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NewsFlexibility on airport slots should be extended to summer 2021: IATA
The suspension of the 80:20 ‘use it or lose it’ rule on slots should be extended into the 2021 summer season and possibly beyond, in the view of IATA’s head of worldwide airport slots Lara Maughan.
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NewsIATA to launch health passport in push to reopen international travel
IATA is close to launching a digital health passport that it believes will aid the reopening of borders to international travel through the secure sharing of information on Covid-19 testing and vaccinations.
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NewsQantas likely to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for international passengers
Being vaccinated against Covid-19 is likely to become a prerequisite of flying internationally with Qantas, according to the airline’s chief executive Alan Joyce.
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NewsDelta and WestJet withdraw joint venture application
Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet have withdrawn their application for a transborder joint venture saying the conditions imposed by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for antitrust immunity (ATI) approval are “arbitrary and capricious”.
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NewsDelta and Aeromexico see recovery in transborder flights
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico plan to operate nearly the same amount of capacity for transborder flights in December as they did during the same month of 2019.
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NewsSingapore-Hong Kong travel bubble postponed, after surge in coronavirus cases
Singapore and Hong Kong have pushed back the start of air travel bubble arrangements, a day before it was due to commence, and following a spike in coronavirus cases in Hong Kong.
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Airline BusinessIATA’s Mikosz on testing challenge for airline restart – and beyond
One of the risks for the airline industry when some kind of normality returns is states using the cover of public health to protect struggling carriers by restricting market access.
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NewsEmirates boosts UK capacity after UAE added to safe travel list
Emirates has disclosed that it is doubling its Airbus A380 frequencies to London Heathrow and increasing capacity on three other UK routes, in response to the UK government’s recent decision to add the UAE to its travel-corridor list.
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Airline BusinessTopi Manner on shaping Finnair for a post-pandemic market
The chief executive of the state-owned carrier explains how a ‘financial bazooka’ will help it through the crisis, and how it plans to emerge as a premium airline with a continued focus on Europe-Asia routes
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NewsIsraeli-Arab codeshare to feature in El Al-Etihad co-operation talks
Israeli flag-carrier El Al and United Arab Emirates operator Etihad Airways are to discuss closer ties which could include codesharing on their networks, as well as co-operation in maintenance and freight services. The two airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore closer ties, following the normalisation of diplomatic ...
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NewsRex inks funding agreement for March domestic network launch
Australia’s Regional Express is on track to launch domestic jet operations on 1 March, having signed an agreement for A$150 million ($109 million) funding from PAG Asia Capital and scheduled a proving flight with authorities in early December. “We will debut on the Sydney-Melbourne route with three aircraft on 1 ...
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NewsUS-UK air services pact gives US cargo operators additional rights
The air services agreement signed by the US and the UK provides US cargo operators new rights that they did not have in the previous agreement with the European Union.
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NewsNo Lidl ground? Ryanair and Dublin airport chiefs clash on pricing
Complaints from airline chiefs about airport charges are as old as the industry itself, but a discussion at an ACI Europe conference today showed that the issue has a fresh relevance amid the coronavirus crisis. During a robust but good-humoured debate, Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary and the head ...
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NewsUK seals fresh air services deal with USA
UK and US officials have today signed an air services agreement to ensure flights can continue between the two countries once the existing EU transition period ends this year. Currently flights are covered under the existing air services agreement between the EU and the USA. But the UK’s Brexit transition ...
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NewsWizz chief urges airports to end ‘cosy status quo’ with airlines
Airports must reconsider their relationships with incumbent airlines which may not be able to deliver on capacity expectations during the Covid-19 recovery, in the view of Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi. “In certain places there used to be a cosy set-up, a cosy status quo,” Varadi stated during an ...
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ expand domestic network amid continued recovery
China’s three largest carriers grew their domestic networks in October, tapping into second- and third-tier cities to launch new routes, as they recorded yet another month of domestic traffic recovery.
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NewsDOT clears Aer Lingus’ entry into transatlantic joint venture
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively approved Aer Lingus’ entry to an existing joint business that includes American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia and Finnair.
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NewsTravel bubbles a ‘big step in right direction’: AAPA chief
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) sees the establishment of travel bubble arrangements — such as the recently-announced example between Singapore and Hong Kong — as a “big step in the right direction” to restarting cross-border travel amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsCathay’s ‘very difficult’ October sees first traffic decline in months
Cathay Pacific cut capacity in October — the first time in nearly half a year — as it saw passenger load factor for the month plummet to its lowest since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsAirlines have ample capacity for vaccine transport: Cargolux chief
Concerns about a lack of air cargo capacity for the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines – even those requiring the maintenance of extremely cold temperatures during transit – are unfounded, in the view of Cargolux chief executive Richard Forson.