Aviation News - 2021 Archive - Page 5

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that the Single European Sky (SES) project to reform Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) system faces collapse if European states do not support the European Commission’s (EC) proposals to reboot the stalled initiative.

United is the only airline that allows customers to upload vaccine results within its mobile app and website through the airline’s Travel-Ready Center

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced an agreement with Eurofins to incorporate its worldwide COVID-19 testing network into IATA Travel Pass.

Available immediately on all Eurowings flights from Germany to Spain: Eurowings is integrating a new offer for particularly flexible, time-saving and safe travel in times of Corona. Passengers flying from Germany to Spain can now use the new health data solution “myHealth Docs” to conveniently check with just a few clicks whether they have all the necessary entry documents for their upcoming flight – such as an online registration as well as a negative Corona test.

The International Air Transport Association, (IATA), has said that air freight demand is continuing to out-perform pre-Covid-19 levels.

In the run up to World Health Day (7 April), Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported more than 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on its flights.

As of today, all international arrivals in Germany will be required to hold a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival. The move has been brought in to attempt to curb the importation of new COVID-19 cases and variants ahead of an expected surge in Easter travel.

Airlines for Europe (A4E) welcomed today’s decision by the European Parliament to fast-track the European Commission’s Digital Green Certificates proposal using an Urgent Procedure. A positive decision by the European Council later today would set in motion a vote on the certificates by the end of April, facilitating the European Commission’s plan to have the certificates operational by June.

Travelers coming to the United States or flying internationally will soon be exchanging their paper proof of a coronavirus vaccination or negative test for a digital passport.

Oman Air has been certified IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators for Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma), confirming the airline’s capabilities for safeguarding the integrity of time- and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products from point of origin to destination.