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More than 70 airlines trialling IATA Travel Pass
More than 70 airlines are at various stages of trialling the IATA Travel Pass, the mobile application developed to help smooth the processing of passengers’ travel health credentials.
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Jet2 waits on summer demand after losses in pandemic-hit year
UK leisure carrier Jet2 continues to have “limited visibility” for the key summer period and the coming winter season as it eyes a pick-up in travel demand after posting an operating loss of £373.8 million ($463.9 million) for the pandemic-hit year to March 2021.
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Debt-hit airlines may struggle to meet demand ramp-up: Walsh
IATA director general Willie Walsh believes a more cautious approach to network expansion from airlines battling to restore balance sheets ravaged by the crisis may mean capacity falls short of demand as travel restrictions are lifted.
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IATA foresees healthy air cargo market beyond pandemic
IATA expects cargo demand to remain strong after global air freight volumes increased 9.4% in May over pre-crisis levels.
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UK carriers to demo fast-track lanes for vaccinated passengers at Heathrow
UK carriers British Airways and Virgin Altantic are working with London Heathrow airport to carry out proving trials aimed at demonstrating the smooth processing of fully vaccinated travellers entering the country.
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Leisure markets lead return in European flight activity
Greece, Turkey and Spain led the growth in flight activity across Europe over the past two weeks as Eurocontrol data illustrates leisure markets are benefiting most from the easing of travel restrictions in the region.
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Air Canada to reinstate more international routes
Air Canada is reinstating numerous international routes as the government of Canada begins to tentatively relax coronavirus-driven rules for inbound travellers.
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Norwegian plans ‘gradual’ increase in flights as markets reopen
Restructuring low-cost carrier Norwegian plans to “gradually increase” its flight activities in July in response to the easing of some travel restrictions in Europe. While Norwegian’s passenger numbers more than doubled in June over the previous month to 225,000, it remains a fraction of the 3.5 million the airline carried ...
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IATA’s Walsh hits out at European Commission’s approach to slot rules
IATA director general Willie Walsh has hit out at continued uncertainty over European Commission plans for airport slot rules this winter, amid concerns the strong uptick in summer capacity will prompt too high a threshold for minimum use levels being set.
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Canada’s Porter to restart flights in September with federal aid
Porter Airlines intends to resume operations on 8 September, following months of delays as the regional carrier watched for signs that Canada would loosen travel restrictions and that demand for flights would return.
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Ryanair and Wizz record highest loads in June since summer 2020
European budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air in June recorded their strongest months for passenger traffic since last summer as markets in the region began to ease Covid travel restrictions.
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Canada among new additions to EU ‘safe list’ for travel
Canada heads a list 11 states or territories that the European Union has added to its list of destinations where it is recommending member states lift restrictions on non-essential travel into the bloc.
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International carriers make Phuket return
Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, El Al and Singapore Airlines all resumed flights to Phuket today, while Air Arabia, Emirates and Oman Air are due to carry out flights tomorrow.
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Norwegian start-up Flyr launches flights
Norwegian start-up Flyr has carried out its first commercial flight today, a domestic service connecting Oslo with Tromso.
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Fragmented EU Covid certificate rollout risks ‘chaos’: industry
European aviation industry representatives have warned of “chaos” at airports this summer unless EU member states take a co-ordinated approach to implementing the bloc’s Digital Covid Certificate, which is set to enter force on 1 July.
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Trans-Tasman travel bubble suspension extended
New Zealand has extended the suspension of quarantine-free travel arrangements with neighbouring Australia for another five days, and will require all incoming travellers to be tested for the coronavirus before arrival.
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Pobeda adds more Turkish routes following lifting of restrictions
Aeroflot low-cost unit Pobeda is further bolstering its network of flights to Turkish tourism destinations following Russia’s recent lifting of travel restrictions to the country.
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Trans-Tasman bubble suspended amid Australian Covid-19 spike
New Zealand has suspended its ‘travel bubble’ arrangement with Australia for three days, after the latter reported a surge in coronavirus infections in multiple states.
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Lufthansa to temporarily bring back five A340-600s to offer first class from Munich
Lufthansa is to temporarily reactivate five Airbus A340-600s on flights from Munich next summer to provide a first-class product offering from the airport.
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US network carriers may soon retreat from leisure routes added during Covid: discount airline CEOs
The heads of two US leisure airlines expect major US network carriers will soon begin retreating from many leisure routes they dumped into their networks during the pandemic.