The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is set to give Boeing’s embattled 737 MAX the official green light to resume operations in Europe as soon as next week. The EASA is among the last of the major regulators to return the jet’s regulatory approval to fly, and comes just one day after its Canadian
UAE-based airlines Emirates and Etihad have both announced they will be among the first airlines to trial the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) new Travel Pass. The Travel Pass has been rolled out by IATA in an attempt to re-open international borders. The digital pass contains vital information on passenger’s past COVID-related medical history, including
Canadian authorities have confirmed they will lift the nearly two-year flight ban on the embattled Boeing 737 MAX from Wednesday, 20 January. Transport Canada stated in its announcement of the move that it had already issued an airworthiness directive to aircraft owners and operators, with the changes required to be implemented before the aircraft can
Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), intends to launch a new online information portal to better equip overseas arrivals for their entrance into Japan. Under current guidelines, anyone entering Japan is required to quarantine for a certain number of days and is prohibited from using public transportation, both upon their arrival and during their
Emirates announced on Monday it had started offering COVID-19 vaccines to its frontline employees, including pilots and cabin crew, while American Airlines has taken a different route. The airline has made both the Pfizer-BoNTech vaccine, and a second vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm, to all Dubai-based employees. Both vaccines are currently already approved
Ukraine has stated it may resume production of the unique Antonov-74 aircraft after nearly 17 years, in order to supply the plane to the country’s armed forces. The Soviet-era An-74 is a short-to-medium range light transport cargo and passenger aircraft, which made its debut flight in 1979. A total of 62 An-74 aircraft were produced
