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The nightmare year of 2020 brought the airline industry’s first decade of sustained profitability to a shuddering halt. The coronavirus pandemic tore through in a tumultuous, unprecedented way, leaving carriers in a deep hole, along with a constellation of aerospace manufacturers, airports and leasing firms.
2021 is shaping up to be a transition year for an enterprise that takes passengers on the equivalent of 208 million annual trips around the globe. At best, the path ahead will be bumpy, with progress toward a return to travel dependent on the pace of vaccine roll-outs, access to capital, government policies and the unpredictability of a virus that’s not yet fully understood. Still, there will be leaps, including the first commercial flights to nea
By Pilar Wolfsteller2020-12-24T18:00:00+00:00
United Airlines will begin requiring US-bound passengers from the UK to show proof of a negative coronavirus test result as a more virulent strain of the virus continues to tear across southern England.
The Chicago-based carrier says on 24 December that from 28 December, all travellers on the carrier’s flights from London’s Heathrow airport will be required to present a negative test result that is no older than 72h. It is also offering same-day testing at the airport.
Source: United Airlines
United will require proof of a negative test for all inbound passengers from the UK
Despite progress, backups persist on Christmas Eve at Port of Dover
Lizzy Burden, Deirdre Hipwell and Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg
Dec. 24, 2020
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Trucks and vehicles sit in stationary traffic on the access road toward the Port of Dover in Dover, England, on Dec. 23, 2020. Routes to Dover, Britain s busiest cross-channel port, have been choked for days after France shut its border with Britain, blaming an outbreak of a novel strain of the coronavirus.Bloomberg photo by Chris Ratcliffe
Britain s main trucking gateway to the European Union remained backed up for a fifth day, despite progress moving traffic through the Port of Dover.
By Pilar Wolfsteller2020-12-22T01:13:00+00:00
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways are joining British Airways in implementing pre-departure Covid-19 testing for passengers booked on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States.
The testing is in response to a new, even more highly contagious variant of the coronavirus, currently tearing across southern England.
Following an appeal by New York state governor Andrew Cuomo earlier in the day, on 21 December all three carriers confirmed that they will be introducing the testing programmes this week for their customers arriving at New York’s John F Kennedy International airport, but also to other US destinations as well.
The Straits Times
Thousands of drivers, many from across Europe, have been stuck for days in southern England.PHOTO: AFP
UpdatedDec 23, 2020, 11:10 pm
PublishedDec 22, 2020, 5:07 pm SGT
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