COVID-19

Randox launches vaccination authentication app

Randox, the UK’s largest diagnostics company, is launching the Randox CertiFly app to process and certify results for pre-departure and day two lateral flow tests.

Appetite to travel is high, new research finds

Research by travel IT specialist Amadeus has found that 77% of travellers want to travel in the next year, with Europe the top destination

IATA boss makes post-pandemic cargo call

IATA has urged the air cargo industry to work, post-COVID-19, with the same levels of cooperation as during the pandemic

CDC launches COVID-19 pilot at SFO

The CDC has launched a pilot programme at SFO to enable near-real-time detection of new COVID-19 variants among travellers entering the United States

BA adds ex-Red List countries to schedule

Following changes to the UK Government’s ‘Red List’, BA is resuming services and increasing frequencies to a number of destinations

Riga cargo flights continue to soar

The number of cargo flights serviced at Riga Airport continued to grow in September, showing a 56% increase over the same period in 2019

Six more airlines to implement IATA Travel Pass

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that six additional airlines are to use its IATA Travel Pass digital health certificate

Call for COVID cert standardisation

Flight Safety Foundation has issued a call for accelerated development of standardised digital health certificates

airBaltic unveils online COVID documentation checks

Latvian carrier airBaltic has launched an automatic COVID-19 travel document check for passengers on direct flights to Riga

Perth continues rollout of COVID-safe initiatives

In 2021, 5.9m people have so far travelled though the airport without a single COVID-19 breach