Tag: Covid
NEWS Feb 09, 2021 Cathay Pacific Ends Mask Mandate for Select Passengers In an internal memo sent to Cathay Pacific staff members, the airline announced to its workers that there would be times that select passengers could remove their masks during flight. Read More →
TRIP REPORTS Dec 31, 1969 Flying Domestically with SAS During COVID Join me as I fly with SAS domestically from Trondheim to Oslo and back. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Europe Explores Standardized COVID Passports The European Commission is working on a standard COVID vaccine passport, which would allow for an easy verification that one is vaccinated. If completed, this would allow for more effortless travel between participants. Officials from these countries plan to meet virtually this week to look deeper into making this a reality. So far, a number of countries have already shown their support for this idea, hinting that it could be widely approved in the near future. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Airlines Improve Safety Ahead of Presidential Inauguration Legacy carriers are taking unprecedented action to avoid a repeat of last Wednesday's violence in Washington Read More →
ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 JetSmart Commences Flights Between Santiago and Salvador At the end of December 2020, the Brazilian summer season began strong with the commencement of flights between Santiago de Chile and Salvador by the Chilean airline JetSmart. Despite the pandemic, and the beginning of mass vaccination in the world, JetSmart is optimistic to repeat the success of last season, where it transported about eleven thousand passengers between the two cities. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Berlin Airport (BER) Faces Problems in the Second Month After Opening The infamous Berlin Airport (BER) now faces awful problems no one could have predicted. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 United Flight Diverted due to COVID-19 Medical Emergency A United passenger died after having a heart attack midflight this week only for his wife to later reveal he was experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Read on to find out about this disturbing incident. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Heathrow Receives Approval to Build Third Runway The UK's Supreme court has given the approval for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport. The approval comes after a great amount of controversy surrounding the new runway, which had previously been put on pause by the United Kingdom's Court of Appeals. This decision has now been overturned by the nation's Supreme Court. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 American Airlines Begins Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine On Sunday, American Airlines flew its very first flight carrying shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines, whose final destination would be a U.S. territory in the Caribbean, were flown from Chicago (ORD) to Miami (MIA) onboard a Boeing 777-200. American has joined a number of other airlines in the effort to distribute the newly authorized vaccine throughout the country. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL Dec 31, 1969 COVID-19 and Its Lasting Mark on the Recovery of U.S. Commercial Aviation A glance at the recovery of the aviation industry from an economic standpoint. Read More →