American Airlines at London Heathrow Airport. Photo/Heathrow Airports Ltd.
State-backed Qatar Airways, whose owner is also Heathrow’s second-biggest shareholder, said the plan is “unreasonable, not in the consumer interest and should be rejected,” according to the report. The airline’s top executive, Akbar Al Baker, is a representative for the state of Qatar on Heathrow’s board of directors.
Heathrow’s demands to change a complex regulatory framework so it could recoup losses caused by the pandemic have been rejected by the Civil Aviation Authority, the newspaper said. A spokesman for Heathrow said the regulatory adjustment is needed to lower prices for consumers, according to the Telegraph.
Mbalula urges SA airlines to begin using Iata mobile travel pass The pass is a mobile application for travellers to help manage their verified certifications for COVID-19 tests and vaccines. FILE: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula at the Cape Town International Airport. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter
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CAPE TOWN - Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that local airlines should move to begin using the International Air Transport Association (Iata) mobile travel pass.
The pass is a mobile application for travellers to help manage their verified certifications for COVID-19 tests and vaccines.
The Civil Aviation Authority is virtually hosting the national aviation conference, where the app was discussed.
“Prior to the pandemic we had 4.5 billion passenger movements a year. We’ve probably shrunk to 500 million or a billion.
“People say we’ll never get back to that. I don’t believe that. We will recapture that curve during the course of 2022.”
The Emirates president said that the hub-and-spoke model, based in Dubai, would continue to work well in the future.
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