Melbourne Airport has announced its commitment to ensuring all front of house hospitality venues and lounges are single-use plastic free by the end of 2021.


Melbourne Airport has announced its commitment to ensuring all front of house hospitality venues and lounges are single-use plastic free by the end of 2021.

Once labs have joined the IATA Travel Pass Lab network, passengers will be able to use the lab for COVID-19 testing prior to travel.

Gatwick Airport CEO Stewart Wingate shares more about the airport’s recovery strategy and his plans to re-launch airport operations with new approaches for the future.

Using the new FlyReady tool, customers travelling between the UK and the US will be able to upload negative COVID-19 test certificates for upcoming flights.

The agreement is aimed at accelerating the availability of biometric self-service touchpoints across Star Alliance’s member airlines.

Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines have announced new partnerships with UK air taxi company Vertical Aerospace to drive zero emissions air travel.

Lufthansa has partnered with Fraport and CENTOGENE to offer passengers a new drive-through COVID-19 test and bag drop-off service at Frankfurt Airport.

The first FTE APEX Women in Aviation Leadership Summit brought together a panel of industry leaders who discussed gender diversity and equality in aviation.

Apple has announced an upcoming update to its Wallet app that will enable customers to use their mobile device as a digital identification in select US airports.

United has signed agreement to purchase 15 of Boom’s Overture airliners, which are expected to halve travel times and run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

The second phase of the FTE APEX Business Model Transformation Think Tank was presented last week during FTE APEX Virtual Expo 2021.

The European Union Digital COVID Certificate has gone live with seven EU Member States a month ahead of the deadline for its implementation.

The new services include the introduction of unlimited Wi-Fi, contactless F&B pre-order, portable mobile chargers and new digital kiosks.

The new gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal feature enhanced Wi-Fi, touchscreen kiosks, biometrics and advanced baggage handling and boarding systems.

British Airways has announced that it will start trials of the IATA Travel Pass, on flights from Heathrow to Geneva and Zurich from 1 June.

Singapore Airlines is calling out to all startups and scaleups from around the world to participate in the AppChallenge 2021.
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