The European Council is pushing to reimpose strict COVID-19 rules on passengers from the US and five other countries.

Destinations with high vaccination rates are an initial focus, while Australia’s flag-carrier is evaluating whether to operate scheduled service between London Heathrow and Darwin.

The Japanese carrier said the COVID-19 pandemic is reducing passenger demand both internationally and domestically. 

Growth in the Asia-Pacific region helped to halt three consecutive weeks of global capacity declines.

The country will no longer require vaccinated passengers from Germany and Brunei to quarantine.

An order has been issued to limit passenger capacity to 40% on four routes to the US in retaliation to sanctions imposed by China’s government on United Airlines.

The carriers are seeking to cooperate on Indian Ocean flights.

New Zealand has entered lockdown to stop the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19.