Airlines in Europe will soon have to start paying additional taxes for significant contribution to carbon emissions and air pollution, as part of the European Commission’s Green Deal. Proposed early last year, the EU will begin phasing out emission allowances for airlines, which will be officially announced 14 July, according to an unidentified source who
London’s Heathrow Airport will take part in a trial that would see fully vaccinated travellers entering from countries on the UK’s ‘amber list’ be fast-tracked through the airport’s screening process, in a move that hopes to kickstart the UK’s aviation industry. From next week, vaccinated travellers on selected flights from Athens, Los Angeles, Montego Bay
In total, 5.3 million passengers were carried by Ireland’s budget airline last month, compared to just 400,000 during the same month last year.
The huge 742,000 square meter terminal was originally designed to open for business in 2017, however, the project was delayed numerous times.
Brussels and Rome also decided the new airline would not carry the debts of its bankrupt predecessor, Alitalia, which received billions in state aid.
The third test flight for Dassault Aviation’s “benchmark” wide-body Falcon 6X business jet took off this week as the aircraft nears certification.
