All three passenger airlines within the SIA Group are among the first carriers in the world to operate flights with a full complement of vaccinated pilots and cabin crew. The first fully immunised services onboard Singapore Airlines (SIA), SilkAir and Scoot have all now departed. SIA flight SQ956, which departed Singapore for Jakarta earlier, joins […]
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09
Oct
Oct
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has sought to demonstrate the low incidence of in-flight Covid-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases. Since the start of 2020 there have been 44 cases of Covid-19 reported in which transmission is thought to have been associated with a flight journey (inclusive of confirmed, probable and […]
08
Aug
Aug
A total of 37 crew members and 16 guests have now tested positive for Covid-19 onboard MS Roald Amundsen, according to figures from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The Hurtigruten operated ship is currently moored in Tromsø, Norway, as authorities try to contain the outbreak. Cases were first reported last weekend, with the line […]
03
Aug
Aug
An outbreak of Covid-19 on a Hurtigruten cruise ship in Tromsø, Norway, is likely to cause further unease among passengers as the industry seeks to rebuild confidence. Four crew on expedition ship MS Roald Amundsen were confirmed as having the virus on Friday, and were taken to hospital. All 158 crew members on the ship […]