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More than half of the world s airline pilots are no longer flying for a living amid the plunge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey, and those that are still flying feel less valued by their employers.
A poll of nearly 2,600 pilots by UK-based GOOSE Recruitment and industry publication FlightGlobal, released on Thursday, found only 43% were doing the job they had trained for, with 30% unemployed, 17% furloughed and 10% in roles that didn t involve flying.
Many pilots who are still flying have faced deteriorating working conditions. Hong Kong s Cathay Pacific Airways, for example, instituted permanent pay cuts of up to 58%, and Turkish Airways and Singapore Airlines have temporarily lowered salaries.
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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).