Revealed: Bournemouth Airport has installed ‘thermal fever detection’ cameras and will become the first UK hub to screen passengers for signs of coronavirus The tripod-mounted cameras have been fixed to the airport’s staff entrance They will soon be installed at the airport’s departures and arrivals terminals It is hoped the technology will remove the need … Read more
Travellers should have compulsory virus tests 48 hours before departure after lockdown is lifted, the head of Britain’s second busiest airport has said. Stewart Wingate, chief executive of Gatwick Airport, also called for passengers to be required to carry ‘health passports’ to prove they are clear of the virus and wear face covers on flights. … Read more
Gatwick boss says passengers should be given compulsory virus tests 48 hours before they board planes as part of new travel measures once lockdown is lifted Stewart Wingate said passengers should be required to carry ‘health passports’ Proposals to get Britain’s skies moving again are being discussed in government Heathrow’s boss has also called for … Read more
The coronavirus has grounded planes across the world, but an Italian firm is working on a concept that allows for safe travel during the pandemic. The renders, created by Avio Interiors, include protective hoods that create a cocoon around each seat to add a buffer between passengers. The drawings also show a middle seat turned … Read more
The coronavirus has grounded planes across the world, but an Italian firm is working on a concept that allows for safe travel during the pandemic. The renders, created by Avio Interiors, include protective hoods that create a cocoon around each seat and act like a buffer between passengers. The drawings also show a middle seat … Read more
Super-rich lockdown flouters hold the key to Britain’s back door: How private jets are flying hundreds of passengers from coronavirus hotspots into UK due to ‘lax border controls’ A staggering 545 private planes entered UK since lockdown began on March 23 Among them were 25 from Spain and 15 from US – world’s worst-affected nation … Read more
Super-rich lockdown flouters hold the key to Britain’s back door: How private jets are flying hundreds of passengers from coronavirus hotspots into UK due to ‘lax border controls’ A staggering 545 private planes entered UK since lockdown began on March 23 Among them were 25 from Spain and 15 from US – world’s worst-affected nation … Read more
A mother of ‘miracle quadruplets’ who died of coronavirus feared she was infected at Heathrow Airport while working for British Airways, her heartbroken husband has told The Mail on Sunday. Shabnum Sadiq, 39, was employed as a customer care relations manager for BA at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Before falling ill she had told her husband … Read more
A mother of ‘miracle quadruplets’ who died of coronavirus feared she was infected at Heathrow Airport while working for British Airways, her heartbroken husband has told The Mail on Sunday. Shabnum Sadiq, 39, was employed as a customer care relations manager for BA at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Before falling ill she had told her husband … Read more
Authorities are on high-alert to prevent another Ruby Princess-style debacle as a plane filled with coronavirus-infected passengers is just hours away from landing in Australia. The 112 Australian and New Zealand passengers have spent 14 days on the Greg Mortimer cruise ship, which was docked off the coast of Uruguay when it was hit with an … Read more