In this cross-posting with The Conversation, computer science professor Dave Parry explains how the IATA’s ‘Travel Pass’ works on a wide scale, and the potential loopholes someone could use to get around it. Although international travel restrictions for Australia have been extended to at least June, there may still be potential for a trans-Tasman bubble
The world’s busiest international passenger airport, Dubai International Airport, has begun using iris scanners as a contact-free method of identity verification on all passengers, according to a report by the Associated Press. While the airport has been testing such biometric technology as a means of passenger identification for many months, the program has been hurried
In this cross-posting with The Conversation, aviation historian Janet Bednarek explores how people may end up living in airports, and why it happens more often than you might think. In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Since October, he
The University of Portsmouth's Mike Tipton and Simon Fraser University's Igor Mekjavic discuss why temperature checks for COVID aren't ideal.
The chief executive for Dubai International Airport, previously the world’s busiest airport, has warned that 2021 will be another tough year for the Middle Eastern hub, as travel demand remains subdued. “We are planning for it to be a tough year. That’s undoubtedly the case … anyone that doesn’t think it’s going to be a
The French government has reportedly scrapped plans for a major $11 billion expansion of its famed Charles de Gaulle Airport, citing environmental concerns and climate goals. According to French Ecological Transition Minister Barbara Pompili, who is responsible for preparing and implementing the French government’s policy in sustainability and climate action, the government has now asked
