Cargo airlines
In this photo released by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, a China Airlines cargo plane carrying COVID-19 vaccines from Memphis arrive at the airport outside Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, June 20, 2021. The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan on Sunday, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health and geopolitical meaning. (Taiwan Centers for Disease Control via AP)
US sends Taiwan 2.5 million vaccine doses, tripling pledge

Jun. 19, 2021 11:55 PM EDT

A shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines is moved inside a temperature-controlled container after being offloaded from an Emirates Airlines Boing 777 that arrived from Brussels to Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, early Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to clobber the aviation industry, Emirates Airlines, the Middle East’s biggest airline, is seeking to play a vital role in the global vaccine delivery effort. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Dubai's Emirates seeks key role in global vaccine delivery

By Malak Harb Feb. 22, 2021 06:40 AM EST

UN gets airlines to deliver COVID-19 vaccines as a priority

Feb. 16, 2021 11:38 PM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations children’s agency launched an initiative Tuesday to get airlines to give priority to delivering coronavirus vaccines,...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, workers stand near a Boeing 737 Max airplane parked at Renton Municipal Airport next to the Boeing assembly facility in Renton, Wash., where 737 Max airplanes are made. On Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, the company reported final 2020 numbers for airplane orders and deliveries, and they are down from 2019 even though the 737 Max is flying again. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Boeing deliveries drop despite 737 Max's return to flight

By The Associated Press Jan. 12, 2021 11:46 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, May 25, 2020 file photo, a vile of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on a shelf during testing at the Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Refrigeration, cargo planes, and, above all, money: All risk being in short supply for the international initiative to get coronavirus vaccines to the world’s most vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble

By Maria Cheng And Lori Hinnant Oct. 01, 2020 06:17 AM EDT

South African Airways suspends operations amid huge debt

By Mogomotsi Magome Sep. 30, 2020 06:14 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s state-owned airline has suspended all its operations as it struggles to raise a bailout of more than 10...

A health worker checks the body temperature of a woman at a mobile screening unit set up to control the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry)
Rocky business restart and an enticing offer for MLB

The Associated Press Jun. 25, 2020 11:58 AM EDT

UAE flight lands in Israel with medical aid for Palestinians

Jun. 09, 2020 03:39 PM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Etihad Airways cargo plane carrying aid from the United Arab Emirates to help the Palestinians combat the coronavirus pandemic landed in...

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 23, 2019 file photo, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni attend a ceremony to mark the arrival of two CRJ-900 jets from Canadian aerospace company Bombardier for Uganda's national carrier Uganda Airlines, at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda. Questions are swirling in Africa and elsewhere over the financial wisdom of sustaining prestige carriers that have a tiny share of an aviation market that sees no recovery in sight as sub-Saharan Africa faces its first recession in a quarter-century amid coronavirus-related travel restrictions. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)
Virus has been 'very devastating' for many African airlines

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 03, 2020 04:09 AM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 18, 2020, photo shows people preparing to get on a Ravn Connect airplane at the airport in Bethel, Alaska, for a flight to Toksook Bay. The abrupt shutdown of RavnAir Group sent community leaders, the U.S. Postal Service and other local carriers scrambling to help get needed freight to remote Alaska villages. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Airline shutdown creates new challenges for rural Alaska

By Meghan Sullivan, Indian Country Today Jun. 02, 2020 02:43 PM EDT

The Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, which remains shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus during the holy month of Ramadan, is seen from an overlook on Friday, May 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Etihad makes 1st known commercial flight between UAE, Israel

By Jon Gambrell And Ilan Ben Zion May. 19, 2020 07:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to a reporter's question during his daily news briefing in Rancho Cordova, Calif. California's major deal for hundreds of millions of N95 respirator masks hit a delay in its federal certification process, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, May 6, 2020, as he promised details of the contract would soon be made public. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)
The Latest: UN ups appeal to fight virus to $6.7 billion

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2020 01:02 AM EDT

Cuba: US embargo blocks coronavirus aid shipment from Asia

By Michael Weissenstein Apr. 03, 2020 02:22 PM EDT
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials say a shipment of coronavirus aid from Asia’s richest man, Jack Ma, has been blocked by the six-decade U.S. embargo on the island...