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The British government is reportedly set to introduce vaccine stamps in passports by next year for those who have been inoculated against the Chinese coronavirus, in a bid to ostensibly bolster the travel industry.

Brexit Party leader has given his assessment of the British coronavirus experience to Breitbart News, blaming government “dither” as infected passengers travelled to the island nation en masse and unchecked from countries where the Chinese virus had already taken hold. 

Delta Air Lines is retiring its Boeing Co. 777 jumbo jets and replace them with Airbus SE aircraft — another victim of coronavirus.

The British government has maintained an open borders policy during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing hundreds of private jets to land in the country despite introducing lockdown measures that have forced millions of ordinary citizens into self-isolation.

An angry Chinese passenger unleashed chaos aboard a Thai Airways flight on Friday by coughing on a flight attendant to vent her displeasure at the long wait for a coronavirus check after arriving in Shanghai. The passenger had to be “subdued” by other flight attendants after a scuffle ensued.

The total number of known and acknowledged coronavirus cases around the world surpassed 100,000 over the weeked. As of Monday morning, there were 111,356 cases worldwide, with 3,892 fatalities.

U.S. companies are canceling conferences and restricting business travel amid concerns over the coronavirus.

Wealthy travelers and major corporate clients are rejecting commercial airline travel and looking to private jets as a way to isolate themselves from the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Chinese state media on Friday denounced the U.S. State Department for advising against travel to China, calling it an “overreaction which would greatly hurt global tourism and hinder people-to-people exchanges.”

An Iran commercial airliner with 135 passengers plus crew onboard overshot a runway as it landed Monday in the southwestern city of Bandar-e Mahshahr, continuing through the airport areas before coming to rest on a public street. State TV reported no casualties aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft.

President Donald Trump celebrated “another win” on Monday by announcing the U.S. State Department had helped broker direct airline flights between Serbia and Kosovo.

The BBC has confessed that it flew one of its reporters to Sweden to interview climate activist Greta Thunberg even though it was awkward.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said she has been “mostly” flying commercial in an effort to combat climate change but said her campaign is trying to look at “other ways” to reduce its carbon footprint.

“I don’t think people should fly just for the hell of it,” says veteran wildlife documentary maker Sir David Attenborough.

Air Canada has parted with tradition by dropping “ladies and gentlemen” or the French “mesdames et messieurs” when greeting passengers aboard its aircraft, in a major change to the carrier’s protocols.

Globetrotting Prince Harry has renewed his global call for increased climate consciousness in Africa, appealing on Monday for more efforts to be made to protect the environment against human “greed, apathy and selfishness.”

Airbus is reportedly testing a new digital platform on its A350-900 test plane which would monitor every passenger action, from chosen meal preferences to in-flight purchases and even bathroom habits.

Florida Governor Ron De Santis set a state of emergency for all 67 counties as Hurricane Dorian could reach the state as a Category 4 storm.

British Airways said Saturday it had suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precautionary measure following a security review.

A record-breaking 48.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home over the Fourth of July weekend, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).

A woman was reportedly kicked off an EasyJet flight after passengers complained about her “revealing” outfit.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency order on Thursday night banning some U.S.-based air carriers from flying through Iranian airspace, including parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Several international carriers quickly announced precautions of their own.

American-registered aircraft were barred from entering Iranian-administered airspace in the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman on Friday, just 24-hours after the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) downed a U.S. military surveillance drone.

ANKARA, Turkey — Passengers on a Turkish Airlines jetliner flying to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming a few minutes after takeoff and began smashing an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing toward the cockpit.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suspended air travel with Venezuela, citing conditions that “threaten the safety and security of passengers, aircraft, and crew.”

Iran’s second largest airline Mahan Air began offering direct flights to Venezuela on Monday. Mahan Air is under U.S. sanctions for ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), designated a foreign terrorist organization this week.

The Sultan of Brunei’s declaration that homosexuality will be punishable by death under stricter adherence to Islamic Sharia Law has sparked Australians to call for Brunei’s national air carrrier to be banned from skies Down Under.

TEL AVIV – A delegation from Israeli emergency response team ZAKA flew to the site of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash “to locate and identify the Israeli victims, to collect their remains in keeping with Jewish law and ensure a full Jewish burial,” the group said.

Hilal Elver, a U.N. special rapporteur, says the Green New Deal falls short in fighting climate change and human rights abuses.

“It sounds like a high school term paper that got a low mark,” Trump said, noting that it would shut down the oil industry and air travel.

At least 1,500 private jets are expected to descend on Davos and nearby airports in Switzerland this week as the international financial and political elite gathers to talk about global climate challenges.

Israel was to inaugurate a new international airport Monday in its desert south meant to boost tourism to the nearby Red Sea and serve as an emergency alternative to Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion airport.

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian Boeing 707 cargo plane coming from Kyrgyzstan crashed on Monday while trying to land west of Iran’s capital, state media reported, with an emergency official saying only one person of the 16 on board was known to have survived.

Flights at Israel’s main international airport were suspended for about 20 minutes due to air force activity Thursday.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a trip Thursday to Lithuania, welcomed the decision by major international airlines to end their direct flights to Iran’s capital of Tehran in September.

The head of Qatar Airways has issued “heartfelt apologies” for saying that a woman could not do his job because it was too challenging.