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Airlines carry freight, charter flights to survive Covid hit
By Anh Tu June 14, 2021 | 08:30 am GMT+7
Lychees are being transported in the passenger cabin on the Boeing 787-9. Photo by Vietnam Airlines.
Airlines have strengthened freight services and offer charter services and discounts on passenger fares as they seek to recover from the slump caused by Covid-19.
Vietnam Airlines recently converted one of its Boeing 787-9 aircraft to transport 40 tonnes of lychee from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.
Before the pandemic its Dreamliners had a busy schedule, flying to Europe, Australia and the ultra busy Hanoi-HCMC sector, and few thought lychees will replace passengers on the modern airplane with a capacity up to 270.
Singapore students will be the first in line, but quarantine-free travel is unlikely to begin before the majority of people in both nations are vaccinated.
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ANA starts trial of COVID-19 status app at Tokyo airport
May 24, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
A passenger, right, shows a smartphone to an All Nippon Airways ground staff member in a trial of the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass mobile app at Tokyo s Haneda airport on May 24, 2021. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) A major Japanese airline on Monday started a trial of a mobile app developed by a global industry body to certify passengers coronavirus status as part of efforts to help the revival of international travel. All Nippon Airways Co. will trial the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass on ANA s flights connecting Tokyo with Honolulu and New York until June 6. The smartphone app shows travelers polymerase chain reaction test results currently a condition of entry to most countries and vaccination status.