AvTalk Episode 183: Closing down, Opening up

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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we look at the aviation effects of Hurricane Ian, check in on ICAO’s 41st assembly in Montreal, and try to understand how a rumor took off before we even knew it was on the runway.

Hurricane Ian passes through Florida

• Replay of live stream on how to track Hurricane Hunters and use weather layers on Flightradar24

Eviation’s Alice electric plane flies for the first time

• See playback of the first flight

FAA issues new Vertiport rules

• Read the new rules and see the FAA’s preferred vertiport icon

US DOT proposes new rules for airline pricing

• The US DOT wants to make sure you know how much your flight will cost the first time you see the price.

Hong Kong, Japan, Canada drop Covid restrictions

• Hong Kong scraps hotel quarantine
• Japan is open visa-free from October 11
• Canada dropping all restrictions from October 1

Copa Airlines 737 goes offroading

• Copa Airlines 737 suffers runway excursion on landing in Panama City

Swift (West Atlantic) 737 just wants a drink

• Swift (West Atlantic) 737 runs off the end of the runway in Montpellier

Virgin Atlantic joins SkyTeam

• Virgin Atlantic (finally) joins SkyTeam

British Airways and Qatar Airways further join themselves

• British Airways and Qatar Airways did whatever this is

New airlines, new orders

• MSC Group is starting an airline, to be operated by Atlas Air
• Xiamen Air order 40 A320neo aircraft

A weird weekend of rumors

• Over the weekend misleading photos and data from Flightradar24 were used to support rumors of a coup in China. We explain the bizarre situation.

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