HK may ban flights from Britain over fears of new virus strain
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published : 21 Dec 2020 at 14:18
10 A passenger walks at Fiumicino airport on Sunday after the Italian government announced all flights to and from the United Kingdom will be suspended over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus. Hong Kong plans to ban flights to the UK. (Reuters photo)
A ban on flights to Hong Kong from Britain is on the cards after a more infectious strain of Covid-19 was found in the country, sources said on Monday, with the government considering imposing an extra week of quarantine for arrivals.
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Aruba, the tiny Caribbean tourist destination, is the first country embrace and adopt a digital health passport platform. It may not be fruitful, however, since airlines are still waiting for global agreement behind a single standard.
Excitement has emerged around digital health passports that could begin to reopen international travel. The two leading contenders in development are CommonPass backed by the World Economic Forum and Travel Pass by International Air Transport Association (IATA). Both do essentially the same thing: generate a unique QR code with a travelers’ Covid-19 status for use when boarding a flight and arriving in another country. Backers of both solutions say the respective platforms can be tailored to adhere to any given country’s specific travel restrictions.
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Cathay Pacific expands cold storage as COVID-19 vaccine roll-out begins
FILE PHOTO: A Cathay Pacific aircraft is seen in front of an air traffic control tower at the Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong on Oct 24, 2020. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu)
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong s Cathay Pacific Airways is expanding its cold storage facilities at its cargo terminal to allow it to temporarily hold more than 8.6 million vaccine doses a day as countries begin approving COVID-19 vaccines.
Its current capacity is about 7.1 million doses and a new cold storage room will allow for a further 1.5 million doses, Cathay Director Cargo Tom Owen said in a newsletter on Friday (Dec 18).
Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020 11:02 PM MYT
MAHB said passenger movement at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) recorded a decline of 97.8 per cent YoY to 113,000 in November, while klia2 recorded 31,000 passengers, a decline of 98.8 per cent YoY. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 Passenger movement at Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s network of airports declined 84.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to 1.8 million for November 2020, against 11.55 million previously with the extension of the conditional movement control order (CMCO).
Domestic passenger movement declined 78.3 per cent YoY to 1.3 million in the month under review, while international passenger movement dropped 90.6 per cent YoY to merely 0.5 million passengers.