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Czech 2021 election

    Czech legislative election took place from 8th to 9th october and unexpectedly resulted in narrow victory for liberal conservative coalition 'Spolu', consisting of three centre-right parties (ODS, KDU, TOP 09 which got 27.8% of the votes. Prime Minister's Babis populist ANO came 2nd (27.1%)  and that was a giant blow for his reelection hopes. Centrist coalition of Pirates and Mayors was 3rd with 15.6%, and far right SPD was 4th (9.6%). Surprisingly social democrats and communists which supported Babis in last term, have fallen below the 5% threshold - that's why opposition coalitions won 108 seats, a pretty comfortable majority in 200 seats chamber. Election result may mean the end of Babis’s era in Czech politics and because he was mainly created politically by the president Milos Zeman, we are probably looking at the end of his era too. 
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Boeing 747

      Jumbo Jet is probably the most recognisable jet in the world, it's a real icon of flying. In 1960s Pan Am requested Boeing to create an aircraft twice the size of the Boeing 707, company's flagship at the time. That's why american planemaker in 1965  formed a design team to work on 747 project. Engineers had to create an effective passenger mover and freighter to meet airlines requirements, so the 747's consturction needed to be very flexible. In 1966 Pan Am officially ordered 25 747s and received first 747 only four years after that. Today fifth, and probably the last one, generation of 747 is in production and if we put together all variants of 747, more than 1500 747s rolled out of Boeing's facilities, from which 437 are still operating. 
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Airbus A380

      Airbus A380 is currently the largest passenger jet in the world, it can carry up to 853 passengers on its two decks. The project began in 1988 when Airbus's engineers started to make plans for an ultra high capacity airliner which could compete with iconic 747. First delivery took place in 2007 after several delays. Despite the fact that A380 is a masterpiece of engineering, something went wrong - in 2021 production is scheduled to end with only 251 planes delivered, many airlines are retiring their fleet of A380s (ie. Air France or Qantas). That's all because Super Jumbo doesn't fit into modern model of flying - traveling from local airport to other local airport (point to point). A380 was made to operate in hub and spoke model - this model consists of local airports, which doesn't have conecctions with each others, and big hubs  (like London Heathrow) , which distribute passengers from local airports.
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