Aviation

“The COVID-19 crisis has shaken the global economy and has massively impacted the country’s economic landscape and tourism industry as well as Vienna as an aviation hub.

Anyone booking a flight in the next few weeks on the Lufthansa Group Airlines Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Air Dolomiti can do so without any worries.

The disastrous effects of COVID-19 on the aviation industry have been plain to see, with many airlines facing financial devastation as a result.

Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited resumes its domestic flight today on Bangkok – Samui twice daily service with enhanced precautionary measures and social distancing practices in compliance with the Ministry of Public Health and the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand.

Qatar Airways will be resuming services to Brisbane, with three-weekly flights starting from 20 May.

Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, applauds the addition of a seventh annex to ASTM International’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) specification, D7566, which will further enable the use of SAF by the U.S. airlines.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released a new analysis showing that the damage to air travel from COVID-19 extends into the medium-term, with long-haul / international travel being the most severely impacted.

European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has called the latest quarantine measures imposed by the UK and Spain arduous and damaging to the recovery of air transport in Europe.

Air France is now progressively implementing temperature checks on departure from all its flights. These systematic checks will be carried out with contactless infrared thermometers.

Bangkok Airways enhances precautionary measures and social distancing practices on passenger service during COVID-19 pandemic to ensure safe travel and to help prevent the spread of the virus as well as to provide travel confidence to airline and airport customers for their health and wellbeing.