Sunday, November 17

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Air France continues to roll out its “Ready To Fly” service and automates French vaccine pass verification on domestic flights
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Air France continues to roll out its “Ready To Fly” service and automates French vaccine pass verification on domestic flights

The Ready to Fly service allowing customers to have their travel documents checked prior to their flight is now available on 140 routes and 600 daily Air France flights.For domestic flights, French vaccine pass verification is now automated and instantaneous. This check can be carried out online or directly at the Self-Service Kiosks on the day of departure. In July 2021, Air France launched the “Ready To Fly” service, a free and optional service providing customers confirmation that they have the required health documents for their trip before arriving at the airport. This service provides customers greater peace of mind and a more seamless travel experience, by avoiding multiple checks on the day of departure. Ready To Fly, which has proved popular with customers, is being progres...
Expo 2020: join the making of a new world in these astonishing pavilions
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Expo 2020: join the making of a new world in these astonishing pavilions

DUBAI -  We left each other in Milan. The last melody from the Tree of Life, the dancing fountains, together with the fall season, make everyone sad. Expo 2015 was officially closed, turning off that spotlight that had lighted up Milan for six months. Since 2015 things have changed. We have advanced in many technological fields, went through different political elections but also experienced the world pausing for almost one year.  The picture of the planes parked on the main runways, the empty streets, the sound of silence that only Gary Jules probably imagined, have been the surreal situation in which Expo 2020 developed before opening its doors, one year later, last October.  We had the privilege of visiting Expo 2020 last December wondering about pavilions, people, and knowledge....
IATA’s statement on rollout of C-band 5G near airports in the U.S.
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IATA’s statement on rollout of C-band 5G near airports in the U.S.

IATA welcomed the decisions by ATT and Verizon to delay the rollout of C-band 5G near airports and thanks the Biden Administration for their continuous efforts to ensure that passenger and cargo operations are not disrupted. But the delay is only a temporary solution. It still is necessary for all stakeholders and regulators, aviation and telecommunication alike, to continue sharing needed technical information and working together to reach a successful implementation plan that will ensure C-band 5G technologies can safely co-exist with the aviation industry. Any mitigation measures to ensure safe flying must be operationally viable. To that end, IATA urges the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to recognize the needs and recommendations of the aviation community in deploying C-ba...