The European Union (EU) has thrown its weight behind plans to change a UN scheme to tackle the aviation industry’s carbon footprint, to the dismay of environmental activists. On Tuesday, the 27 member states of the EU voted to support changes that would alter requirements of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation
The Airbus A350-900 was carrying 91 passengers from Doha to the Greek capital on 1 June, when routine health checks upon revealed the passengers were ill.
‘Air bridges’ between the UK and low-risk European nations are likely to be introduced by the end of the month, according to British outlet The Times. Under the plan, arrivals from low-risk countries would be exempt from the two-week long quarantine period, which enters into force as of 8 June. All international arrivals, including returning Britons, will
The International Air Transport Association says that there are still large gaps in the financial aid needed to help airlines to survive.
A Eurowings flight from Dusseldorf to Sardinia, carrying just two passengers, was forced to return home mid-air because its destination airport was closed due to a coronavirus lockdown.
The company says that it has shed nearly 95 per cent of its service over the course of the COVID-19 crisis, and has been left flying to less than half of previous destinations.
