Latest COVID-19 News and Analysis

Jul 08, 2021
Short-haul demand picking up, but Europe’s network carriers need progress on a long-haul turnaround.
Jul 07, 2021
IATA Director General Willie Walsh sees a risk that the rebound of demand for air travel could be significantly faster than the increase in capacity.
Jul 07, 2021
South African airline operator Comair has suspended all scheduled LCC Kulula.com and British Airways franchise flights until July 30.
Jul 06, 2021
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.
Jul 06, 2021
The Indian government has decided to raise its cap on airline domestic operations, allowing Indian carriers to add back more capacity as demand increases.
Jul 01, 2021
Spiraling coronavirus infection rates have led to a more than three-week suspension of flights for fledgling South African LCC Lift.
Jun 30, 2021
“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.
Jun 29, 2021
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.