Aviation News - 2021 Archive - Page 6

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be the world’s first airline to pilot the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass mobile application for digital health verification, starting with passengers travelling from Singapore to London from 15 to 28 March 2021.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released January 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand returned to pre-COVID levels (January 2019) for the first time since the onset of the crisis. January demand also showed strong month-to-month growth over December 2020 levels.

Global airline industry body IATA warned that the outlook for airlines has been weakened recently by tightening coronavirus restrictions but said it was preparing for a travel recovery later this year and would launch a digital travel pass in March.

On February 22, 2021, Air New Zealand announced the plan to test International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) travel pass, a “digital passport” that would help travelers to manage necessary health documentation throughout their journey.

UNICEF is today launching the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Under this landmark initiative, over 10 leading airlines^[1] are signing agreements with UNICEF to support the prioritisation of delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, essential medicines, medical devices and other critical supplies to respond to the pandemic.

Μπορεί το 2021 να ξεκίνησε άσχημα για τα αεροδρόμια του τόπου, αφού τον Ιανουάριο η επιβατική κίνηση κατέγραψε νέα διψήφια μείωση της τάξης του 90,5% σε σχέση με το 2020, ωστόσο οι προοπτικές παραμένουν ενθαρρυντικές για βελτίωση της κατάστασης φέτος, εξαιτίας κυρίως των αλλαγών που θα τεθούν από τον Μάρτιο σε ισχύ σε σχέση με την κατηγοριοποίηση των χωρών από τις οποίες θα δέχεται τουρίστες η Κύπρος.

Global air freight demand last year registered its steepest decline in demand since the International Air Transport Association (IATA) started to monitor cargo performance in 1990, the industry group reported Wednesday.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to partner with the air transport industry to devise plans to safely re-link people, business and economies when the COVID-19 epidemiological situation permits

Belgrade Airport’s accreditation, received as a result of the wide range of sanitary measures that have been put in place, compliments the other health accreditations obtained by VINCI Airports on its international network.