The Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) is continuing to push for ongoing tailored government support of travel agents, travel wholesalers and tour operators.

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American Airlines warns it may send out another round of furlough notices next week, complying with a law that requires two months' notice be given to workers.

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Boeing’s president and chief executive officer David Calhoun says the plane maker is pushing ahead with the 797, a mid-market twin-aisle 220-to-270-seat mid-range aircraft able to fly for 10 to 11 hours.

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The China-based and formerly all-powerful HNA Group has been declared bankrupt.

The diversified group controlled 14 airlines, had a global fleet of 900 aircraft and held shares in firms in a multitude of travel, tourism, logistics, finance and property verticals that made it one of the most prolific investors in the world. 

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A group comprising the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airlines for America, the US Travel Association and others representing the airline, travel and aerospace industries and unions has urged US president Joe Biden not to impose new Covid-19 testing requirements for travellers on domestic US flights, claiming such an action “is unwarranted” and would “disproportionately prevent low-income travellers and rural Americans in small communities" from travelling.