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This image shows a screen grab of the NHS test and trace app, now featuring a vaccine status feature for travel, in London, Friday, May 21, 2021. Keen to avoid losing another summer of holiday revenue to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union, some Asian governments and the airline industry are scrambling to develop so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports to help kickstart international travel. (AP Photo)
EXPLAINER: How vaccine passports for global travel will work

By Kelvin Chan May. 26, 2021 06:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, a Qantas plane maneuvers behind another parked at a gate at Sydney Airport in Sydney. Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce said on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, he doesn't expect his airline will resume international travel except for New Zealand until late October, after the Australian population is vaccinated for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
Qantas expects to start international flights in October

By Rod Mcguirk Feb. 25, 2021 12:29 AM EST

A shelter is seen at the Thomas Dixon Aircraft Observation Area as a Southwest Airlines flight from Jacksonville, Fla., makes its landing approach onto Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Glen Burnie, Md. With coronavirus cases spiking in the U.S. and Europe, the financial outlook of the world's airlines is getting worse. The International Air Transport Association said Tuesday that around the world, airlines will lose more than $157 billion this year and next. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
As virus cases spike, financial outlook for airlines dims

By The Associated Press Nov. 24, 2020 04:05 PM EST

FILE - In this July 6, 2020, file photo, a Qantas Airbus A380 arrives at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, Calif. Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce, Australia's largest airline, said that once a virus vaccine becomes widely available, his carrier will likely require passengers use it before they can travel abroad or land in Australia. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman, File)
International flyers may soon need to get virus vaccinations

By Nick Perry And Kim Tong-Hyung Nov. 23, 2020 08:19 PM EST

Airline alliances urge testing over quarantines

Nov. 11, 2020 02:53 PM EST
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Three global airline alliances are urging governments to put into practice common guidelines for passenger testing and digital health...

Virgin Australia planes are parked at terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Virgin Australia will cut about 3000 jobs as the airline struggles with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Virgin Australia airline to be sold to US-based Bain Capital

By Nick Perry Sep. 04, 2020 02:35 AM EDT

Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce walks through the airline's headquarters following a results announcement in Sydney, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Qantas Airways announced that the pandemic cost it 4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) in revenue in the last fiscal year and warned that international travel won't resume before mid 2021. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)
Qantas expects global travel won't resume until mid-2021

By Rod Mcguirk Aug. 19, 2020 08:57 PM EDT

Virgin Australia planes are parked at terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Virgin Australia will cut about 3000 jobs as the airline struggles with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Virgin Australia plans to shed staff under new US owners

By Rod Mcguirk Aug. 05, 2020 12:59 AM EDT

Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Qantas, Australia's largest airline, says it plans to cut at least 6,000 jobs and keep 15,000 more workers on extended furloughs as it tries to survive the coronavirus pandemic. Joyce announced a plan to reduce costs by billions of dollars and raise fresh capital. The plan includes grounding 100 planes for a year or more and immediately retiring its six remaining Boeing 747 planes. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)
Australia's Qantas airline to cut 6,000 jobs as virus hits

By Nick Perry Jun. 24, 2020 10:06 PM EDT

People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Shares declined in Asia on Thursday after a sharp retreat overnight on Wall Street as new coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to their highest level in two months, dimming investors' hopes for a relatively quick economic turnaround. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Asian stocks skid as new coronavirus cases rattle markets

By Elaine Kurtenbach Jun. 24, 2020 03:35 AM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

Jun. 04, 2020 03:40 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian markets higher after Wall St rises on better US data UNDATED (AP) — Most Asian stock markets...

People wait outside a bus terminus in Kolkata, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. More states opened up and crowds of commuters trickled onto the roads in many of India's cities on Monday as a three-phase plan to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown began despite an upward trend in new infections. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Asia Today: Australia to restart flights to New Zealand

Jun. 03, 2020 11:54 PM EDT

The street and pedestrian area around the Angel of Independence monument are almost empty in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. While the federal government’s nationwide social distancing rule formally ended Monday, it is urging people in so-called “red” zones to maintain most of those measures — and so many people are falling ill and dying each day that those zones cover nearly the whole country. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
The Latest: New Zealand on verge of eradicating virus

By The Associated Press Jun. 03, 2020 02:55 AM EDT

The Virgin Australia check-in counters are all but bare at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Virgin Australia is seeking bankruptcy protection, entering voluntary administration after a debt crisis worsened by the coronavirus shutdown pushed it into insolvency. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
AP Explains: What Virgin Australia's bankruptcy move means

By Rod Mcguirk Apr. 23, 2020 12:09 AM EDT

In this April 7, 2020, photo, grounded Virgin Australia aircraft are parked at Brisbane Airport in Brisbane, Australia. Virgin Australia, the nation's second-largest airline, announced Tuesday, April 21, 2020, it had entered voluntary administration as it seeks to strengthen its finances amid a debt crisis. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)
Virgin Australia airline seeks bankruptcy protection

By Rod Mcguirk Apr. 21, 2020 03:21 AM EDT