South Korea’s Asiana Airlines flies empty A380 superjumbo, just to keep pilots certified

Airlines are taking extreme measures to survive the coronavirus pandemic, with South Korea’s Asiana Airlines flying the world’s biggest commercial plane more than 20 times, going nowhere and carrying no passengers, just to keep trainee pilots certified.Keeping their crews flight ready is one of the challenges carriers face as they grapple with the unprecedented crisis that has seen more than one-third of the world’s fleet grounded.A380 set to become aircraft industry’s first coronavirus…

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