Qatar Airways plans to expand the functionality of the IATA Travel Pass mobile app by linking the vaccination status of personnel to the electronic document.
The Indian government has decided to raise its cap on airline domestic operations, allowing Indian carriers to add back more capacity as demand increases.
“It’s all about gauge, gauge, gauge”—that's how United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby described the company’s recently announced 270-aircraft narrowbody order on an investor call June 29.
European airlines and airports have sent a joint plea to the EU to come up with a single method of processing passengers’ COVID-19 documentation, fearing chaos at airports if even a truncated summer holiday season materializes.
European airlines are facing a further obstacle in the road to recovery as EU leaders step up calls for coordinated quarantine for arrivals from the UK, in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant.
As the gradual lifting of travel restrictions sets the stage for a swift traffic recovery this summer, Airbus and Boeing plan on sticking to strategies that can now be described as proven.
WestJet is ramping up summer domestic flying by restarting nearly 40 routes and affirming it will start 11 new nonstop services across Canada, signaling growing confidence in the country’s travel-demand recovery, the airline said June 25.
Airports Council International–North America EVP Matthew Cornelius says the lack of connectivity is “the biggest hole in our business” and “a huge problem that remains unsolved.”
European airports, which did not receive government aid to the same extent as airlines, are looking to recoup their losses, but carriers are urging them not to undermine the nascent recovery.
The Hong Kong government intends to further ease entry requirements imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting quarantine periods down to a week for most vaccinated travelers.
International Airlines Group (IAG) and Virgin Atlantic have put their support behind legal action that is challenging the lack of transparency around how the UK government classifies countries under its traffic light framework.
A study from the European Travel Commission (ETC) indicates that 70% of respondents are planning to travel in the next six months, up from 56% in February.
Irish LCC Ryanair, Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and other unnamed major UK airlines are backing a court case against the UK government’s traffic-light system of coronavirus travel restrictions.
Travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should not be subject to testing or quarantine except in particular circumstances, according to EASA and the European Center for Disease Control.
British Airways (BA) CEO Sean Doyle has appealed to the UK government to take advantage of the country’s successful COVID-19 vaccine roll-out to restart air services.
Created as part of the American Rescue Plan Act signed into law in March 2021, the program makes available $3 billion in total payroll support for aviation manufacturing companies that furloughed workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a stark contrast with U.S. domestic leisure travel, which is projected to reach 99% of its pre-pandemic peak in 2022 and then continue to grow, only about 35% of U.S. companies are currently engaging in any business-related travel.
ICAO has published technical specifications for a “visible digital seal” (VDS), which is a barcode that can store validated coronavirus test results and COVID-19 vaccination certificates.
