The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the announcement by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it will require all travelers to the US to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test undertaken within three...

Nav Canada saw profits and air traffic plummet in its first quarter as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to batter the air traffic control company. The “staggering” decline in flights prompted massive layoffs as well as a 45 per...

American Airlines is the first U.S. airline to introduce an easy way to provide results from a negative coronavirus (COVID-19) test and other completed documents required for international travel into the United States. The VeriFLY app, a mobile health passport...

IATA’s head of airport, passenger and security products, Alan Murray Hayden, says fast progress is being made to bring its Travel Pass digital health credential solution to market, and “most of the world’s biggest airlines will be using it from...

2020 may have been a bust for commercial passenger airlines, with 2021 not looking much brighter, but it’s a different ballgame for cargo airlines. There was a big demand for air cargo in 2020, and that’s staying strong. The demand...

Long Beach Airport partnered with Hawaiian Airlines to open a COVID-19 testing site for passengers traveling to Hawaii on Tuesday, Jan. 12, and plans to open a second site for all airline passengers on Saturday, Jan. 16. The drive-through lab...

JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) and American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) announced their strategic alliance is moving ahead following review by the Department of Transportation (DOT). Both carriers will begin implementing key aspects of this innovative and customer-focused alliance in phases,...

Delta Air Lines has made changes to its commercial and operations leadership within its cargo division. Effective immediately, the carrier has appointed Jannie Davel into the role of managing director, commercial, and has also promoted Vishal Bhatnagar to managing director,...

Emirates has announced it will resume non-stop services to Seattle (from 1st February), Dallas and San Francisco (from 2nd March), offering its customers seamless connectivity via Dubai to and from popular destinations in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The...

The consulting firm OAG predicts that the Latin American airline industry will have a reduction in the recovery of its capacity within the next few weeks, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the second and third...