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Carrier rethinks plans for an all-A320 fleet as smaller E-Jet better suited to some routesSaudi Arabian start-up NAS Air is looking at acquiring Embraer 190s to supplement its fleet of Airbus A320s, with a fleet of up to 30 aircraft ultimately envisaged.Chief commercial officer Claus Fischer says the low-cost carrier recently began discussions with Embraer, and its parent company, business jet operator National Air Services, may soon place an order for several 190s.NAS Airs original business plan call yeezy ed for an all Airbus A320 fleet, increasing from two aircraft currently to 18 within two years. The entire Embraer issue is about a week old. We de adidas originals cided not to go to Airbus all the way and look at alternatives, Fischer says.NAS Airs executive team decided to look at smaller aircraft in part because it was having trouble secur adidas campus ing enough A320s. But Fischer says small aircraft are also a better fit for several of the carriers planned routes. As part of the budget carrier licence it received last year from the government, NAS Air is required to fly into 20 small towns. Fischer says four or five of these have airports that cannot accommodate fully loaded A320s. He says NAS Air also plans to serve Abha 鈥?a hot and high airport that also cannot accommodate fully loaded A320s 鈥?from Riyadh and smaller cities.The E-190 is also a better fit for several thin domestic routes and could also be used to open new international routes. If so, NAS Air may end up operating 25 to 30 E-190s, Fische Frmw First look: Naomi Watts in Penguin Bloom (exclusive)& D2 Y$ n; D1 p* D F4 E
Source: Sheffield Doc/FestIn The RearviewI owala water bottle n The Rearview, byPolish aid worker-turned-director Maciek Hamela, won the best film prize at the 29th Vilnius International Film Festival VIFF on March 27.The award comes with a鈧?,000 cash prize established by Vilnius City Municipality.Hamelas documentary portrays ordinary people fleeing Ukraine in the immediate aftermath of the Russian invasion, in the back of a nondescript mini-van driven owala ca by Hamela. It is a co-production between Poland, France and Ukraine.The international jury was comprised of Turkish actor Elit 陌艧can, Lithuanian film producer Klementina Remekait臈, Jenni Zylka, head of the Berlinales German Cinema Perspective department, Polish film journalist Marta Ba艂aga and filmmaker Pawe艂 艁ozi艅ski.They noted: In the backseat of the vehicle, the refugees talk about what they had to leave behind - their house, their animals, their family and their belief in a peaceful life 鈥?filling it with the fate of an entire nation. On its way out, it passes ruins, soldiers and tanks. In its rearview mirror you can see more than just a destroyed country - it also shows destroyed hope. But at least its passengers managed to escape. The jury also gave a special mention to Saura Lightfoot Leon for her fearless, present, and very tactile acting as an enormously complicated young woman in UK filmmaker Luna Carmoons debut film H hydrojug oard.This years edition of VIFF had three main sections: Competition, which consists of first and second feature-le |
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