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Airports deploy rapid virus tests, sniffer dogs to unlock travel
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/09/2020
» LONDON: A handful of European airports are implementing trials of quick-fire coronavirus tests, working with airlines to push technologies still being developed as a way to revive stunted international air travel.
Italy tests lockdown; global cases near 110,000: Virus update
Published on 09/03/2020
» Italy started its first working day after a government decree sought to curb movement within the country’s financial hub. Germany plans to boost investment to help its economy and the Trump administration is drafting measures to blunt the economic fallout from the outbreak.
Flight test
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/07/2019
» Carsten Spohr was named Manager of the Year in 2017 by Manager Magazin in Germany when Lufthansa's profit hit a record high and its share price jumped 150%. Two years later, he finds his skills being tested to the limit after issuing a second profit warning in six months. While the airline is on track for an operating profit of 2 billion euros this year, it is 25% below analysts' forecasts.
Sky-high WiFi set to go far and wide
Business, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 27/06/2018
» Air passengers putting their phones and tablets on flight mode are set to be a thing of the past as on-board WiFi service becomes the rule rather than the exception in the hugely lucrative connectivity industry, says an executive at Inmarsat, the British provider of global mobile satellite communications.
Analysts: BA needs charm offensive
Business, Reuters, Published on 31/05/2017
» LONDON/BERLIN: British Airways must turn its attention to repairing its brand after a weekend of chaos and criticism caused by a major IT outage that grounded flights from London's two main airports.
Eurowings declares long-haul services a hit
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 18/10/2016
» The performance of Eurowings' Thailand-Germany sector so far has shown that the long-haul low-cost carrier business concept works.
THAI seeks more from partners
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 13/06/2016
» Thai Airways International (THAI) has begun to tackle one of its weaknesses -- weak revenue from its airline partners.
Travel Blog Exchange Asia
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/10/2015
» The first Travel Blog Exchange Asia (TBEX Asia) starts this evening at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.
Thai Smile aims to shed LCC image
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 17/09/2015
» Thai Smile has initiated moves to shed its image as a budget carrier for the realm of full-service operator.
A350 begins first commercial flight
Published on 15/01/2015
» DOHA — The world's newest jetliner, the Airbus A350, took to the skies Thursday carrying its first paying passengers from the Gulf Arab nation of Qatar.