More than 2.19 million people passed the security checks at the airport on Sunday, a high of the pandemic era, like the United States Travel industry continued to recover. A year ago, only 754,545 people were screened on the same day, the Transportation Security Administration said.
Thousands of Iranians have rushed to neighboring Armenia in recent weeks to receive free Covid-19 shocks as the Islamic Republic struggles with scarce vaccine supplies. Officials reported a sharp increase in traffic as well as flights to the capital, Yerevan.
Israel will start offering the third dose of the BioNTech / Pfizer vaccine to adults with severe pre-existing conditions this week, the Ministry of Health said. “Booster” jabs are discussed by US and EU authorities, despite Pfizer’s announcement last week that it would ask regulators for their approval.
Greece will require mandatory vaccinations against Covid-19 for medical workers and elderly home workers, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, wieaki Infections have increased in the last days. “The country will not close because of the behavior of a few,” he said.
Ryanair jets parked on the tarmac at London Stansted Airport © Jason Alden / Bloomberg
Ryanair plans to hire 2,000 pilots to one of the airlines over the next three years biggest recruiting campaigns since the beginning of the pandemic. The aim is also to increase the annual number of passengers within three years by more than a third compared to the level before the pandemic.
Heathrow Airport in London urged the government to resume quarantine-free travel to more destinations as the Aviation industry continues to tumble from the pandemic. Passenger numbers in June were 90 percent lower than before the 2019 pandemic.
UK auto insurer Admiral said earnings for the first half of the year would be above expectations due to lockdown restrictions that keep traffic off the road and Reduction in the number of accidents. Pre-tax profit for the first half would be £ 450 million to £ 500 million, up from £ 286 million a year earlier.
Moderna has signed an agreement with Argentina for 20 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine or its updated variant Candidate for a booster vaccine. Delivery would begin in the first quarter of 2022. About 11 percent of Argentina’s 45.3 million people were fully vaccinated on July 10th.