Qatar introduces full vegan menu for business class passengers
Qatar Airways has unveiled its first entirely vegan à la carte menu for business class passengers, much to the delight of travelling vegans and vegetarians everywhere. The dishes reportedly only use fresh produce, sourced both locally and internationally, and have been designed with sustainability at front-of-mind, according to Qatar. The new menu will reportedly be
Boeing reports three more MAX cancellations, no aircraft orders in September
Boeing lost another three orders on its embattled 737 MAX in September, and received no new commercial aircraft orders, as it continues to face ongoing recertification efforts and a string of Dreamliner manufacturing flaws. The US planemaker delivered 11 aircraft in total in September, less than half the figure it achieved in the same month
Comment: How a face mask can keep you safe while travelling
As more and more airlines mandate passenger use of masks while travelling, one has to wonder, how is this keeping me safe? Epidemiologists Catherine Clase, Edouard Fu and Juan Jesus Carrero are here with answers, in this cross-posting with The Conversation. Face masks reduce the spread of viruses passed on from respiratory secretions. While cloth masks are
Due to overwhelming demand, Singapore Airlines has now added new dates for its parked A380 pop-up restaurant experience. The airline previously announced that tickets for its A380 restaurant experience offering, which included both lunch and dinner time slots on 24 and 25 October, sold out within 30 minutes of bookings being made live. The airline
French unions have signed a long-awaited labour deal with European planemaker Airbus, which will limit job losses and furloughs for production workers in light of the COVID-19 crisis. After months of negotiations, labour unions representing a majority of Airbus’ French workforce have signed an agreement that will see 4,200 job cuts in France, including 3,400
Airport COVID testing to replace quarantine in Ireland
The Irish government will adopt the EU ‘traffic light’ travel system and introduce COVID-19 testing at airports, which could see quarantine requirements removed for some arriving passengers. It comes after both Aer Lingus and Ryanair heavily criticised the Irish government for its strict travel restrictions, with almost all incoming passengers required to undergo a 14-day
