International air travel in the Asia-Pacific region remains extremely weak, although air cargo continues to prosper, says the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). International air travel in the Asia-Pacific region remains extremely weak, although air cargo continues to prosper, says the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). The association says that conditions worsened for the region’s airlines in February owing to new Covid-19 variants, which lead to new border...Continue Reading
A year since the coronavirus pandemic turned the aviation industry on its head, the drumbeat of establishing travel bubbles is picking up again. After several botched attempts at creating travel bubbles, will the latest attempts — now running alongside a vaccination rollout — finally succeed? More than a year after it shut its borders to foreign tourist arrivals, on 1 April Taiwan will begin quarantine-free travel arrangements with one of its...Continue Reading
JetBlue Airways appears to have secured 270 slots at London’s Heathrow airport for the summer travel season, as it launches low-cost transatlantic narrowbody service from the US East Coast. JetBlue Airways appears to have secured 270 slots at London’s Heathrow airport for the summer travel season, as it launches low-cost transatlantic narrowbody service from the US East Coast. UK slot coordinator Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) released information on 26 March showing the slots were...Continue Reading
The F-35 Joint Program Office has delivered a flight clearance recommendation to the Italian Navy for the safe operation of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II on the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour. The F-35 Joint Program Office has delivered a flight clearance recommendation to the Italian Navy for safe operation of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II on the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour. The short take-off and vertical landing (STOL)...Continue Reading
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers are urging the US government to establish a pre-clearance immigration facility at Taiwan Taoyuan International airport. A bipartisan group of US lawmakers are urging the US government to establish a pre-clearance immigration facility at Taiwan Taoyuan International airport. In a 25 March letter to Troy Miller, a senior official at the US Customs and Border Protection, nine lawmakers say Taiwan has already submitted a formal application...Continue Reading
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