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Airport chaos: European travel runs into pandemic cutbacks

After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up

The Independent UK

‘Air India’s future under Tatas positive, but not without challenges’

New CEO’s Singapore experience will help turn around airline, says IATA’s Willie Walsh

The Hindu

Hong Kong could start quarantine-free business travel corridor with China, advisers urge

HONG KONG: Hong Kong should aim for a quarantine-free business travel corridor as a precursor to a full-scale reopening of its borders, as the city's reconnection with mainland China and other parts of the world is ranked high among Beijing's priorities, government advisers have said.

Bangkok Post

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Airlines pledge to stabilise rocky recovery

DOHA: Global airlines wrapped up an annual summit on Tuesday by pledging to overcome operational problems that have marred the industry's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangkok Post

Airline industry predicts profit in 2023, defying slowdown

The airline industry will return to profit next year as pent-up demand for travel sustains bookings even as the global economy tightens, the International Air Transport Association trade group predicted.

Tribune News Service

Holiday travel adds pressure to stressed industry as more US flights canceled

Airlines, reeling from pilot and staff shortages and the effects of bad weather, have interrupted 19,000 flights since Thursday

The Guardian - US

Boris Johnson's COVID response 'a joke,' irked airline chief says

A leading airline industry official on Tuesday blasted British politicians for criticizing long airport lines and canceled flights once COVID-19 cases eased and in turn assailed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's own response to the pandemic.

Reuters

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Airline trade body blames recruitment approval delays for UK airports gridlock

Iata says approval times for new staff security clearances have more than tripled, driving potential employees away

The Guardian - UK

Fliers splurge on most expensive seats as travel restarts

More people are flying in more expensive cabins for leisure trips despite airfares rising on surging oil prices and demand, and that’s helped offset a slower recovery in business travel, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Tribune News Service

Summit guests ponder ways to revive floored aviation sector

Thailand has proposed a regional Covid-19 vaccine certificate as a means to facilitate travel between Asean countries.

Bangkok Post

Qatar Airways loses UK court bid to force Airbus to supply A321neo

Ruling means planemaker is free to market small jets elsewhere, but wider dispute continues

The Guardian - UK

An Easter sunshine rush won’t ensure a bright future for BA

Brits may be piling on to its planes again, but the flag carrier still has IT and ownership issues to tussle with

The Guardian - UK

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