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IATA health passport app to roll out with 20 airlines from March IATA health passport app to roll out with 20 airlines from March

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Montreal : Around 20 airlines from March will begin trialing an IATA app that allows passengers to securely store and share the Covid-19 vaccine and test records they need to travel internationally.
The industry body announced its digital heal...

15 February, 2021
Govts urged to focus on 'high-risk travellers', not 'high-risk countries' Govts urged to focus on 'high-risk travellers', not 'high-risk countries'

London: The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling for governments to abandon the concept of COVID-19 'high-risk countries' and instead focus on how individual 'high-risk travelers' are treated at borders. Entire populations are not infected, and should not...

15 February, 2021
Airline industry needs another USD 80bn to survive pandemic Airline industry needs another USD 80bn to survive pandemic

London: The world's airlines need another USD 70-80 billion of government support to get through the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. That's according to the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the trade association for the ...

01 February, 2021
Air travel down 60pc in 2020, aviation industry losses USD 370b : ICAO Air travel down 60pc in 2020, aviation industry losses USD 370b : ICAO

Montreal: Over the course of last year, a dramatic fall of 60 percent in international air travel had been witnessed by the UN's air transportation agency. This is due to the coronavirus pandemic that has battered the aviation and tourism industry all ov...

01 February, 2021