Irish airline Ryanair said on Thursday that it’s planning to create 5,000 jobs over the next five years as part of its recovery from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic, AP reported. The additional pilots, cabin crew and engineers will mean that the company will have more than recouped the 3,000 jobs it got rid of at the start of the pandemic last year. CEO Michael O’Leary said the carrier has been snapping up slots that have been vacated by airlines that have either collapsed or retrenched over the past 18 months or so.

US House of Representatives will vote next week on new legislation that envisages some $10 billion in government help for high-speed-rail corridors. The House Transportation and Infrastructure proposal also includes another 10 billion dollars to support mobility for low-income Americans, including establishing new transit routes and funding for a fare-free service. The money is expected to be part of a $3.5 trillion government spending bill, Reuters reported.

Australia holds talks with strategic investors in a bid to sell its biggest airport. The expected value of the transaction for the Sydney Airport is some 17.4 billion dollars, Reuters reported. The buyer is an infrastructure investor group which won permission to conduct due diligence after depositing weetening its takeover offer.

US extended the rule to ware mandatory masks on flights to 18 January 2022. The federal rule is also valid for other public transportation, AP reported. The Transportation Security Administration noted that the extension of restrictions is aimed to curb the spread of Covid-19. The same order which is currently valid was scheduled to expire 13 September 2021, an agency spokesman said.

Pandemic has a heavy impact on the transport sector of the United Arab Emirates with the busiest Dubai airport signaling of 40 percent drop in air passengers in the first six months of this year. The decline is mainly due to the spread of the new variants of the Covid-19, AP reported. Still the CEO of the airport Paul Griffiths remained optimistic for the development of the east-west transit point as authorities gradually re-open Dubai routes to India and UK.

The leading global delivery company DHL announced a major move targeted at facilitating the curbing of carbon emissions. It confirmed a deal with the Eviation startup which envisaged the purchase of 12 cargo planes powered by electricity, CNBC reported. Eviation is a start-up focused on developing electric fixed-wing airplanes both for cargo and passengers.

UK major Heathrow Airport announced losses related to Covid-19 travel restrictions that amount to four billion dollars, Reuters reported. The airport further urged the UK cabinet to waive travel restrictions on vaccinated passengers.

Electric cars, key to reducing emissions and meeting climate change goals, have boosted their market share in Europe, data showed on Friday, as the region prepares to abandon petrol and diesel, dpa reported. Battery electric vehicles more than doubled their share of new car sales in Europe in the second quarter, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) which groups together major car firms.

Groups representing EU largest airports and airlines warned in formal letters to the European Commission that the system of Covid-19 certificates will sparkle chaos in air traveling. The digital certificates are due to take effect from 1 July. However the airports and airlines warn that the extra bureaucracy will result in hours waiting and long queues in the peak of the tourist season.

US announced another measure to spur the recovery of its aviation sector which was badly hit by the pandemic slowdown, Reuters reported. The programme of the US Transport Department is intended to compensate up to half of wages of eligible aviation manufacturing companies. The support is envisaged to last for up to six months. The funds are estimated at some three billion dollars.