Aviation

Bloomberg Thailand will increase a mandatory quarantine period for all arrivals to two weeks in a setback to the country’s previous plans of gradually reopening its borders to foreign visitors. The Southeast Asian nation reduced the timeframe to seven days for vaccinated tourists and ten days for most others in a bid to boost its tourism sector. But the latest ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG reined in capacity plans and London’s Heathrow airport lowered passenger forecasts as new waves of coronavirus infections dent prospects for a travel rebound by the start of summer. Lufthansa now expects to offer only 40% of its pre-pandemic capacity for 2021 as a whole, according to a statement, a figure that’s below the level it has ...

Bloomberg Passengers on airplanes, buses and railroads in the US will have to keep wearing masks to guard against the spread of Covid-19 as federal officials extended a mandate that was set to expire within days through the busy summer travel season. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it was extending the mandate through September 13. The move is in ...

Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd said places tipped to be on a UK list of destinations set to reopen from mid-May could bring back a significant portion of its pre-coronavirus business, shrinking losses this year. The US, Israel and the Caribbean accounted for 80% of Virgin Atlantic’s 2019 network and could all feature on the list set to be revealed ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co is facing an audit to determine why changes in its manufacturing practices on the 737 Max led to a hazard that went unnoticed for almost two years. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which oversees Boeing and has meted out multiple civil penalties against the planemaker in recent years, said in a statement that it is also investigating ...

Bloomberg ANA Holdings Inc issued a surprise profit outlook for the fiscal year, even as international air travel to and from Japan remains limited and countries across the globe recover from the pandemic at different speeds. Operating profit for the year through March 2022 will be 28 billion yen ($257 million), Japan’s No. 1 carrier said in a statement, seeking ...

Bloomberg South Africa is in the final stage of negotiations with a potential investor for its grounded flag carrier, a move that would give the airline a boost just as it emerges from bankruptcy protection. The deal will bring capital and “much-needed technical and commercial expertise” to South African Airways (SAA), the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) said in a ...

Bloomberg International and domestic airlines are adding flights out of India to bring home residents and citizens as the nation’s coronavirus outbreak goes from bad to worse. Air India Ltd plans to increase its weekly frequency of flights to the US to 32 starting May 11, up from the current 29. That compares with about 33 weekly flights before Covid. ...

Bloomberg Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in many corners of the world, places that have successfully vaccinated a substantial share of the population are plotting the next step: how to let people start traveling again, whether for beach vacations or board meetings. By early summer, countries of the European Union and beyond aim to issue vaccine passports ...

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport will be allowed to increase airline fees on a limited basis to help it ride out the coronavirus crisis, the UK’s aviation regulator said. Heathrow can claw back 300 million pounds ($416 million) after submitting an application to recover 2.6 billion pounds, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. While its full request will be considered in ...