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Sheremetyevo installs video assistant to help passengers with hearing and speech impairments
Harry S. Johnson- October 7, 2020A?new digital device at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport provides information to passengers with disabilities, including those with hearing and speech ... Read More
Boeing 737 Max: Still not safe?
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 7, 2020Paul Hudson is an aviation expert and attorney based in Washington DC and the founder of Flyers Rights, an advocacy ... Read More
IATA and ACI World push for consistent approach to passenger COVID-19 testing
Harry S. Johnson- October 7, 2020Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have today made a joint call for a ... Read More
Belfast City Airport reconnects Northern Ireland and Wales with Cardiff service
Harry S. Johnson- October 6, 2020Eastern Airways will commence up to six flights a week from George Best Belfast City Airport to Welsh capital Cardiff ... Read More
ASUR airport group: Passenger traffic down 58.6% in September
Harry S. Johnson- October 6, 2020Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR),?an international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today ... Read More
Czech Airlines Technics expands aircraft service range
Harry S. Johnson- October 6, 2020Considering the current situation across the aviation industry, Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT) has decided to join forces with FlyTech Aviation ... Read More
Airbus Corporate Jets announces first six ACJ TwoTwenty orders
Harry S. Johnson- October 6, 2020Airbus Corporate Jets has won its first orders for the ACJ TwoTwenty totalling six aircraft following its launch. While Comlux ... Read More
IATA: Looming cash crisis threatens airlines
Harry S. Johnson- October 6, 2020The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that the airline industry will burn through $77 billion in cash during the ... Read More
UNWTO and IATA sign agreement to restore confidence in international aviation
Harry S. Johnson- October 6, 2020Ahead of the G20 summit of the world’s largest economies, which includes a dedicated tourism segment, the World Tourism Organization ... Read More
No mask required on planes in the United States: DOT Ruling is horrible
Harry S. Johnson- October 5, 2020Flyers Rights President Paul Hudson issued the following response to the DOT's refusal to promulgate a mask rule after DOT ... Read More
Singapore Airlines to resume Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Milan, Paris and Frankfurt flights
Harry S. Johnson- October 5, 2020Singapore's flag carrier, Singapore Airlines, announced that it will resume and increase the frequency of flights on a number of ... Read More
Russian airlines receive permission to resume flights to 24 countries
Harry S. Johnson- October 5, 2020Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency announced that Russian airlines received permits for regular flights to 24 countries, as well as ... Read More
Brazil’s GOL: Domestic market demand up in September
Harry S. Johnson- October 5, 2020GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Brazil's largest domestic airline, announces today preliminary air traffic figures for the month of September ... Read More
WestJet introduces its Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Vancouver
Harry S. Johnson- October 5, 2020Today, WestJet and the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) announced WestJet's newest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is now operating five-times weekly ... Read More
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Directives for Resumption of international flights
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 4, 2020Ahead of the resumption of all scheduled and non-scheduled passenger flights in and out of Entebbe on 1st October, 2020 ... Read More
DOT ruling: Masks on US Airlines not Mandatory
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 2, 2020US President Trump was rushed to a hospital today with Coronavirus. Every health agency in the world says wearing a ... Read More
TAP Air Portugal returns to San Francisco and Chicago
Harry S. Johnson- October 2, 2020TAP Air Portugal is returning to Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and San Francisco International (SFO) airports this weekend, on October 2 ... Read More
Ukraine International Airlines to resume flights between New York and Kyiv in Spring 2021
Harry S. Johnson- October 2, 2020Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has updated its plans and schedule for non-stop wide-body flights between Kyiv & New York. UIA ... Read More
American Airlines increases service to Key West from Charlotte-Douglas and Dallas–Fort Worth
Harry S. Johnson- October 2, 2020Beginning October 8 American Airlines is to increase nonstop service to Key West International Airport (EYW) from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport ... Read More
European aviation wants quarantine replaced with passenger testing
Harry S. Johnson- October 2, 2020With less than 90 days to go before the year-end holiday season, European aviation bodies have intensified their call to ... Read More
United Airlines increases service on over 40 Caribbean and Mexican routes
Harry S. Johnson- October 2, 2020United Airlines today announced it plans to resume service on nearly 30 international routes in November, including flights to cities ... Read More
U.S. Ensuring Health Safety in the Skies Act
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 1, 2020Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today released the following ... Read More
Fraport Expands Fleet of Temperature-Controlled Transporters at Frankfurt Airport
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- October 1, 2020Fraport, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), will be using two additional state-of-the-art refrigerated trailers for the transportation ... Read More
Ukraine International Airlines adjusting October flight schedule
Harry S. Johnson- September 30, 2020Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) postpones the start of flights Kyiv-Brussels-Kyiv and Kyiv-Dusseldorf-Kyiv until October 24, 2020. UIA will also temporarily ... Read More
New Truck Parking Lot Being Built in CargoCity South
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- September 30, 2020Today, Fraport AG began construction of a new truck parking lot at Frankfurt Airport’s CargoCity South. The roughly 14,500-square-meter lot ... Read More
Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines test in-flight shopping platform SKYdeals
Harry S. Johnson- September 30, 2020Due to the current corona pandemic, offers on board had to be restricted. This also applies to onboard sales. To ... Read More
Green recovery of air transport priority for aviation industry leaders
Harry S. Johnson- September 30, 2020Despite the current crisis facing the global aviation industry, its commitment to pursuing sustainability remains strong, particularly as the sector ... Read More
American Airlines aims to open international markets with preflight COVID-19 testing
Harry S. Johnson- September 29, 2020As part of an ongoing effort to help protect customer health and safety, inspire confidence in air travel and advance ... Read More
British Airways Bermuda service from London switches to Heathrow Terminal 5
Harry S. Johnson- September 29, 2020Direct air service to Bermuda will originate from London Heathrow beginning March 28, 2021 announced jointly today by the Bermuda ... Read More
New Berlin Brandenburg airport to open October 31
Harry S. Johnson- September 29, 2020Germany’s third largest airport, Berlin Brandenburg “Willy Brandt” airport BER, is scheduled to open on 31 October 2020. IATA code ... Read More
Milan Bergamo Airport continues to advance
Harry S. Johnson- September 29, 2020While the aviation sector has been one of the worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Milan Bergamo Airport has been ... Read More
IATA: Insufficient capacity dampens air cargo in August
Harry S. Johnson- September 29, 2020The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in August showing that improvement remains slow ... Read More
IATA downgrades air traffic forecast after dismal summer
Chief Assignment Editor- September 29, 2020The International Air Transport Association (IATA) downgraded its traffic forecast for 2020 to reflect a weaker-than-expected recovery, as evidenced by ... Read More
Kickoff of the Fall Holiday Season at Frankfurt Airport
Harry S. Johnson- September 28, 2020The fall travel season is just around the corner: school holidays will start next Friday in Hesse and several other ... Read More
Ukraine orders all An-26 flights suspended after deadly crash
Harry S. Johnson- September 26, 2020The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, issued an order, halting all flights of Antonov An-26 model planes, until the causes ... Read More
At least 25 people killed in Ukraine plane crash
Harry S. Johnson- September 25, 2020At least 25 people died in a crash of Antonov An-26 aircraft in northeastern Ukraine. Ukraine's military officials have confirmed ... Read More