Air New Zealand welcomed over 4,000 customers on board as the border restrictions between Australia and New Zealand were removed. The airline has eleven near-full flights arriving from Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Perth with the first touching down from Perth into Auckland. Air New Zealand Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty said:…
Cancun Looks To Remove Masks In Open Air Spaces By April
As Covid cases dwindle across Mexico, officials in the state of Quintana Roo are looking to lift the mask requirement in Cancun by April, in a move that would further ascertain the city’s return to pre-pandemic normality. Currently, tourists are required to wear face coverings in public spaces and observe a number of other guidelines…
Air France Adds New Flights To The U.S. For Summer 2022
With air travel ramping up, Air France looks to welcome back American travelers by adding new routes to their spring and summer schedule. Air France To Resume Routes With the anticipation of summer vacationers, Air France announced this week that they will begin resuming three long-haul routes that were previously flown prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans…
Air New Zealand adds quarantine free flights to NSW from 5 November
Following the New South Wales Government announcement today, Air New Zealand has added quarantine free flights from Auckland – Sydney for Australian citizens or permanent residents. Commencing from 5 November, the airline will start with two flights per week on Fridays and Sundays. From 1 December, this will ramp up to six flights per week to…
Air France To Launch More Flights To The U.S.
Air France – the flag-carrying airline of France – has revealed that it will start increasing the frequency of its flights between France and the US in the coming few months, aiming to restore up to 90% of its overall capacity. The news comes following the recent announcement that restrictions between the EU and the…
Air India comes home! AI goes back to the Tatas after 68 years as it wins bid for USD 2.4 billion
In a new dawn for the Indian airlines industry, the national carrier Air India has gone back to its original founders. The Tata Sons won the bid to acquire the airline today. The Tatas placed a winning bid of INR 18,000 crore (USD 2.4 billion) to re-acquire the carrier more than half a century after…
New Law Could Require Domestic U.S. Air Travelers To Be Fully Vaccinated
A bill that was recently introduced to the US Senate could lead to travelers requiring proof of vaccination against Covid-19 in order to be able to travel on domestic air journeys. The bill, which was introduced on Wednesday as the U.S. Air Travel Public Safety Act, would see the requirements for domestic air travel in…
Oman Air to join Oneworld
A report on Reuters on Sunday stated that Oman Air had decided to apply for membership in the Oneworld Alliance, whose chairman currently is Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways. Oman Air said it had approached Qatar Airways, whose chief executive Akbar Al Baker is the chairman of the airline group, for guidance in making its…
Travel restrictions on air passenger travel from Britain and EU to the US is being eased
The White House has confirmed today that it will ease travel restrictions on air passenger travel into the US for fully vaccinated travellers from Britain, the EU and some other countries starting in November 2021. All foreign passengers to the US will need to proof of vaccination before boarding their flight. This replaces the blanket…
Boeing Says Air Travel Will Rebound By 2024
Itâs been a slow recovery for the aviation industry since the pandemic began, but Boeing says they expect air travel to fully rebound to 2019 levels by 2024. 2020 was the worst year for the record for the industry. According to the airline body International Air Transport Association (IATA), passenger numbers fell 60% to 1.8…
