The World of Aviation

UAE-based airlines Emirates and Etihad have both announced they will be among the first airlines to trial the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) new Travel Pass. The Travel Pass has been rolled out by IATA in an attempt to re-open international borders. The digital pass contains vital information on passenger’s past COVID-related medical history, including

US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will reverse outgoing President Donald Trump’s decision to re-open travel into the US from Europe and Brazil. President Trump signed an order on Monday lifting the travel restrictions he imposed in March of last year from 26 January. However, soon after the announcement, Biden spokeswoman Jen Psaki tweeted:

Canadian authorities have confirmed they will lift the nearly two-year flight ban on the embattled Boeing 737 MAX from Wednesday, 20 January. Transport Canada stated in its announcement of the move that it had already issued an airworthiness directive to aircraft owners and operators, with the changes required to be implemented before the aircraft can

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC) has said it will push pause on the production of its DHC-8-Q400 this year, once all current orders are filled, in light of lowered demand for jets. Reports suggest the regional turboprop manufacturer will place its Dash 8-400 production on pause indefinitely, however will continue to build planes to

Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), intends to launch a new online information portal to better equip overseas arrivals for their entrance into Japan. Under current guidelines, anyone entering Japan is required to quarantine for a certain number of days and is prohibited from using public transportation, both upon their arrival and during their

Emirates announced on Monday it had started offering COVID-19 vaccines to its frontline employees, including pilots and cabin crew, while American Airlines has taken a different route. The airline has made both the Pfizer-BoNTech vaccine, and a second vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm, to all Dubai-based employees. Both vaccines are currently already approved