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International & Aviation News (Credits: Business Travel News) Health screening at Heathrow Heathrow is set to introduce trial screening in immigration at Terminal 2 later this week. In a statement released over the weekend it once again emphasised that a blanket quarantine approach would prolong economic uncertainty (see COMMENT and Heat… Read more COMMENT: Fourteen-day quarantine for travellers Utter nonsense! The fact that the Government prevaricated over the introduction of the lockdown may have been a contributory factor in the terrible loss of life for the United Kingdom due to Covid-19. We shall never know. Certainly the … Read more CAA airport statistics for March New figures out. Airlines too for February. The Civil Aviation Authority has now published the airport statistics for March which show a dramatic fall in passenger throughput and actual aircraft movements. April will be even more dramatic. Read more America and facemasks The airlines of the United States are not in unison regarding the wearing of facemasks. Southwest Airlines has told flight crews not to stop passengers from boarding if they refuse to wear a mask according to an internal memo obtained by CNN. … Read more ON TOUR: Propliner Annual 2020 A fine nostalgic read in difficult times. In January 1979 Braniff introduced Concorde on what we would now call ‘branded’ services between Washington and Dallas, Air France and BA aircraft originating in Paris and London. Over the US t… Read more Singapore takes Skytrax – again “The Awards bring some cheer into the industry at a difficult time.” It is becoming something of a bore but for the eighth year in a row, Changi Airport (Singapore) has become the world’s best airport according to Skytrax. No lavish ce… Read more Paris takes top award The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) published its annual country and city rankings of the most popular destinations for international meetings. For the second year in a row, Paris has taken the top spot, pulling further ahead of othe… Read more Willie Walsh viewing figures – And more And where is Alex Cruz? Last Monday (11 May) BBC Parliament drew an average audience of 16k viewers with a 0.2% share of the total available audience watching TV at that time across the two-hour slot from 10:00 until 12:00. It had a reach of… Read more BA Cityflyer? London City Airport (LCY) is the only large British airport that is closed. No date yet for a reopening although 1 July has been rumoured and a visit to the BA website shows flights actually for today! In a statement last week the pilots unio… Read more Business aviation update Biggin Hill stays open. In spite of some high-profile flights global business jet aviation activity is down by 58% so far in May, compared to the same period of the month last year, according to US-based WingX`s weekly Global Market Tracker publish… Read more General Aviation flies on Updated government coronavirus advice means that recreational General Aviation (GA) flying is now allowed in England. In practice this means that only solo flights, or flights where everyone is from the same household, are permitted. Private … Read more Tarmac dismantles aircraft Not to be confused with a British company founded in 1904 and identified with road surfaces, rather like tannoy for loudspeakers, Tarmac Aerosave services and maintains and dismantles aircraft and claims to be the largest of its type in Europe. Est… Read more IATA – worrying statistics A new survey by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows that the majority of air travellers will not take a trip if it involves a 14-day quarantine period. Countries have introduced quarantine requirements for arriving passengers, … Read more Heathrow’s dreadful April Europe’s busiest airport, Heathrow, has published its April traffic figures which show passenger numbers were down 97%. The airport moved just 200,000 people in the entire month – the same number it would typically serve in just one day… Read more Ryanair Europe’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair intends to operate a daily schedule of almost 1,000 flights from 1 July with service from “most” of its 80 bases across the continent. Since mid-March when lockdown restrictions were… Read more Air France is cool Temperature checks are being progressively implemented on every Air France flight. These are carried out with contactless infrared thermometers. All customers with a body temperature below 38°C will be allowed to travel unless showing oth… Read more Flights to the States The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has published its provisional findings ‘UK to US’ part of the transatlantic joint venture operated by British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia, Finnair and (soon) Aer Lingus. It is probably the … Read more Government transport guidance With Transport Minister Grant Shapps doing the rounds of the TV stations (from home) the Government issued new guidelines for travel last Wednesday (13 May). Mr Shapps emphasised the need to give confidence to both passengers and the operators. His vague wor… Read more London and travel The Thameslink services through Kings Cross/St Pancras that help to join travellers between the north and south London conurbations, and links Gatwick and Luton airports, has a new timetable. Overnight Thameslink services will operate on some routes. Read more Australia to the UK A big battle is looming up for travel between the United Kingdom and Australia once the shadow of Covid-19 is lifted. The routes were in the past the blue ribbon preserve of British Airways (BOAC) and Qantas. It has in more recent times come … Read more

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Health screening at Heathrow

Heathrow is set to introduce trial screening in immigration at Terminal 2 later this week.

In a statement released over the weekend it once again emphasised that a blanket quarantine approach would prolong economic uncertainty (see COMMENT and Heat…

Read more
COMMENT: Fourteen-day quarantine for travellers

Utter nonsense!

The fact that the Government prevaricated over the introduction of the lockdown may have been a contributory factor in the terrible loss of life for the United Kingdom due to Covid-19. We shall never know. Certainly the …

Read more
CAA airport statistics for March

New figures out. Airlines too for February.

The Civil Aviation Authority has now published the airport statistics for March which show a dramatic fall in passenger throughput and actual aircraft movements. April will be even more dramatic.
Read more
America and facemasks

The airlines of the United States are not in unison regarding the wearing of facemasks.

Southwest Airlines has told flight crews not to stop passengers from boarding if they refuse to wear a mask according to an internal memo obtained by CNN.
…

Read more
ON TOUR: Propliner Annual 2020

A fine nostalgic read in difficult times.
In January 1979 Braniff introduced Concorde on what we would now call ‘branded’ services between Washington and Dallas, Air France and BA aircraft originating in Paris and London. Over the US t…

Read more
Singapore takes Skytrax – again

“The Awards bring some cheer into the industry at a difficult time.” It is becoming something of a bore but for the eighth year in a row, Changi Airport (Singapore) has become the world’s best airport according to Skytrax. No lavish ce…

Read more
Paris takes top award

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) published its annual country and city rankings of the most popular destinations for international meetings. For the second year in a row, Paris has taken the top spot, pulling further ahead of othe…

Read more
Willie Walsh viewing figures – And more

And where is Alex Cruz?

Last Monday (11 May) BBC Parliament drew an average audience of 16k viewers with a 0.2% share of the total available audience watching TV at that time across the two-hour slot from 10:00 until 12:00. It had a reach of…

Read more
BA Cityflyer?

London City Airport (LCY) is the only large British airport that is closed. No date yet for a reopening although 1 July has been rumoured and a visit to the BA website shows flights actually for today!

In a statement last week the pilots unio…

Read more
Business aviation update

Biggin Hill stays open.

In spite of some high-profile flights global business jet aviation activity is down by 58% so far in May, compared to the same period of the month last year, according to US-based WingX`s weekly Global Market Tracker publish…

Read more
General Aviation flies on

Updated government coronavirus advice means that recreational General Aviation (GA) flying is now allowed in England.

In practice this means that only solo flights, or flights where everyone is from the same household, are permitted. Private …

Read more
Tarmac dismantles aircraft

Not to be confused with a British company founded in 1904 and identified with road surfaces, rather like tannoy for loudspeakers, Tarmac Aerosave services and maintains and dismantles aircraft and claims to be the largest of its type in Europe.

Est…

Read more
IATA – worrying statistics

A new survey by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows that the majority of air travellers will not take a trip if it involves a 14-day quarantine period.

Countries have introduced quarantine requirements for arriving passengers, …

Read more
Heathrow’s dreadful April

Europe’s busiest airport, Heathrow, has published its April traffic figures which show passenger numbers were down 97%.

The airport moved just 200,000 people in the entire month – the same number it would typically serve in just one day…

Read more
Ryanair

Europe’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair intends to operate a daily schedule of almost 1,000 flights from 1 July with service from “most” of its 80 bases across the continent.

Since mid-March when lockdown restrictions were…

Read more
Air France is cool

Temperature checks are being progressively implemented on every Air France flight. These are carried out with contactless infrared thermometers.

All customers with a body temperature below 38°C will be allowed to travel unless showing oth…

Read more
Flights to the States

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has published its provisional findings ‘UK to US’ part of the transatlantic joint venture operated by British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia, Finnair and (soon) Aer Lingus. It is probably the …

Read more
Government transport guidance

With Transport Minister Grant Shapps doing the rounds of the TV stations (from home) the Government issued new guidelines for travel last Wednesday (13 May). Mr Shapps emphasised the need to give confidence to both passengers and the operators. His vague wor…

Read more
London and travel

The Thameslink services through Kings Cross/St Pancras that help to join travellers between the north and south London conurbations, and links Gatwick and Luton airports, has a new timetable. Overnight Thameslink services will operate on some routes.
Read more
Australia to the UK

A big battle is looming up for travel between the United Kingdom and Australia once the shadow of Covid-19 is lifted.

The routes were in the past the blue ribbon preserve of British Airways (BOAC) and Qantas. It has in more recent times come …

Read more

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