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End of the jumbo: British Airways retires 747 fleet early on coronavirus woes

By Sarah Young and Maria Ponnezhath, Reuters, published by Jakarta Post  BRITISH AIRWAYS, the world’s largest operator of Boeing 747s, will retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect after the novel coronavirus pandemic sent air travel into freefall. For over 50-years, Boeing’s “Queen of the Skies” has been the world’s most easily recognized

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Health

Estonian diplomat paying to stay at a Sukhumvit hotel

AFTER THE hours-long altercation with a Sukhumvit condominium management yesterday (July 16) the Estonian Embassy’s person, now identified as a diplomat, checked into Grande Centre Point Terminal 21 Hotel at 11 p.m. last night for a 14-day quarantine, Sanook.com reported this afternoon. The diplomat was barred by Millennium Residence condominium management from going to stay

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Sukhumvit condo bars Estonian Embassy’s person from quarantining in unit

HOURS-LONG FRACAS broke out between the Estonian Embassy and a Sukhumvit condominium building management yesterday (July 16) after the latter barred a person from quarantining in a rented unit within the complex and it ended with the Foreign Ministry providing a separate accommodation, Sanook.com reported this morning. Mrs. Natasha Roys, vice chairperson of PPM Company

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