Ethiopian Airlines and the United States' USAID, signed a new partnership agreement that will enable the nation’s flagship carrier to source locally grown produce and ingredients for preparing in-flight meals for global passengers.
Vienna Airport operator Flughafen Wien AG is preparing a trial of COVID-19 rapid testing on departing passengers in cooperation with Austrian Airlines.
Renovation of Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) is progressing at a steady speed but with shifted priorities, as the backers of the Single European Sky Research (SESAR) project manage their budgets amid the pandemic.
Implementation of Germany’s plans to introduce mandatory 14-day quarantines for travelers from high-risk countries will be delayed by several weeks and could allow for substantial exemptions, mainly for business travelers.
The arrangement will also have no restrictions on the reason for traveling, meaning Hong Kong and Singapore could potentially be the first pair of cities available for international leisure travel in the region.
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps has said uncertainty still remains over the future legal framework for UK-EU flights, as the UK nears the end of its Brexit transition period.
The scale of the COVID-19 epidemic on the UK’s air traffic has been laid out in a report by Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control organization.
The approval of a European Commission plan aimed at rationalizing inconsistent travel restrictions through a color-coded COVID-19 risk map marks a small step in the right direction for Europe’s airlines—but unfortunately, the beleaguered industry says, it doesn’t go far enough.
The European Union is cleared to apply almost $4 billion worth of punitive tariffs on imported goods from the U.S. after the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Oct. 13 revealed the final penalty amount stemming from illegal U.S. subsidies provided to Boeing in making large commercial aircraft.
U.S. airlines are already highly regulated. A potential Democratic Party sweep in the 2020 General Election this November could increase the size of that burden.
The FAA should strengthen its oversight of avionics cybersecurity to protect against evolving risks to commercial aircraft, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) advised in an Oct. 9 report to Congress.
The announcement of a UK government taskforce to look at ways of easing the devastating effect of national quarantine measures on international air travel has drawn mixed responses from the country’s aviation sector.
Israel and Jordan have signed an aviation agreement that allows for flights to cross over both countries’ airspace—a move which will shorten flight times and potentially unlock new routes.
U.S. President Donald Trump called on Congress to quickly approve a standalone bill to extend the U.S. federal government’s CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP) until March 2021.
Proposed new minimum training for 737 MAX pilots includes five scenarios in full-flight simulators preceded by reviews of related checklists and materials, a report issued by the FAA Oct. 6 reveals.
