Three of the biggest car and truck makers Toyota, Isuzu and Hino announced that they have agreed to form a partnership aimed at introducing new technologies, AP reported. The tech tie-up will be focused on truck production. The emphasis will be on development of commercial vehicles which to work on electricity, hydrogen and have autonomous driving technologies.

British Airways said it was considering selling its headquarters building because of a switch to homeworking during the pandemic means it may no longer need so much office space.

British Airways’s new boss said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative COVID-19 test, as he set out his ideas for a travel restart a month before the UK government finalises its plans.

Ryanair, Easyjet and other low-cost airlines have written to the European Union asking that its plan to force carriers to use a certain share of sustainable fuels apply to all flights, not just short-haul ones.

Leading airline and business groups are asking the Biden administration to develop temporary credentials that would let travelers show they have been tested and vaccinated for COVID-19, a step that the airline industry believes will help revive travel.

The German flag carrier Lufthansa announced it may be forced to ground permanently more airplanes to curb costs related to Covid-19 air travel restrictions, Reuters reported. Lufthansa reported a record 6.7 billion euro loss for 2020.

By the end of March the global body of the airline industry (IATA) intends to introduce a travel pass related to Covid-19 vaccinated travelers, Reuters reported.

The chief of the British airport Heathrow John Holland-Kaye asked for the involvement of UK's minister of finance Rishi Sunak in granting a relief of property tax payments, BBC reported. Similar deductions of taxes have already been enforced for sectors that suffered worst from the Covid-19 lockdown.

Uber drivers must be classified as workers rather than self-employed, UK's Supreme Court has ruled. That means tens of thousands of Uber drivers are set to be entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay, BBC reported.

Air France-KLM plunged to a 7.1 billion euro ($8.5 billion) loss in 2020 as the global pandemic grounded planes and halted travel plans worldwide causing a 67% slump in passenger numbers at the French-Dutch aviation giant.