Africa airline industry lost $55 bn from virus shutdowns
Africa's travel and tourism industry has lost $55-billion due to the closure of borders to limit the spread of coronavirus, the African Union said Thursday.
Jul 2, 2020
0
8
Business
Page 7 - News tagged with internal organs
Business
UN agency cuts airlines some slack on CO2 emissions
The UN agency overseeing international aviation cut the COVID-hit industry some slack this week by modifying a landmark scheme to curb the sector's CO2 emissions.
Jul 1, 2020
0
6
Business
Aviation needs confidence to take off again: industry chief
The coronavirus pandemic has dealt airlines an unprecedented blow—to get back in business they will have to reinstill confidence in travellers and avoid a patchwork of restrictions, says the head of the industry's trade ...
May 20, 2020
0
5
Business
Coronavirus buffets Air France as 2019 profits dive
French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM said Thursday the coronavirus has blown a large hole in 2020 earnings to date while separately unveiling lower profits for 2019.
Feb 20, 2020
0
80
Lufthansa cancels China flights through to late March
German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it would prolong its suspension of flights to the Chinese mainland until March 28 over the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Feb 14, 2020
0
0
Other
Flying the safer skies
In Atlanta, where the world's busiest airport fields thousands of flights each day, applied linguistics professor Eric Friginal is working to improve communication and safety in global travel. Friginal recently co-authored ...
Jan 23, 2020
0
3
