UK to extend eased slots rules period?
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
The UK government has proposed extending the eased airport slots rules to cover the upcoming northern summer season.
Australia eases Covid rules
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Returning Australian travellers now face fewer - and cheaper - obstacles to doing so, with an easing of Covid testing rules now in force.
DoT tries to break 'circuit breaker' stalemate
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
The USA's Department of Transportation (DoT) says US airlines shouldn’t be punished for following rules issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) that have led to multiple flight bans on carriers flying to China, followed by tit-for-tat retaliations by affected airlines' governments.
IATA calls for travel restrictions rethink
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to accelerate relaxation of travel restrictions as Covid-19 continues to evolve from the pandemic to endemic stage.
Business events in Queensland to use VR at trade shows
- MICE News
- Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Australia’s Business Events Cairns and Great Barrier Reef (BEC and GBR) is promoting new Oculus virtual reality (VR) headsets at upcoming trade shows.
Rosie Douglas, general manager, BEC and GBR, explains: “The full virtual reality experience allows participants to walk along the Cairns Esplanade as they would if they were attending a business event in the region.”
US starts cancelling China flights
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) is suspending 44 flights from the US that are operated by Chinese airlines in reaction to China cancelling the same number of flights operated by US carriers due to flights carrying Covid-19-positive passengers.
Jeju Air to add MAX charters and a freighter
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
South Korea's Jeju Air plans to charter 50 B737-8 MAX jets between 2023 and 2027 in anticipation of a travel revival and also to tap into today's air cargo demand by adding a freighter to its fleet.
CDC adds Australia to highest-risk level 4 travel list
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Australia has been added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest-risk Level 4 travel category, joining 21 other new countries including Argentina and Egypt.
A further 22 countries were added to the 'high risk' Level 3 list.
Hong Kong reopens airspace to the MAX
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department (CAD) says it is overturning its nearly-three-year ban on the Boeing 737 MAX and allowing operators of the type back into its airspace.
Most of the world grounded the type in 2019 after two fatal crashes killed 346 people.
Australian unions fear for future of enterprise agreements
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Australian Unions say they fear more employers will follow the lead set by Qantas and (the stevedore) Patrick Terminals by trying to walk away from staff enterprise agreements* before the next federal election.
Qantas to cut more domestic flights
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Australia's Qantas is to cut domestic capacity by 10 more percentage points, to 60 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, in Q2 in response to Western Australia's decision to delay opening its borders for an indefinite period.
WA staying closed till booster levels rise
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Western Australia has decided to keep its borders closed for the time being and also says mask wearing for all public events - indoor and outdoors - will be required on Australia Day on January 26.
Drone startup secures funding
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
London, UK startup Urban-Air Port (UAP) says it has secured funding from Supernal, formerly the urban air mobility division of Hyundai Motor Group, for its plan to develop 200 vertiport sites across the world in the next five years.
UK to extend eased slots rules period?
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
The UK government has proposed extending the eased airport slots rules to cover the upcoming northern summer season.
Australia eases Covid rules
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Returning Australian travellers now face fewer - and cheaper - obstacles to doing so, with an easing of Covid testing rules now in force.
DoT tries to break 'circuit breaker' stalemate
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
The USA's Department of Transportation (DoT) says US airlines shouldn’t be punished for following rules issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) that have led to multiple flight bans on carriers flying to China, followed by tit-for-tat retaliations by affected airlines' governments.
IATA calls for travel restrictions rethink
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 26 January 2022
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to accelerate relaxation of travel restrictions as Covid-19 continues to evolve from the pandemic to endemic stage.
Business events in Queensland to use VR at trade shows
- MICE News
- Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Australia’s Business Events Cairns and Great Barrier Reef (BEC and GBR) is promoting new Oculus virtual reality (VR) headsets at upcoming trade shows.
Rosie Douglas, general manager, BEC and GBR, explains: “The full virtual reality experience allows participants to walk along the Cairns Esplanade as they would if they were attending a business event in the region.”
US starts cancelling China flights
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) is suspending 44 flights from the US that are operated by Chinese airlines in reaction to China cancelling the same number of flights operated by US carriers due to flights carrying Covid-19-positive passengers.
Jeju Air to add MAX charters and a freighter
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
South Korea's Jeju Air plans to charter 50 B737-8 MAX jets between 2023 and 2027 in anticipation of a travel revival and also to tap into today's air cargo demand by adding a freighter to its fleet.
CDC adds Australia to highest-risk level 4 travel list
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Australia has been added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest-risk Level 4 travel category, joining 21 other new countries including Argentina and Egypt.
A further 22 countries were added to the 'high risk' Level 3 list.
Hong Kong reopens airspace to the MAX
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department (CAD) says it is overturning its nearly-three-year ban on the Boeing 737 MAX and allowing operators of the type back into its airspace.
Most of the world grounded the type in 2019 after two fatal crashes killed 346 people.
Australian unions fear for future of enterprise agreements
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Australian Unions say they fear more employers will follow the lead set by Qantas and (the stevedore) Patrick Terminals by trying to walk away from staff enterprise agreements* before the next federal election.
Qantas to cut more domestic flights
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Australia's Qantas is to cut domestic capacity by 10 more percentage points, to 60 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, in Q2 in response to Western Australia's decision to delay opening its borders for an indefinite period.
WA staying closed till booster levels rise
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
Western Australia has decided to keep its borders closed for the time being and also says mask wearing for all public events - indoor and outdoors - will be required on Australia Day on January 26.
Drone startup secures funding
- BTN News
- Monday, 24 January 2022
London, UK startup Urban-Air Port (UAP) says it has secured funding from Supernal, formerly the urban air mobility division of Hyundai Motor Group, for its plan to develop 200 vertiport sites across the world in the next five years.
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