Since the country's Ministry for Foreign Affairs closed borders to all non-essential travel on 19 March, Finnair has had to scale back its operations to 5 per cent of regular carrying capacity.
British transport secretary Grant Shapps has indicated that countries with low Covid-19 infection rates may be exempted from quarantine measures set to go into effect in the UK over the coming weeks.
Emirates has abandoned coronavirus blood tests after Dubai's Department of Health said they were inaccurate.
Back in March, World of Aviation reported that both the EU and (later) the US had relaxed slot rules to curb the growing trend of so-called "ghost flights."
The IATA has released guidelines to national governments of nearly 50 Latin American and Caribbean countries on how best to restart regional air industries.
Boeing has appointed Mike Delaney, Vice President (Digital Transformation) to head up the company's new "Confident Travel Initiative," effective immediately.
