Coronavirus

Event originally slated for January has been rescheduled for April.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will require attendees at this year’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19. “For decades, the aviation industry has brought people together and transported them forward safely and responsibly,” NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said in a statement. “We are leveraging that […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. The director general of the International Air Transport Association acknowledged that the organization has not always valued cargo throughout its history, but also said the pandemic taught airline executives that shipping goods can be profitable with more focused service. “People probably haven’t fully appreciated the importance of […]

There was big disappointment in southern California’s aviation community this week as it was announced that the Los Angeles Air Show, scheduled to take place in Lancaster on October 23 and 24, has been canceled. “The mounting challenges of resurrecting an air show at William J. Fox Airfield, combined with numerous complications created by the […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Chinese restrictions to control a spike in COVID infections have severely curtailed cargo operations at several airports and reduced crew availability, forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights as the peak shipping season kicks into high gear in a sector already struggling to keep up with high […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. The robust recovery of U.S. domestic travel this summer increasingly looks like more of an outlier than a sign that airline bookings will continue unabated. Global airlines—and by default the air cargo industry that piggybacks on passenger flights—could face a bumpier recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic than […]

Unions representing airline pilots of two US airlines have responded to recently announced policies by their companies that require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. United Airlines told its 67,000 employees on Friday that they must be fully vaccinated by October 25 or five weeks after the Food and Drug Administration gives any COVID vaccine […]

Just when it seemed like the threat from the coronavirus was subsiding, fall turned to winter, and many of us were forced back inside. We soon got sick and tired of being cooped up. Our national mood seemed to be: enough already with the distancing, masks, 6-feet-apart thing. It soon became clear that people interpreted […]

The Centers for Disease Control will allow certain COVID home-testing kits for general aviation international arrivals, following a request from a consortium of GA user groups. The National Air Transportation Association (NATA), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), and National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) submitted the request for use of some home testing kits and […]

In April, the Los Angeles Unified School District reopened for in-person classes for the first time in more than a year. With 660,000 students and 63,000 staff at more than 1,300 schools, LAUSD comprises the second largest school district in the country. One of LAUSD’s requirements for reopening was access to rapid and extensive COVID-19 […]