in 2023."<br/>
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Passengers and crew on a LOT Polish Airlines flight leapt to action to pin a man to the floor after he “stormed the cockpit.” This video shows the scene on the US-bound flight after they detained him, and the moment officers boarded to make the arrest on Friday, 19 November. Witnesses say the passenger ran to the cockpit to bang on the door demanding entry and became aggressive when he was refused. JT Genter shared a video on Twitter, where he said “Crew acted quickly to tackle him and announced a serious security incident.”<br/>
In coordination with Palestinian Airlines, EgyptAir has opened an air bridge to Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport to transport 5,000 Palestinians for Umrah this year. This follows directives from the Ministry of Civil Aviation to ensure the transport of “Palestinian brothers to the holy land during the Hajj and Umrah seasons,” said Yehia Zakaria, board chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company. For the season — from Nov. 15 to Feb. 20, 2023 — 14 special flights have been scheduled for the pilgrims. The newest Boeing B787-9 aircraft, capable of carrying 309 passengers, will be used for the first time and will make four flights each month to help the Palestinian pilgrims, said Ehab Al-Tahtawi, board chairman of the airline. Jamal Almashharawi, general manager of Palestinian Airlines, thanked EgyptAir for the support over the years for Umrah and Hajj pilgrims. In July, EgyptAir opened an air bridge for the return of pilgrims from Saudi Arabia and transported nearly 20,000 Egyptian, Palestinian, Malian, and transit passengers on 114 flights.<br/>
Singapore Airlines will add flights to East and Southeast Asia from early next year and trim some US services as it tweaks routes and plane allocations to get a head start over rivals as nations ease travel restrictions. The city-state’s flag carrier will resume flights to Busan in South Korea and increase services on Airbus SE A380 superjumbos to Australia, it said in an exchange filing Tuesday. It will also operate fewer services to Los Angeles, Houston and Seattle, and fly a Boeing Co. 777 to New York, instead of an A380. While the Asia-Pacific region in general has been slower than the rest of the world to open up after the pandemic, places like Singapore and Australia have largely thrown off the shackles, encouraging airlines to tap travel-hungry tourists and business executives. China, however, one of the world’s biggest aviation markets, remains largely off limits due to virus restrictions, and airlines are adjusting their capacity and fleets accordingly. Singapore Air will now operate the A380 to Melbourne and add a second daily service on the world’s largest passenger plane to Sydney. It also plans to operate the larger plane to newly opened Hong Kong from March, bringing Singapore Air’s daily services between the two financial hubs to four round trips.<br/>
After almost three years of corona closure, from March 2023 there will again be direct flights three times a week from Copenhagen to the world’s most populous country. The reopening of the Delhi-CPH route will benefit Danish business and tourism – and strengthen Copenhagen Airport as a Northern European traffic hub. When Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Delhi lands at Copenhagen Airport on March 1, 2023, at 17:50, it marks the restart of a successful direct route and a strengthening of trade and tourism between Denmark and India. “The Delhi-CPH route will strengthen our position as Northern Europe’s most important traffic hub and provide lots of new opportunities for business and holidays in Asia. In addition, travellers from Copenhagen will be able to fly via Delhi to a large number of destinations in India and the rest of Asia,” says managing director Thomas Woldbye. As a member of Star Alliance, Air India will have the opportunity to use the large Star Alliance transfer network in Copenhagen and send Indian travellers from Delhi onward to Europe via Copenhagen Airport.<br/>