A number of trade organisations representing Europe’s aviation industry have penned a letter suggesting European travellers should have their digital health credentials processed and verified before travelling. For months, airlines and airports have encouraged the use of digital health credential systems, largely QR codes and phone apps, to verify whether or not travellers have been
Governments in the UK and Canada are both gearing up to allow fully vaccinated citizens to travel freely without enforcing quarantine periods upon arrival back in their home country. From August, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government will allow fully-vaccinated Britons to travel freely to more than 150 countries without performing a 10-day quarantine upon their
Ingenuity completes eighth successful flight on Mars to another brand new landing zone
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has successfully completed its eighth flight on the Red Planet, as the space agency continues to push the rotorcraft to test the upper extent of its abilities. In its eighth flight, Ingenuity flew further than engineers at NASA’s California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory expected to be possible, as the helicopter again defied
American Airlines was forced to cancel hundreds of flights over the weekend due to staff shortages and maintenance issues, according to the airline, as the carrier struggles to meet growing demand for air travel. On Sunday alone, the carrier cancelled around 6 per cent of its scheduled flights, about 180 flights total, while on Saturday
Hong Kong immigration authorities have agreed to renew the visas of Cathay Pacific’s expat pilots currently based in Hong Kong, however will not provide the same for the airline’s foreign cabin crew. The decision is likely to see Cathay’s expat cabin crew forced to leave their jobs, a fact that the airline expressed regret over
Cathay and Airbus work to see single-pilot operations on long-haul A350 flights by 2025
Cathay Pacific is reportedly working with Airbus in order to certify “reduced crew” single-pilot operations at high-altitude cruise for long-haul flights on the Airbus A350. Under a program named Project Connect, the airline is working with the planemaker to certify the A350 for single-pilot operations in certain circumstances from as soon as 2025, in a
