Kenya Airways receives $91mn in COVID state aid
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is to receive KES10 billion Kenyan shillings (USD91.3 million) in COVID-19 state aid less… Read More »
Flights with COVID-19 vaccines from Brussels Airport to more than 40 destinations worldwide
Since the end of November, flights to more than 40 destinations have been carried out to distribute Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine… Read More »
United, Delta to test COVID-19 app on Hawaii flights
United and Delta are partnering with biometric ID platform Clear to allow passengers on some flights from Los Angeles to… Read More »
Hoteliers add COVID-19 tests to amenities
US hotel companies and travel agencies are scrambling to cope with the latest pandemic-linked challenge by folding in COVID-19 testing,… Read More »
Samoa’s Talofa Airways suspends flights over COVID-19
Talofa Airways (Apia Faleolo) has suspended scheduled services until Samoa reopens its borders, the airline confirmed to ch-aviation by email…. Read More »
American explains at-home COVID-19 testing process
American Airlines walks through the at-home COVID-19 testing process, which allows travelers who test negative to avoid quarantine requirements at… Read More »
Swiss suspends most Geneva hub ops due to COVID measures
Swiss (LX, Zurich) has announced that it will suspend nearly all of its flights from its secondary hub in Geneva… Read More »
Latest COVID-19 spike quashes Japan’s domestic air travel rebound
Japan is the latest market to illustrate the new reality of the airline industry; that capacity and traffic levels move… Read More »
CAPA Live. Cargo flights vital in distributing covid vaccinations
The question of air cargo – how it has been affected by the pandemic, in what way(s) it has actually… Read More »
Norwegian’s traffic figures heavily impacted by COVID-19
Norwegian’s traffic figures for December were heavily influenced by lower demand caused by continued travel restrictions across Europe. However, Christmas bookings… Read More »
A Contactless Covid-19 Testing Point Starts Operating at Riga Airport
In order to provide passengers and employees of the companies working at the Airport with additional opportunities to take Covid-19… Read More »
CAPA Live: airBaltic plans strong environmental focus post-COVID
Talking at the CAPALive on 9-Dec-2020, airBaltic’s CEO Martin Gauss spoke with CAPA’s chairman emeritus Peter Harbison. Some of the… Read More »
CAPA Live. Cargo flights vital in distributing covid vaccinations
The question of air cargo – how it has been affected by the pandemic, in what way(s) it has actually… Read More »
CAPA Live Jan-2021 – “Irreversible” changes in a COVID-19 world
The global COVID-19 pandemic has irreversibly changed the world in more ways than anyone could have imagined. The way we… Read More »
Call for applications for state aid under the Scheme aid scheme for supporting the activity of air operators in the context of the economic crises generated by Covid-19
Support for a V-shaped quick bounce-back We are in this together! As we are looking forward to a brighter 2021,… Read More »
United Airlines Introduces Clorox Total 360 System at Airport Terminals
United Airlines is turning to the Clorox Total 360 System to disinfect terminals at as many as 35 of its… Read More »
Aviation Authorities Update Guidelines for International Flights
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently announced changes to its Aviation Recovery Task Force’s (CART) ‘Take-off’ Guidelines for international air… Read More »
TSA Notes Significant Jump in Positive COVID-19 Cases
Workers for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) suffered a 64 percent increase in COVID-19 positive tests in the last month, the agency… Read More »
XpresCheck COVID-19 Testing Facility Opens at Boston Logan International Airport
MarketPlace Logan, manager of the Boston Logan Concessions’ Program, today announced the opening of Boston Logan International Airport’s new XpresCheck COVID-19 testing facility…. Read More »
CommonPass App Could Open Up International Travel
A new app could open the way to bringing back international travel. CommonPass is a digital health pass launched by… Read More »
COVID-19 Testing Facility Coming to Boston Logan Airport
A new COVID-19 testing facility at Logan International Airport in Boston will be opened and fully operational by mid-November. MarketPlace Logan announced… Read More »
New COVID-19 Passport Could Help Relaunch International Travel
It has become clear that we won’t see a real resumption of international travel under the world’s current haphazard array… Read More »
TSA Reopening Preclearance Program to Foreign Airports
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the agencies would invite new airports to participate in… Read More »
Denver Airport Introduces New App to Limit Contact Amid COVID-19
Denver International Airport is making air travel safer and more comfortable during the COVID-19 pandemic through a brand new app. VeriFLY allows… Read More »
Sea-Tac Airport, airlines consider rapid COVID-19 testing to help get travelers back in the air
Port of Seattle officials say recent surveys show passengers would like to see rapid COVID-19 testing available at Sea-Tac Airport…. Read More »
Another Airport Deploys COVID-Sniffing Dogs
Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland has become the world’s second major airport to utilize dogs to help detect passengers infected… Read More »