Christopher Jasper

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Virgin Atlantic is testing flying taxis at its London Heathrow hub

By Christopher Jasper and Bloomberg

Russians have a secret escape hatch to Europe—Serbia

By Christopher Jasper, Misha Savic, and others

A workers assists a traveler at a Virgin Atlantic Airways check-in counter in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept 27, 2021. The U.S. will soon allow entry to most foreign air travelers as long as they’re fully vaccinated against Covid-19 — while adding a testing requirement for unvaccinated Americans and barring entry for foreigners who haven’t gotten shots. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg

U.S. will allow vaccinated travelers to enter on Nov. 8

By Josh Wingrove, Siddharth Philip, and others

SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA, RUSSIA – OCTOBER 4, 2021: A Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane carrying Sochi resident Anastasia Khlevnaya, the 6,000,000th passenger of the Rossiya Airlines, arrives at Simferopol International Airport. The Rossiya Airlines launched flights between Simferopol and Sochi in October 2021; the flights are performed daily all year round on Sukhoi Superjet 100 planes. Sergei Malgavko/TASS (Photo by Sergei MalgavkoTASS via Getty Images)

Airlines expect to lose more than $200 billion due to COVID

By Christopher Jasper and Bloomberg

COVENTRY, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 23: The remains of the bombed out original Coventry Cathedral stand next to its modern replacement on November 23, 2020 in Coventry, England. Coventry won a quadrennial competition held by Britain’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport to celebrate a city’s cultural scene, highlighting its music, dance and theatrical events. Thankfully, Coventry’s year in the spotlight begins May 2021, when the UK — and much of the rest of the world — hopes to have seen the live-events industry fully rebound from the covid-19 pandemic. Previous winners of the competition are Derry/Londonderry in 2013 and Hull in 2017. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

This English city wants to become global leader in launching flying taxis and cargo drones

By Christopher Jasper and Bloomberg

A passenger flight, operated by EasyJet Plc, stands at a gate at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, U.K., on Monday, June 22, 2020. European airlines are in a worse situation than previously estimated as the coronavirus crisis depresses travel markets, according to economists at the International Air Transport Association. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

Airline industry on pace to lose $48 billion this year, IATA warns

By Christopher Jasper, Siddharth Philip, and others

02 April 2021, Spain, Muro: Jony (l) and Sebastian, who live in Muro, play with a ball on the beach in their spare time. Despite all the appeals from the German government to refrain from travelling in the face of high Corona numbers, industry estimates suggest that around 40,000 Germans will spend their holidays on Mallorca over Easter. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa (Photo by Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Don’t book summer travel just yet, Boris Johnson warns

By Siddharth Vikram Philip, Tim Ross, and others

British Airways passenger planes are parked at Palma de Mallorca airport on January 21, 2021. – Due to the pandemic travel restrictions, airlines have been forced to ground thousands of planes across Europe. (Photo by JAIME REINA / AFP) (Photo by JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Airlines face the prospect of another lost summer, sparking money concerns

By Christopher Jasper, Siddharth Philip, and others

A passenger walks through the arrivals hall at Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport in west London on February 15, 2021. – The government from today will require all UK citizens and permanent residents returning from 33 countries on its so-called travel ban list to self-isolate in a government approved facility for 10 days. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Heathrow was Europe’s busiest airport. The U.K.’s swift vaccine roll out will help it bounce back, CEO says

By Christopher Jasper and Bloomberg

A police car patrols along the stacks of Freight lorries and goods vehicles queuing on a closed section of the M20 motorway which leads to the Port of Dover, near Ashford in Kent, south east England at sunrise on December 22, 2020, after a string of countries banned travel including accompanied freight arriving from the UK, due to the rapid spread of a more-infectious new coronavirus strain. – Britain’s critical south coast port at Dover said on December 20 it was closing to all accompanied freight and passengers due to the French border restrictions “until further notice”. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

After mutant virus fears cut off trucking routes to Europe, U.K. businesses look to cargo jets and freight trains

By Christopher Jasper, Deirdre Hipwell, and others

SCHKEUDITZ, GERMANY – APRIL 27: Workers unload a shipment of 10 million protective face masks and other protective medical gear that had arrived on an Antonov 225 cargo plane from China at Leipzig/Halle Airport during the novel coronavirus crisis on April 27, 2020 in Schkeuditz, Germany. The flight, coordinated by the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, is one of three that will bring 25 million masks to Germany. Germany currently has approximately 157,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection, of which approximately 103,000 have recovered and 6,0000 have died. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

Airlines are facing ‘mission of the century’ in shipping COVID vaccines

By Christopher Jasper, William Wilkes, and others

A passenger (L) hands his passport to an employee as he checks in at the counter of China Southern Airlines at Rome’s Fiumicino airport for a flight returning to Wuhan, China, after it landed early on January 23, 2020. – China banned trains and planes from leaving a major city at the centre of a virus outbreak on January 23, seeking to seal off its 11 million people to contain the contagious disease that has claimed 17 lives, infected hundreds and spread to other countries. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

Italy allows first quarantine-free flights from U.S. to Europe since the beginning of the pandemic

By Daniele Lepido, Richard Weiss, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 22: United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby joins fellow airline executives, union heads and politicians for a news conference to call on Congress to pass an extension of the Payroll Support Program to save thousands of travel jobs, outside the U.S. Capitol September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. Set to expire on September 30, the PSP — a mix of grants and loans worth about $50 billion — gave a lifeline to the airline industry after the global coronavirus pandemic shut it down. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Airlines face $157 billion in losses as COVID is expected to wipe out even more flights in the year ahead

By Christopher Jasper and Bloomberg

Passengers, wearing protective face masks, walk through the international arrivals hall after arriving at Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport in London, U.K., this month. London Heathrow is set to pilot on-site coronavirus testing for air passengers.

Flying into London Heathrow any time soon? You may be subjected to a coronavirus swab

By Christopher Jasper and Bloomberg

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 13: Richard Branson arrives at Bondi Beach via a rubber dinghy at Bondi Beach on November 13, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

Richard Branson’s Virgin launches cruise line just as coronavirus batters the industry

By Christopher Jasper and Bloomberg