Aviation

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline is resuming service to Dubai further to the ending of the lock-down and its opening for leisure travelers as of July 8, 2020.

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has approved the second set of measures as part of its overall restructuring program in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

As demand for air travel picks up, AirAsia wishes to provide an update on its cabin baggage allowance effective 7 July 2020, where guests are allowed two (2) pieces of cabin baggage not exceeding a total of 7kg in weight. 

Eastern Airways has today confirmed the start date of Monday 17^th August 2020 for another new route from Southampton Airport to Dublin as part of its expansion plans at the south coast of England airport, with flights on-sale today.

Qantas has announced a program of events to farewell its last remaining Boeing 747 and provide Australians the opportunity to say goodbye to the much loved “Queen of the Skies” ahead of its retirement from the national carrier’s fleet.

United Airlines is tripling the size of its August schedule compared to its June 2020 schedule, adding nearly 25,000 domestic and international flights compared to July 2020, and plans to fly 40% of its overall schedule in August, as compared to August 2019.

oneworld® has launched an information portal to provide customers the latest updates on the health and well-being measures they can expect while traveling.

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, the capital’s first low-cost carrier, will take wings on July 14, 2020 with direct flights connecting Abu Dhabi with Alexandria and Sohag in Egypt.

Seychelles, the popular holiday destination in the Indian Ocean with a population of less than a hundred thousand inhabitants, as of August 1, 2020 will open its borders to commercial schedule flights, hence provide flexibility for visitors to travel to the islands.

Wizz Air, a leading low-cost carrier in Ukraine and the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced the opening of its new base in Lviv, which will be the second and the newest WIZZ base in Ukraine.

New-age carrier Vietjet has cooperated with Facebook to launch the tourism promotion programme namely "Immense Vietnam – Fly green with Vietjet".

Airports Council International (ACI) World data has revealed that global passenger traffic declined by an unprecedented -94.4% year-over-year in April as a result of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.

Virgin Australia is opening up more travel options for Australians, with the airline resuming domestic flights on 17 more routes, taking travellers to just under 30 local destinations by early August.