A set of recommended guidelines on public hygiene safety measures for air travel is expected to become public by early June and will likely include the wearing of face coverings from airport arrival through departure.
The varying severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in different Southeast Asian countries means that air travel across the region is recovering at uneven rates.
FRANKFURT—Airbus plans to increase its research into how health-protection technology inside passenger aircraft cabins can be improved, the OEM’s executive vice president of engineering Jean-Brice Dumont told Aviation Week.
SINGAPORE—The governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea are developing guidelines for the resumption of “essential” air travel as well as maintaining smooth and open supply chains with each other.
The European Commission (EC) has published an amended regulation that lays out requirements to equip aircraft for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and postpones the compliance date for new aircraft by six months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, most Americans no doubt have become accustomed—even comfortable with—wearing face masks in public settings such as grocery stores.
Three more U.S. carriers announced plans to require all passengers wear face coverings in the cabin, as calls in the U.S. Congress for a national policy gathered steam in light of the continued COVID-19 pandemic.
LYON, France—As carriers gradually restart operations over the coming months and implement new health protection measures, passenger experience will change at airports as well as in flight, and some alterations might be permanent, say commercial air transport experts.
Allegiant Air has received permission from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to reduce service at a host of domestic airports below minimum levels outlined in the CARES Act coronavirus stimulus law.
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) plans to strengthen the viability of the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, by partially subsidizing carriers for flights canceled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A common set of hygiene safety rules for commercial air travel is being developed, but new standards must be affordable and not deter people from flying.
LYON, France—Eurocontrol, the organization in charge of air traffic management in Europe and some neighboring territories, has produced two traffic recovery scenarios that illustrate the importance of coordination between its member states.
AirAsia is trialing a personal protective equipment (PPE) uniform for its cabin crew as the LCC group prepares for the resumption of flights in some markets.
France’s air navigation service provider DSNA is introducing Required Navigation Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) procedures to enable instrument approaches regardless of obstacles or poor weather conditions, thus improving safety and airport access.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced over the weekend that roughly half of the $25 billion in federal payroll support earmarked for passenger airlines under the CARES Act was distributed last week.
European transport commissioner Adina Valean is planning to finalize a set of social-distancing and sanitation guidelines for aviation by mid-May, paving the way for flights to resume in a unified way.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) wants the federal government to require passengers and crew members wear masks at all times while in airports and onboard aircraft.
