United Airlines have already begun operating charter flights to position doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine across distribution hubs in the United States. The chartered flights between Brussels and Chicago reportedly began on Friday, the Wall Street Journal said. However, it is unclear how many doses were on board. As reported by the WSJ, the FAA…
Delta Air Lines, the Aeroporti di Roma and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have joined in a first-of-its-kind trans-Atlantic COVID-19 testing program that will enable quarantine-free entry into Italy, in accordance with a decree expected to be issued soon by the government of Italy. “Carefully designed COVID-19 testing protocols are the best path for resuming international…
SpiceJet has applied for permission with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate flights from Delhi to New York JFK. The low-cost airline wants to fly PPE and repatriation passenger flights between Delhi and New York JFK. SpiceJet was permitted to operate scheduled flights to the USA by the Indian Authorities back in July.…
Flight operations at Chennai airport were suspended for 12 hours starting from 7 p.m. on Wednesday till 7 a.m. on Thursday due to Cyclone Nivar. “Due to #CycloneNivar aircraft operations at #AAI #Chennaiairport will remain suspended from 1900hrs of 25.11.2020 to 0700hrs of 26.11.2020,” the airport said on its Twitter handle. “The decision has been…
Brazilian aviation regulator ANAC on Wednesday lifted the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, following U.S. clearance of the plane for flight. Brazil’s top regulator said Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, the only airline to operate the model in Brazil, is implementing the required measures to resume flights.
German Air Force’s new Airbus A350 operated world’s longest flight from Germany to Australia on Friday. The flight was completed in 19 hours and 13 minutes. However, there were no passengers or diplomats onboard the aircraft. The first ACJ350, with registration 10+03 was delivered to the German government from Airbus earlier this year. The A350…
South Australia Police (SAPOL) today released footage of a PolAir helicopter being lasered on Friday 20 November 2020. The incident occurred just before 10:30pm near the southern Adelaide suburb of Woodcroft. SAPOL say the laser was pointed at the helicopter on a number of occasions. Officers onboard were able to locate the source of…
Shanghai’s international airport momentarily descended into chaos Sunday night, after authorities ordered a mass testing drive in response to a small outbreak of Covid-19 linked to several cargo handlers. Since the beginning of November, seven cargo workers and their close contacts at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport have been diagnosed as confirmed coronavirus cases, including…
JetBlue has secured slots for up to three daily roundtrips to London, spread across Gatwick And Stansted. JetBlue has targeted London as its first European destination. JetBlue has secured 14 weekly slots at Gatwick. Similarly, JetBlue also secured all 28 weekly slots it had requested at London Stansted Airport. However, JetBlue has not received any…
Speaking on Australian tv show A current Affair, Alan Joyce, the CEO of Qantas, has confirmed that the airline will change it’s terms and conditions. The change will ask all international travelers to have a COVID vaccine before getting onboard their aircraft. Mr Joyce also believes vaccinations will be a “common theme” across the entire…
More than 1 million people flew through U.S. domestic airports on Friday, the second-highest daily total since the coronavirus pandemic hit last spring, even as officials warn against travel around the Thanksgiving holiday. Airline passengers still lag substantially behind normal levels, but data posted by the Transportation Security Administration show that at least some people…
British Airways had decided to store some of its Airbus A380s in Madrid after England entered lockdown 2.0. Most of these A380s have been stored at Chateauroux in France. However, instead of Madrid Barajas Airport, two Airbus A380s headed to Teruel in Spain this week. BA’s first Airbus A380, with registration G-XLEA, departed Heathrow at…