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India Covid: Covishield ‘not eligible’ for EU travel pass

India’s Covishield jab is not eligible for a European Union travel pass for vaccinated tourists, reports say. Covishield is the Indian-made version of AstraZeneca, which is eligible for the EU-wide pass or digital green certificate, set to launch on 1 July. While the latter has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the former doesn’t appear […]

United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029

By Chris Fox Technology reporter US airline United has announced plans to buy 15 new supersonic airliners and “return supersonic speeds to aviation” in the year 2029. Supersonic passenger flights ended in 2003 when Air France and British Airways retired Concorde. The new Overture aircraft will be produced by a Denver-based company called Boom, which […]

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Belarus plane: Lukashenko hits back at condemnation of journalist’s arrest

The president of Belarus has said his critics are “strangling” his country and waging “hybrid warfare”. Alexander Lukashenko told parliament common sense had been abandoned and “many red lines” crossed as Western countries imposed sanctions on Belarus. He was defending the move to forcibly divert a Ryanair plane, which was flying from Greece to Lithuania, […]

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Covid: First Australian repatriation flight from India lands in Darwin

Coronavirus pandemic Australia has carried out its first repatriation flight from India after ending its controversial travel ban from the Covid-hit country. The government said 80 people arrived in Darwin on Saturday, and would be quarantined for a fortnight. Their Qantas flight was originally scheduled to carry 150 people onboard. But 70 passengers were later […]

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No alternative to vaccine passports, says Dubai airport boss

By Jonathan Josephs Business reporter, BBC News Coronavirus pandemic The boss of the world’s busiest airport for international passengers has said Covid passports are the only way to restart mass foreign travel. Dubai Airports chief executive Paul Griffiths told the BBC: “I don’t think there is an alternative.” Critics of the digital systems argue they […]

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