Qantas makes successful trial of COVID app
CommonPass app verifies passenger COVID information
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Delta debuts contactless payment onboard
The airline is investing in touchless features throughout the travel journey and testing digital seatback menus on select international flights. Starting March 16, tap-to-pay technology will enable contactless payment for onboard purchases. Passengers will be able to purchase earbuds on board using their mobile devices or…
British Airways sells passengers discounted Covid-19 test kits
British Airways passengers can buy global antigen tests at a discounted price of £33. The rapid test kits can be ordered to any UK address. As the kits are portable, passengers can take them with them abroad, in preparation for…
Iberia trialling VeriFLY on flights to US
Follows oneworld partners, American and British Airways
Air Côte d’Ivoire receives its first Airbus A320neo
Will be used to serve Senegal, Gabon, and Cameroon
Qatar Airways plans touchless inflight entertainment
Will offer option across A350 fleet
CBP expands facial recognition to Preclearance from Canada
The U.S. Simplified Arrival process uses facial recognition for foreigners
TUI fly Belgium flies first 737 MAX in Europe since 2019
TUI fly Belgium is the first airline to fly the Boeing 737 MAX in Europe since the grounding of the aircraft in March 2019. The first flight was a 737 MAX 8 from Brussels to Malaga and Alicante today, 17…
British Airways to trial VeriFLY on UK inbound flights
App certifies test certificates and travel documents
United Airlines restarts 737 MAX flights
United Airlines is the second U.S. airline, after American, to restart flights with the Boeing 737 MAX. The airline used the aircraft on a flight between Denver and Houston on 11 February. The same day, the MAX operated flights between…
JetBlue unveils Mint Studio for London flights
US airline hope to fly to Heathrow
Air Peace receives its first Embraer E195-E2
First E2 for the African Continent
Delta to use facial recognition for domestic passengers
Beginning this month, Delta will start using facial recognition for passengers on U.S. domestic flights out of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). It means that passengers can use their digital identity in place of a physical ID and boarding…
Alaska offers health app to international passengers
Alaska Airlines is now offering the VeriFLY app for international passengers flying to the U.S. VeriFLY is a mobile app that acts as a digital health passport. It allows for real-time verification of COVID-related credentials, like health questionnaires and diagnostic…
Emirates touchless self check-in kiosks at Dubai
Emirates’ self-check-in and bag drop kiosks at Dubai International (DXB), have now gone touchless further enhancing the smart contactless journey for passengers travelling from Dubai. The 16 check-in kiosks and 32 self-service bag drop machines can be controlled completely by personal mobile devices…
British Airways trials travel health app called VeriFLY
0ffers passengers a simple way to confirm their destination’s COVID-19 requirements
Gulf Air operates first flight from new Bahrain terminal
Opportunity for Bahrain to be a hub like others in region
Minneapolis starts biometric checks for international arrivals
CBP is now checking and storing biometrics from passengers arriving on international flights at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport (MSP). The Simplified Arrival process uses facial recognition to check U.S. and non-U.S. passengers. The facial recognition biometric checks automate the manual…
Milwaukee Mitchell introduces 3D security and ID scanners
A state-of-the-art advanced technology Computed Tomography (CT) checkpoint scanner that uses 3-D imaging and seven credential authentication technology (CAT) units are now in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE). Computed Tomography (CT)…
Alaska Airlines takes delivery of its first Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft
Starts passenger service on March 1
