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British Airways to Resume Passenger Flights to Hong Kong As Restrictions Are Lifted Hong Kong will be ending its UK travel ban, as the government is now confident that the local epidemic situation is stabilizing and is satisfied with the vaccination rate in the UK and Ireland. This means that British Airways will resume its … Read more
The UK To Launch App-Based Vaccine Passport This year, many countries and airlines have focused on digital health passes to revive air travel. With these digital passes capable of recording and presenting necessary testing and vaccination details, the United Kingdom authorities have confirmed that the country will also launch its own app. On Friday, UK … Read more
United’s Passengers Can Now Send in Test Results With its App One of the biggest airlines in the US, United, has upgraded its travel app to give passengers the ability to find a convenient COVID-19 PCR test, book a reservation, receive their results and share the results with the airline. There are already over 200 … Read more
Emirate’s Boeing 777X Deliveries Might Be As Late As 2025 Emirates’s president, Tim Clark, has disclosed that the UAE airline is unsure about its Boeing 777X delivery timeline. According to him, Boeing might not deliver the first 777X until 2025. This is yet another hold-up in a series of setbacks that the program has faced … Read more
UK Airlines Criticize Government’s New International Travel Plan UK Airlines have expressed disagreement with new government guidelines aimed at restarting international travel. This new guidance would require every passenger to take a minimum of one expensive private PRC test, regardless of their COVID-19 status or nationality. With the new reality of the coronavirus, countries around … Read more
Domestic Border Closed as Brisbane Goes Under Lockdown Australia’s domestic carriers were getting prepared for a busy Easter weekend. Still, with a COVID-19 outbreak in Brisbane, all plans could be altered. Within the last 48 hours, over ten new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Brisbane, and eight of these cases were locally acquired. Since … Read more
Airbus Launches A New App ‘TripSet’ Airbus announced the launch of its new mobile app called ‘TripSet’, on Thursday 25 March 2021. The app is designed to track bookings, travel restrictions, and it also provides users with other necessary information for their trips. The aircraft manufacturing giant is optimistic that the new app will boost … Read more
Russian Ban on Flights from the UK extended On the 16th of March 2021, the Russian aviation authorities announced that they would not be lifting the ban on flights from the UK in the immediate future, and the ban would be imposed for at least one more month. This is Russia’s attempt to control the … Read more
President of The European Commission to Make Moves on EU Wide Health passport On Monday, the 1st of March 2021, the European Commission president announced that the commission has plans to present legislation for a digital health pass before the end of March. The announcement comes at the heels of a virtual meeting between EU … Read more
British Airways To Benefit From Liquidity Increase Of $3.5 Billion International Airlines Group (IAG), British Airways’ parent, announced on Monday 22nd February 2021, that there are two financing agreements for the line. The new agreement is going to boost British Airways’ total liquidity by £2.45 billion. Following these plans, IAG added that it will continue … Read more