Category: AIRLINES

Planning an international trip? Get ready to show a negative coronavirus test to board your flight home

Headed to Mexico or the Caribbean for some sun and fun this winter or over spring break? Get ready to squeeze a coronavirus test into your pandemic vacation agenda. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that it would require airline passengers to show proof of a negative coronavirustest or recovery from COVID-19 before boarding an international

Goodbye cheap fares to Europe? Norwegian Air to end long-haul flights amid pandemic struggles

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said Thursday it will focus on European destinations and close its long-haul operations as it struggles with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and debt restructuring. The airline said it will “focus on its core Nordics business, operating a European short haul network with narrow body aircraft. Under these

Delta, United, American, Southwest ban checked firearms, increase security on flights to DC ahead of inauguration

Travelers boarding flights to Washington, D.C., ahead of the inauguration will not be allowed to check firearms on several airlines and face increased security measures on all carriers. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said early Thursday that the airline will ban passengers traveling to Washington, D.C. and by the end of the day, American,

COVID-19 exposure on flights is more common than you think. The US doesn’t share details, but Canada does

On the day after Christmas, passengers on a United Airlines flight from Denver to Calgary, Alberta, were potentially exposed to COVID-19. So were travelers on a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to Toronto, an Air Canada flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Montreal and 11 other international flights to Canada. The next day, another busy holiday

UK bans travel from South America, Portugal in light of new COVID-19 strain in Brazil

Hours after announcing it is banning travel from the whole of South America, the United Kingdom announced that beginning Monday, all travelers arriving at its airports must present a negative test and quarantine. LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is banning travel from the whole of South America and Portugal amid concerns over a new variant of the

US NTSB team arrives in Indonesia to join the investigation of Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 crash

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A team from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has arrived in Indonesia’s capital to join the investigation into the crash of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said Saturday. The team also comprises representatives from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing and General Electric. They joined

President Biden signs order mandating masks on planes: Will it reduce number of in-flight scofflaws?

President Joe Biden has promised a mask mandate on flights, trains and buses for months, and on Thursday, he made it a reality. “Today, we’ll be signing an additional executive action to extend masking requirements on interstate travel, like on trains, planes and buses,” he said during a televised address Thursday outlining his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Biden,
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