Vaccine mandates and the future of air travel
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This week, a number of US airlines announced that it was now mandatory for staff to have been vaccinated against COVID-19, while Azul signed a billion-dollar deal with Lilium over eVTOL vehicles.
In this episode of the World of Aviation Podcast, host Adam Thorn and reporter Hannah Dowling discuss the inevitability of airlines requiring staff to get vaccinated, and the implications of such a decision.
Plus, the team reveal that the end of British Airways\\u2019 A380 fleet may not be as soon as we thought, as the airline renewed the superjumbos\\u2019 maintenance and repair contract for another five years.
Finally, the crew shared insight into the future of air travel from two fronts - supersonic and eVTOL - after NASA\\u2019s latest supersonic update, and the news that commercial airlines are now backing air taxi manufacturers.