Category - airlines

First international passenger flight flies out of Kabul airport

Qatari and Turkish technical teams have helped restore operations at the airport, which was damaged during the chaotic evacuations of tens of thousands of people to meet the US troop withdrawal deadline of August 31. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Aeroflot requires Pilots to be vaccinated

Six pilots working for Russia's main international airline have been grounded and suspended from duty under rules allowing companies to effectively dismiss staff who refuse to sign up for a vaccine against COVID-19 virus. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Europe’s summer air travel recovery fails

The countries which fared worst were those which rely more on long haul tourism, such as France and Italy and those which imposed the most onerous and volatile travel restrictions such as the UK, which languished at the bottom of the list, achieving just 14.3% of 2019 levels. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

Prepare for lines when you fly from London Heathrow

Some Heathrow passengers were reporting absolutely absurd queue times due to a Border Force staff shortage which kept travelers waiting in lines for five hours. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

American Airlines unvaxxed staff who get COVID are on their own

American Airlines' new policy means unvaccinated employees who come down with COVID-19 must use their own sick days for any time that they need to take off from work. This puts an end to the special pandemic leave American had set in place after the coronavirus first came into play – for the unvaxxed, that is. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

4 people killed in Connecticut plane crash

Four people were onboard the plane, reportedly a Cessna Citation business jet, according to information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

How is China Southern Airlines weathering the COVID-19 storm?

The Senior Air Transport Editor for Aviation Week, Adrian Scofield, had the distinct privilege of speaking with China Southern Airlines Senior Vice President for International and Corporate Relations, Guoxiang Wu. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online