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Hard landing: Qantas job cuts reveal coronavirus-hit aviation’s depth of woe
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce’s talk on Thursday about “rightsizing” the airline put a brave and euphemistic face on the grim reality facing the entire industry. Stripped of its corporatese,…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong among places urged by world aviation body to test incoming travellers prior to flight to avoid surge in imported cases
The global trade body for airlines has urged Hong Kong and other places with strict quarantine rules to ensure that travellers flying in from high-risk countries are tested for Covid-19…
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Australia’s Qantas to cut 6,000 jobs as coronavirus hits aviation sector
Australia’s Qantas is cutting 6,000 staff and grounding 100 planes for up to a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the Covid-19 crisis, the airline announced…
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Coronavirus: will vaccine deals lead to poorer countries missing out?
Several coronavirus vaccine candidates have reached the final phase of human trials and others are not far behind, but who will benefit from them once they are ready for general…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong International Airport’s profits survived 9/11, Sars, and the 2008 global financial crisis, but Covid-19 is different
Hong Kong International Airport’s 20-year profit streak, which survived 9/11, Sars, and the global financial crisis, will not escape the coronavirus pandemic unscathed, officials have said.In releasing its annual report…
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Mental health of ships’ crews at risk as they are stuck at sea for months because of coronavirus pandemic
The phrase “lost at sea” has taken on a depressing new meaning for the likes of Captain Hrisheet Barve, who recently arrived home in Goa, India, after more than seven-and-a-half…
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Coronavirus: face masks save lives, Japanese study says
Wearing a face mask could reduce the risk of dying from Covid-19, according to a study by researchers in Japan.Using data collected by British market research company YouGov, the team…
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US cuts funding for coronavirus testing in five states amid spike in cases
The Trump administration said on Wednesday that it would no longer directly fund 13 of its original coronavirus testing sites in five states, saying states were allocated money for testing…
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Coronavirus: New York-area leaders urge quarantine for visitors from US hotspots
The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Wednesday issued a travel advisory saying visitors from US states with accelerating Covid-19 infection rates must quarantine for 14 days.The…
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New York to quarantine travelers from states with high Covid-19 rates – live
The new restrictions for those traveling to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut come a day after the country reported its highest single-day number of new coronavirus cases in two…