COVID-19
The latest Coronavirus (Covid-19) airline and aviation industry news coverage.
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Air New Zealand adds Cook Islands flights
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Passengers from the Cook Islands can resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand from Jan. 21.
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Delta anticipating recovery to begin in earnest in H2
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The airline says the demand environment will remain “choppy” until the wider rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Analysis: Norwegian ends long-haul adventure
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The carrier which pioneered cheap transatlantic flights between Europe and the US will now focus on short-haul routes as part of a plan to exit...
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Two Egyptian routes return to Qatar Airways’ network
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Cairo and Alexandria are being restored to the airline’s route map.
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Latest Canadian COVID restrictions drive Air Canada to cut capacity again
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Any passenger entering Canada must now have a negative result from a recent COVID-19 test.
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Mumbai Airport rebounding as India's travel restrictions eased
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The airport's CEO expects BOM's domestic traffic to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021 or early 2022.
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Jet2 suspends flight operations until late March
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The latest COVID-19 travel restrictions have forced the British leisure carrier to suspend service.
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ANA, JAL dial back domestic networks after latest COVID-19 spike
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The Japanese carriers had expected to be back to 75% of pre-pandemic capacity in January.
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Allegiant Air grows with three new cities and 13 routes
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Portland, Key West and Jackson Hole are joining the Las Vegas-based airline’s network.
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Airline snapshot: Allegiant Air
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Routes takes a look at the carrier’s current operations following news of 13 new US domestic routes.
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Canada's Porter Airlines again delays network restart
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The airline's fleet of 29 de Havilland Dash 8-400s has been grounded since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Emirates to restart Dallas, San Francisco and Seattle routes
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Passenger demand is returning on Dubai-US routes as COVID-19 vaccine distribution picks up, carrier says.
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Westjet Cuts Routes, Capacity As New Protocols Hit Demand
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Flights from Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver affected.
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Route Analysis: Leipzig/Halle-Hurghada
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Condor’s flights from Leipzig/Halle to the popular Egyptian vacation destination are set to resume having been suspended since last March.
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Ryanair says new lockdown rules mean dropped UK, Ireland routes
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'Draconian' restrictions are 'inexplicable,' according to ULCC.
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Cathay Pacific plans UK flight resumption
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Service to the UK was suspended in mid-December after a more transmissible COVID-19 strain was detected in the country.
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Air New Zealand starts flights on third quarantine-free Australian route
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Carriers in both countries await the establishment of a two-way travel bubble.
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Caribbean Airlines suspends flights to Havana citing COVID-19
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The carrier had only recently launched the service from Guyana.
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Canada's airlines surprised by latest COVID-19 restrictions
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Canadian carriers say the country's strict regulations are depressing demand.
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Qatar Airways expands codeshares, moves Seattle launch
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Qatar Airways plans to deepen cooperation with Oman Air and LATAM Airlines Brasil while also bringing forward the launch of its new route to...