International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general, Willie Walsh, said overnight governments needed to consider alternatives to closing borders in response to COVID-19. Read More »

Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) chairman, Peter Seah, has told shareholders the last year was the singularly most challenging 12 months in the history of the airline. Read More »

Japan Airlines (JAL) has removed another 4,238 flights from its domestic schedule as the rise in COVID-19 infections impacts demand across the country. Read More »

AirAsia Group said in a regulatory filing to the Bursa Malaysia it had reached a US$50 million agreement to buy the Thailand-based businesses of services and payments platform company Gojek. Read More »

Indian international carrier, Vistara, has commenced direct flights between Delhi and Tokyo Haneda. Read More »

Qantas Group’s long-haul pilots have described the toll on their mental health from being stood down for extended periods due to COVID-19 in correspondence on the airline's internal communications system, reports Matt O'Sullivan in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. Read More »

Descartes Systems Group said in a statement it would supply its core blue tooth low energy readers, tags and network for Cathay Pacific Cargo's ultra-track cargo tracking service. Read More »