China’s domestic flights nearly recovered, US remains 45% down
An air traffic assessment released by EUROCONTROL revealed staggering differences in domestic flight recovery throughout different continents. The…
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COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the aviation industry, including travel restrictions, health and safety measures, airline operations, vaccination efforts.
Quarantine bypass: London-New York air bridge in plans
The United States and the United Kingdom governments are discussing an introduction of the London-New York air bridge…
Lufthansa Cargo readies for COVID vaccine distribution in US & EU
Lufthansa Cargo opened new Pharma Facilities in Munich, Germany and Chicago, the United States in the wake of…
Lufthansa tightens mask exemptions, requires negative Covid test
Lufthansa Group is tightening the exemptions from mask requirements onboard their flights to include a medical certificate and…
ANA and JAL to reduce domestic flights again due to COVID-19
According to the report of HNK on 24th, Japanese tourism and business trip sections showed a downward trend…
Qantas and Virgin to catch a break with new COVID-19 vaccine?
Australia’s prime minister Scott Morrison announced plans to make a potential COVID-19 vaccine mandatory. Qantas and Virgin Australia…
China and U.S. agree to double flights’ frequencies
Airlines will be allowed to double the amount of flights between China and the United States following the…
WorldACD calls 2020 “craziest half year in air cargo”
The month of June marked the end of “the craziest half year in air cargo” after many of…
Airlines and airports push UN to swap quarantine for testing
Airports Council International (ACI) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) are asking the UN-led inter-agency task force to…
Malta International Airshow postponed 2021
On Tuesday 11 August 2020, the Malta Aviation Society committee is forced to announce the cancellation of the…
How Korean Air used pandemic to generate profit
Korean Air, the flag carrier of South Korea, became the first airline to disclose that it managed to…
$25 billion aid package for US airlines moves forward
A group of United States Republican senators have backed the extension of payroll assistance program that would see…
Embraer pushes back E175-E2 introduction to 2023
In a financial statement released on August 5, 2020, Embraer reported second-quarter losses and a steep drop in…
Southwest deems armrests as low-touch areas
Southwest Airlines (LUV) is retiring its extra aircraft cleaning procedures previously enacted due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The…
Lufthansa to resume JFK flights, offers PCR Corona testing
The Lufthansa Group announced on August 27 to be continuing its five weekly flights to New York (JFK)…
Emirates route network grows as more destinations are added
Emirates announced that it will resume flights to Nairobi, Baghdad and Basra, growing its passenger network to 67…
China recorded an 80% recovery in passenger flight numbers
According to CAACNEWS, the number of passenger flights reached 13,059 on July 23, a new high in the…
Paradigm shift in the US COVID fight: United leads the way?
As the COVID-19 situation remains clouded in a shroud of uncertainty, the airlines across the world continue to…