Dubai airport launches contactless technology
DUBAI – Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning. Now the key east-west transit hub is rolling … Continue reading Dubai airport launches contactless technology
BER: Passenger numbers have reached a new low
BERLIN – As a result of the pandemic and the ongoing lockdown, passenger traffic at Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt fell again last month. In February, 146,945 passengers were handled at the airport. That is around 60,000 fewer than in … Continue reading BER: Passenger numbers have reached a new low
U.S. airline industry request passenger data
WASHINGTON — The U.S. airline industry is pledging to expand the practice of asking passengers on flights to the United States for information that public health officials could use for contact tracing during the pandemic. Airlines for America, an industry … Continue reading U.S. airline industry request passenger data
Hong Kong lifts lockdown in Kowloon district
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government lifted a lockdown in an area of Kowloon district in the early hours of Monday after testing about 7,000 people for coronavirus to curb an outbreak in the densely populated area. The government … Continue reading Hong Kong lifts lockdown in Kowloon district
Indonesia: Sulawesi hit by Magnitude 6.3 earthquake
Jakarta – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the Sulawesi island of Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Thursday. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said. (Reuters)