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- UNICEF gearing up for 'mammoth operation' to deliver COVID-19 vaccines globally
More than 350 logistics partners, including air freight operators, shipping lines and global logistics associations participated in the vir...
- Airlines set to lose $118.5 bn in 2020: IATA
Air cargo, a rare bright spot for the industry as the grounding of flights pushes freight prices higher, will likely see global revenue ris...
- Airlines need another $80 billion in aid to survive: IATA
While vaccine breakthroughs offer hope, a return to mass travel remains many months away, airlines say. Some will struggle to make it throu...
- Etihad flags more cabin crew job cuts, to keep Airbus A380s grounded
In the internal email, cabin crew were told those affected would be notified within 24 hours, without saying how many would lose their jobs...
- IndiGo begins using IATA Financial Gateway for billing, settlement in overseas point of sales
The facility, which is aimed at increasing distribution and making the sales process seamless, has come into effect from Wednesday (Novembe...
- Quarantine rules are affecting travel. Now, airlines working with WHO to replace it with Covid testing
Tests should ideally cost less than $10, IATA's Conrad Clifford said.
- Taiwan releases new passport design to distinguish it from China
The new cover repositions and significantly shrinks the words Republic of China (ROC), the country's official name, making them hard to see...
- Global airline industry will burn through USD 77 billion cash in second half of 2020: IATA
"The slow recovery in air travel will see the airline industry continuing to burn through cash at an average rate of USD 5 to USD 6 billion...
- Airlines warn of more bankruptcies as wage support ends
The call for increased support came as U.S. airlines begin furloughs of more than 32,000 workers amid fading hopes for a new federal bailou...
- View: Section 194-O of Income-Tax (I-T) Act would create difficulties for e-commerce cos
194-O’s approach of one-size-fits-all won’t work in India, considering existing sectoral complexities, underlying costs of compliance.
- How Covid-19’s made flying business class feel more like economy
International passenger demand was down 92% in July. The planes that were flying were typically about half full.
- Global airlines less hopeful on COVID-19 recovery
IATA cited slow virus containment in the United States and developing countries, and a weaker outlook for corporate travel are the reasons ...
- Global air travel expected to not recover before 2024, says IATA
"The industry is seeing a rebound from the depths of the shutdowns in April, but the bad new is that any increase "is barely visible," IATA...
- End game for oil? OPEC prepares for an age of dwindling demand
coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC.
- Passenger demand for air travel to contract by 49% for Indian airlines in 2020: IATA
The passenger demand for air travel will contract by 49 per cent this year for Indian carriers in comparison to last year due to the COVID-...
- Etihad Airways launches travel voucher offering 50% cash bonus
In a press release, Etihad said passengers can purchase the travel voucher, any time between June 10 and June 24, and they will get 50 per ...
- Airlines expected to lose $84.3 billion in 2020 globally: IATA
"Financially, 2020 will go down as the worst year in the history of aviation," IATA said.
- IATA says disappointed with India’s package to the aviation industry
Earlier this month, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 20 lakh crore package which included liquidity measures from the Res...
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