Over the past five days, I’ve been in the US, having flown LHR – DFW and back. Obviously both the UK and US have Covid border policies and entry procedures, and so rather than produce a standard trip report, I’ve distilled what I found and saw into five insights: 1 – Paper causes delays British … Read more
In this series, we’re taking a closer look at the airlines that have been certified under the APEX Health Safety powered by SimpliFlying programme. We believe that health safety is about cooperation, not competition, so our goal is to share some of the most interesting and unique approaches to airline health safety. Over a year … Read more
Over the weekend in the UK, the host of the BBC’s flagship politics programme, Andrew Marr revealed that he’d had Covid despite being double-jabbed. A number of sensational headlines appeared – how could it be that Marr still got sick despite being vaccinated? Marr is a 61 year old man who as a former … Read more
It’s clear that sustainability has become an increasingly important part of an airline’s brand proposition. Many – including Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines and Austrian, among others – used World Environment Day on 4th June to communicate the steps they’re taking to protect the environment, from improving fuel efficiency to providing passengers with natural, sustainable amenities. … Read more
In this series, we’re taking a closer look at the airlines that have been certified under the APEX Health Safety powered by SimpliFlying programme. We believe that health safety is about cooperation, not competition, so our goal is to share some of the most interesting and unique approaches to airline health safety. The prospect of … Read more
During the FTE APEX Virtual Expo, taking place May 25-26, delegates will be able to watch SimpliFlying’s Shashank Nigam interview CEOs at Etihad, SAUDIA, Scoot, United and WestJet. In the meantime, here’s a sneak preview of the content from the pre-recorded sessions. Throughout the different discussions, it became apparent that despite their individual management styles, those … Read more
Will Canadian, European and Latin American travellers have a problem when travelling to the USA because they have the ‘wrong’ vaccine? We’ve asked this question as we’re seeing a growing travel vaccine hierarchy develop, a trend we first predicted in our COVID briefings in October. A first sign of this comes from Ireland. The UAE … Read more
On Friday, The CDC reacted to the “real world” effectiveness of vaccines so far, by revising its guidelines on travel. Vaccinated travellers no longer have to take a test before going abroad, and can avoid quarantine on their return. Crucially, they do still have to follow biosafety measures (mask wearing etc) and take a test … Read more
Our latest White Paper is out, and as part of that we put together seven recommendations for an air travel restart: 1 – The industry should proactively engage with fears about the transport of the virus. as this, and not in-flight transmission, is what causes border closures. 2 – Reopenings need to happen step by … Read more
Vaccinated airline staff build brand trust Imagine boarding a flight where everyone has tested negative for the virus before boarding, and any staff you deal with has been vaccinated. Wouldn’t that give you peace of mind about your trip? What if you had to fly elderly parents or grandparents for a holiday – wouldn’t you … Read more
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