Australia is reviewing plans to reopen its borders to skilled migrants and students from Wednesday December 1 while scientists assess the danger from the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Scientists globally say it will take until mid-to-late December at the earliest to make a 'value call' on how dangerous the new Covid-19 variant 'Omicron' is.
Travel companies that were hoping to benefit from fewer global border restrictions have seen their share prices fall on fears of the new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron) that first was identified in South Africa.
Vietnam's VietJet has signed a US$150 million deal with Switzerland-based SR Technics for technical services on VietJet's fleet of Airbus A320s and A321s, including maintenance, training services and spare parts.
As governments launch pre-emptive restrictions on travel from southern Africa ahead of assessments of the danger of the Covid variant 'Omicron', Australia has confirmed two people who arrived in Sydney on flights from southern Africa in the past two days tested positive for the variant.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for a unified response to a European Commission recommendation that the EU Digital Covid Certificate (DCC) should be valid for only nine months after the second vaccination dose, unless a booster jab is administered.
Three European regional airlines - Loganair, Blue Islands and Aurigny - have partnered to link their route networks, offering more routes and connections at airports including Manchester, Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, where their networks cross over.
Australia's Regional Express (Rex) is looking for a 'pathway' toward electric plane use on some rural routes where it typically carries up to 36 passengers.
Australia is reviewing plans to reopen its borders to skilled migrants and students from Wednesday December 1 while scientists assess the danger from the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Scientists globally say it will take until mid-to-late December at the earliest to make a 'value call' on how dangerous the new Covid-19 variant 'Omicron' is.
Travel companies that were hoping to benefit from fewer global border restrictions have seen their share prices fall on fears of the new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron) that first was identified in South Africa.
Vietnam's VietJet has signed a US$150 million deal with Switzerland-based SR Technics for technical services on VietJet's fleet of Airbus A320s and A321s, including maintenance, training services and spare parts.
As governments launch pre-emptive restrictions on travel from southern Africa ahead of assessments of the danger of the Covid variant 'Omicron', Australia has confirmed two people who arrived in Sydney on flights from southern Africa in the past two days tested positive for the variant.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for a unified response to a European Commission recommendation that the EU Digital Covid Certificate (DCC) should be valid for only nine months after the second vaccination dose, unless a booster jab is administered.
Three European regional airlines - Loganair, Blue Islands and Aurigny - have partnered to link their route networks, offering more routes and connections at airports including Manchester, Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, where their networks cross over.
Australia's Regional Express (Rex) is looking for a 'pathway' toward electric plane use on some rural routes where it typically carries up to 36 passengers.