SIA capacity hike shows in Q4 results
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
International air travel demand remained severely constrained in Q4 2020 and the SIA Group’s passenger carriage shrank 97.6 per cent year-on-year.
WTTC calls for rethink on 'high-risk' countries
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 08 February 2021
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling for governments to abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on how individual ‘high-risk travellers’ are treated at borders.
Ceva extends MECC arrangement
- MICE News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Ceva Logistics’ Showfreight division has signed a five-year deal with one of the Netherlands' exhibition centres – MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Conference Centre), which has three halls in 30,000m2 of exhibition floors.
SITA launches health check system
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Aviation industry IT firm SITA has launched Health Protect to assist airlines, airports, governments and passengers to share information on health tests or vaccinations needed during travel.
Pegasus ceo to chair IATA Audit Committee
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Pegasus Airlines ceo Mehmet Nane has been elected as chair of the Audit Committee of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
UK quarantine starts February 15
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
The United Kingdom's mandatory 10-day hotel quarantine for arrivals from Covid hotspots will begin 15 February.
Amtrak to pay employees to be vaccinated
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
While most of the travel industry is looking at furloughs, US rail business Amtrak is paying employees to take Covid-19 vaccines, hoping to have all employees vaccinated.
Qantas launches 'Fly Flexible' to stimulate domestic market
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Australia's Qantas is offering its customers unlimited flight changes (branded Fly Flexible) until early 2022 in an effort to encourage confidence in its domestic market, which has been hit by on-again, off-again border closures and quarantines.
JAL tries new fuels
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Japan Airlines has flown its first flight powered by a blend of recycled cotton material and kerosene.
Malaysia Air hopes airline operating lessors will okay restructure
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Malaysia Airlines’ aircraft operating lessors are to vote on the airline’s restructuring scheme on Wednesday.
US carriers changing mask rules
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Airlines in the US are starting to change their mask rules after the Centers for Disease Control said they could exempt those with disabilities as defined by the 'Americans With Disabilities Act'.
Aeroflot reports 2020 figures
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Russia's Aeroflot has reported a 2020 net loss of RUB96.5 billion on revenue of RUB229,766 million, down 58.4 per cent year-on-year.
Boeing outsources IT to Dell
- BTN News
- Saturday, 06 February 2021
USA plane maker Boeing says it is going to outsource most of its IT infrastructure to Dell in a six-year deal overseen by chief information officer Susan Doniz, who joined the company last year from Australia's Qantas.
SIA capacity hike shows in Q4 results
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
International air travel demand remained severely constrained in Q4 2020 and the SIA Group’s passenger carriage shrank 97.6 per cent year-on-year.
WTTC calls for rethink on 'high-risk' countries
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 08 February 2021
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling for governments to abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on how individual ‘high-risk travellers’ are treated at borders.
Ceva extends MECC arrangement
- MICE News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Ceva Logistics’ Showfreight division has signed a five-year deal with one of the Netherlands' exhibition centres – MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Conference Centre), which has three halls in 30,000m2 of exhibition floors.
SITA launches health check system
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Aviation industry IT firm SITA has launched Health Protect to assist airlines, airports, governments and passengers to share information on health tests or vaccinations needed during travel.
Pegasus ceo to chair IATA Audit Committee
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Pegasus Airlines ceo Mehmet Nane has been elected as chair of the Audit Committee of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
UK quarantine starts February 15
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
The United Kingdom's mandatory 10-day hotel quarantine for arrivals from Covid hotspots will begin 15 February.
Amtrak to pay employees to be vaccinated
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
While most of the travel industry is looking at furloughs, US rail business Amtrak is paying employees to take Covid-19 vaccines, hoping to have all employees vaccinated.
Qantas launches 'Fly Flexible' to stimulate domestic market
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Australia's Qantas is offering its customers unlimited flight changes (branded Fly Flexible) until early 2022 in an effort to encourage confidence in its domestic market, which has been hit by on-again, off-again border closures and quarantines.
JAL tries new fuels
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Japan Airlines has flown its first flight powered by a blend of recycled cotton material and kerosene.
Malaysia Air hopes airline operating lessors will okay restructure
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Malaysia Airlines’ aircraft operating lessors are to vote on the airline’s restructuring scheme on Wednesday.
US carriers changing mask rules
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Airlines in the US are starting to change their mask rules after the Centers for Disease Control said they could exempt those with disabilities as defined by the 'Americans With Disabilities Act'.
Aeroflot reports 2020 figures
- BTN News
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Russia's Aeroflot has reported a 2020 net loss of RUB96.5 billion on revenue of RUB229,766 million, down 58.4 per cent year-on-year.
Boeing outsources IT to Dell
- BTN News
- Saturday, 06 February 2021
USA plane maker Boeing says it is going to outsource most of its IT infrastructure to Dell in a six-year deal overseen by chief information officer Susan Doniz, who joined the company last year from Australia's Qantas.
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