Emirates Gets Approval to Fly Certain Passenger Flights

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Emirates has received approval to carry passengers outbound from the UAE to some destinations in Europe, starting Monday, April 6. Initial flights will commence from Dubai to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels and Zurich, with four flights a week to London Heathrow, and three flights a week to the other cities. Operating from Dubai International […]

Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines Make All Fare Types Rebookable

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Photo Source: Lufthansa Group Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines – airlines of the Lufthansa Group – are changing their ticket fare structure, aiming to create even more flexibility for their customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. With immediate effect, all fares and ticket prices can be rebooked – including, for example, the Zero Bag fare without […]

Global Air Passenger Traffic Sees Steepest Decline Since 9/11, Says IATA

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Global passenger traffic data for February 2020 showed that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) fell 14.1 percent compared to the same month in 2019, due to the coronavirus (Covid-19), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. “This was the steepest decline in traffic since 9/11 and reflected collapsing domestic […]

Lufthansa Group Extends Returnee Flight Schedule Until May 3

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Lufthansa has announced that it will extend its returnee flight schedule until May 3, due to the continuing travel restrictions. The airline’s returnee flights were originally scheduled to run until April 19. This means that all remaining flights of the original flight schedule between April 25 and May 3 will be cancelled. Flights which were […]

Travel Agents: IATA Flexible on BSP Payments but Picks Vouchers Over Refunds

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Alexandre de Juniac, the director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), on Thursday said that travel agents can make settlements to the BSP billing system “a bit later”, without penalties, due to the crisis the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has caused to the industry. “We know that our members and business partners rely […]

Athens Airport Passenger Traffic Tumbles by 61.3% in March

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Athens International Airport. Photo © Facebook – ΟΙ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΜΑΣ Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport (AIA) significantly dropped by 61.3 percent in March 2020, compared to the same month last year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on air travel. The airport welcomed a total of 639,580 travelers […]

IATA: Covid-19 Travel Bans a Threat to Airline Cash Reserves

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Photo Source: @IATA In view of an estimated 39 billion dollars in quarterly losses, airlines may be forced to use up 61 billion dollars of their cash reserves in the second quarter of the year if governments don’t step in with aid, according to a new analysis released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). […]

Global Airline Capacity Nosedives Hit by Coronavirus Outbreak

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Photo Source: OAG In under two months, global airline capacity plummeted from 106 million seats to 90 million, with carriers operating on less than half of mid-January levels after slashing another 20 million seats from scheduled services last week due to the coronavirus pandemic, said OAG Aviation Worldwide. In the last seven days some 20 […]

Singapore Airlines to Issue S$5.3Billion in New Equity

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Singapore Airlines (SIA) will offer all shareholders S$5.3 billion (Singapore dollars) in new equity and up to a further S$9.7 billion through 10-year Mandatory Convertible Bonds (MCB), an announcement on Wednesday said. Both will be offered on a pro-rata basis via a rights issue, and both issuances will be treated as equity in the company’s […]

Cybersecurity a Key Issue for Airports During Covid-19 Pandemic, Says ACI

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Photo Source: ACI World Cybersecurity at airports is a key issue with large numbers of staff now working remotely as airports have been forced to implement new working practices due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Airports Council International (ACI) World said on Monday. Aiming to assist airports around the globe in response to the unprecedented […]