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Looming cash crisis threatens airlines

October 6, 2020388 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that the airline industry will burn through $77 billion in cash during the second half of 2020 (almost $13 billion/month or $300,000 per minute), despite the restart of operations. The slow recovery in air travel will see the airline industry continuing to burn through cash at an average rate of $5 to $6 billion per month in 2021. IATA called on governments to support the industry during the coming winter season with additional relief measures, including financial aid that does not add more debt to the industry’s already-highly-indebted balance sheet. To date, governments around the world have provided $160 billion in support, including direct aid, wage subsidies, corporate tax relief, and specific industry tax relief including ...

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Quarantine v/s testing protocol, the debate intensifies

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October 2, 2020346 Views

With less than 90 days to go before the year-end holiday season, European aviation bodies have intensified their call to replace quarantine measures with passenger testing. This will provide far greater assurance and ability for cross-border travellers to plan family reunions or vacations during this important holiday period. It will also serve as a lifeline to the millions of workers in the travel and tourism sectors whose jobs remain at risk. Following their direct call to action together with the wider travel and tourism sectors in a letter to European Commission President von der Leyen on 17 September, aviation bodies ACI EUROPE, Airlines for Europe (A4E) and IATA have submitted a framework for how an EU-wide Testing Protocol for Travel (EU-TPT) could work. ...

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Asia-Pacific fares worst in dismal show of recovery in air traffic

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September 30, 2020403 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) downgraded its traffic forecast for 2020 to reflect a weaker-than-expected recovery, as evidenced by a dismal end to the summer travel season in the Northern Hemisphere. IATA now expects full-year 2020 traffic to be down 66% compared to 2019. The previous estimate was for a 63% decline. August passenger demand continued to be hugely depressed against normal levels, with revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) down 75.3% compared to August 2019. This was only slightly improved compared to the 79.5% annual contraction in July. Domestic markets continued to outperform international markets in terms of recovery, although most remained substantially down on a year ago. August capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) was down 63....

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Most travelers support COVID-19 testing before departure

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September 22, 2020501 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic COVID-19 testing for all passengers before departure as an alternative to quarantine measures in order to re-establish global air connectivity. IATA will work through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and with health authorities to implement this solution quickly. International travel is 92% down on 2019 levels. Over half a year has passed since global connectivity was destroyed as countries closed their borders to fight COVID-19. Some governments have cautiously re-opened borders since then, but there has been limited uptake because either quarantine measures make travel impractical or the frequent chan...

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आओ हवाई जहाज में बैठें और चलें… कहीं नहीं!

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 20, 20201534 Views

यह बड़ा अजीब दौर है। जब कोरोना वायरस जड़ें जमाने की कोशिश कर रहा था तो हम घरों में दुबके बैठे थे और जब वायरस खुलकर अपना खेल खेल रहा है तो हम ‘आ बैल मुझे मार’ के अंदाज में सबकुछ खोल दे रहे हैं। लेकिन लोगों का यह भी कहना है कि अब और कोई रास्ता भी नहीं बचा सिवाय इसके कि वायरस से दो-दो हाथ करते हुए ही आगे बढ़ा जाए। एक नया वायरस कई नई-नई चीजें हमें दिखा रहा है। कोविड-19 की मार सबसे ज्यादा झेलने वालों में ट्रैवल व टूरिज्म का उद्योग सबसे प्रमुख रहा है। उड्डयन क्षेत्र भी उसी का एक हिस्सा है। हालांकि एक के बाद एक देश और इलाके अपनी सीमाओं को फिर से खोल रहे हैं, लेकिन थोड़ी एहतियात फिर भी सब बरत रहे हैं। बुखार में ऊपर-नीचे होते तापमान की ही तरह कोविड-19 से संक्रमित लोगों की संख्या आस-पड़ोस में जैसे ही कम-ज्यादा होती है, रियायत व पाबंदियां उसी तरह घटती-बढ़ती रहती हैं। खास तौर प...

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South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from Oct. 1

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September 19, 2020887 Views

South Africa will allow travel from Oct. 1 to and from all countries in Africa as well as other countries where levels of COVID-19 infections are not too high, a government minister said on Friday. For countries outside Africa, the government will determine whether entry is allowed depending on that country’s COVID-19 infection and transmission rate, cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said. Johannesburg skyline The government will prepare a list of countries from where travel will be restricted, Dlamini-Zuma said, but did not specify when the list will be published. “International travel in the continent is allowed to all countries and from all countries,” she said. Travellers should have a negative COVID-19 test obtained not more than 72 hours before the d...

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Quarantine measure hampering the restart of aviation

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September 16, 2020342 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments in Africa and Middle East (AME) to implement testing as an alternative to quarantine measures when re-opening their economies. Thirty-five countries in Africa and the Middle East have government-imposed quarantine measures in place. This is an increase of seven countries since August. The impact is that the region effectively remains in lockdown despite borders being open. Recent public opinion research showed that 88% of travelers would not even consider traveling if quarantine measures were imposed on travelers at their destination. “Mandatory quarantine measures stop people from traveling. We understand that governments’ priority is on protecting the well–being of their citizens. Quarantine destroys ...

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United Airlines adds two new nonstop flights to India

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September 11, 20201147 Views

United Airlines has announced plans to expand its global route network with new nonstop service to Africa, India and Hawaii. With these new routes, United will offer more nonstop service to India and South Africa than any other U.S. carrier and remains the largest carrier between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii. Starting this December, United will fly daily between Chicago and New Delhi and, starting in spring 2021, United will become the only airline to operate between San Francisco and Bangalore, India and between Newark/New York and Johannesburg. United will also introduce new service between Washington, D.C., and Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria in late spring of 2021. In the summer of 2021, United will fly nonstops four times weekly between Chicago and Kona and between Newark/Ne...

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WTTC calls for ‘air corridors’ between key global cities to restore business travel

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September 10, 2020837 Views

The restoration of ‘air corridors’ between the world’s top financial centres are vital to reviving international business travel and help kickstart the global economic recovery, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, says it is crucial that international business travel resumes, following its near collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic. WTTC is calling for the introduction of a pilot scheme, involving airport-based testing, followed by a second test just days later, for travel between the financial hubs of London and New York, with the aim of re-starting business travel. An analysis of Public Health England’s data by WTTC suggests two tests in quick succession could be 80% effe...

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IndiGo starts Kochi-Male flights under air bubble pact

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September 3, 2020654 Views

IndiGo said it has started flights on the Kochi-Male route from Thursday under the bilateral air bubble arrangement between India and Maldives. Under an air bubble pact, airlines of both the countries operate special international passenger flights with certain restrictions. "IndiGo commenced two weekly flights between India and Maldives under an air bubble from today," the airline said in a press release. It said the flights on Kochi-Male route will operate on Thursday and Sunday. Male Airport in Maldives "India is one of the key markets for inbound tourism for Maldives, while it receives a huge share of its medical tourists from Maldives," said William Boulter, Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo. Since July, India has formed separate bilateral air bubble pacts with countrie...