Lufthansa Cargo airlifts 80 tonnes of fruit and vegetables to the United Kingdom amid Brexit/COVID-19 chaos

23 December 2020

Lufthansa is airlifting fruit and vegetables to the United Kingdom as several firms are looking into other solutions for the…

Lufthansa and pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit agree on pilots’ contributions until 31 March 2022

23 December 2020

Agreement reached on crisis measures and job security until 31 March 2022 for 5,000 Lufthansa pilots Structural cost reduction still…

Singapore Airlines starts trials on digital verification of Covid-19 test results and vaccination information based on IATA Travel Pass

23 December 2020

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started trials on a new digital health verification process, which will be the first in the…

Dubai receives first batch of Covid-19 vaccines on Emirates flight from Brussels

23 December 2020

Dubai has received the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines transported from Brussels to Dubai on an Emirates SkyCargo flight.…

Frankfurt airport tug damages Ural Airlines Airbus A321neo

23 December 2020

On 20 December, a Ural Airlines Airbus A321neo (registered VP-BOQ) operated a flight to/from Frankfurt Airport, Germany. The parked aircraft,…

American teen jailed two months for ditching quarantine on Cayman Islands

23 December 2020

Skylar Mack, an American teen and student at Mercer University in Georgia who was sentenced to four months in jail…

Aerial footage shows scale of massive lorry park at Manston airport, United Kingdom

23 December 2020

Two thousand trucks (lorries) are stranded on the tarmac of Manston Airport, a closed airport near Ramsgate, United Kingdom as…

Brussels Airlines and two-starred chef Tim Boury renew collaboration for 2021 to offer Belgian cuisine on intercontinental flights

23 December 2020

In 2021, Brussels Airlines will continue its successful culinary collaboration with Belgian chef Tim Boury of Restaurant Boury(**) in Roeselare.…

[UPDATED] Swissport wins 7-year handling contract for Switzerland with airlines of the Lufthansa Group (except Brussels Airlines)

23 December 2020

Swissport has been awarded a major long-term contract by the Lufthansa Group for Switzerland. The new contract secures significant business…

European Commission adopts Recommendation on EU coordinated approach to travel and transport in response to new variant of coronavirus in the UK

22 December 2020

Following the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in parts of England, of which a large proportion belongs to a new…