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Downturn pits costs against preparedness for traffic rebound.
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Air Transport Digest
 
 
As the global travel downturn led passenger airlines to park aircraft, flight operations departments faced a conundrum: how to cut costs immediately while keeping pilots ready to return promptly when demand improved.
 
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Ben Goldstein

IATA called on governments from around the world to remove travel restrictions for vaccinated passengers, arguing that “wildly inconsistent” entry requirements have stalled the global air transport industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
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Airline losses slowly reduce, Qantas and Emirates set to extend joint business partnership, U.S. airlines, as a federal contract, must vaccinate all workers and more. A roundup of air transport news.
 
Linda Blachly

In addition to reducing plastic usage and adopting environmentally friendly materials in the cabin, airlines are realizing that more must be done to tackle environmental sustainability issues such as corporate partnerships, as green deadlines approach. Here is a look at some current sustainability initiatives.
 
 
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