Travel passes to boost summer tourism, EU nations agreed on
(Reuters) : European Union nations formally agreed on Wednesday to launch Covid travel passes as a step towards reopening tourism this summer and will negotiate details with the bloc’s lawmakers in May, two diplomatic sources mentioned. The certificates would allow those vaccinated, recovered from Covid, or with negative test results to travel more easily within […]
Vaccine progress should allow Britain-U.S. reopening – BA boss
PARIS (Reuters) – British Airways is well placed to lead a European travel recovery from COVID-19 if relatively swift vaccine rollouts in Britain and the United States allow transatlantic routes to reopen, Chief Executive Sean Doyle stated on Wednesday. “There’s an immediate opportunity to open up the U.S.,” Doyle stated during CAPA Live, an online […]
Too early to say which nations open for British travelers, UK aviation minister says
LONDON (Reuters) – It’s too early to say which nations will be on Britain’s green list for travel, UK aviation minister Robert Courts stated on Wednesday, after easyJet’s chief executive forecast that most European nations would be on the list. “It wouldn’t be right for me to speculate as to which nations in which areas […]
Singapore soon announce the plan of air travel bubble with Hong Kong, Singapore Transport Minister says
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Hong Kong are in “active discussion” on beginning the long-delayed air travel bubble between the 2 cities, confirmed Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung. “We’re finalizing the details of our revised agreement and hope to announce our plans soon,” he stated in a press release issued by Singapore’s Ministry of Transport. This comes after […]
France Ban all Brazil flights due to virus variants
PARIS (AP) — France suspended all flights from Brazil on Tuesday amid mounting fears over the particularly contagious coronavirus variant that has been sweeping the South American nation. Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the suspension to parliament. “We note that the situation is getting worse and so we’ve decided to suspend all flights between Brazil […]
Covid-19: More than half million Russian cancel their ticket as Russia restricted travel to turkey
Russia restricted travel to Turkey this week, leaving more than half a million Russians scrambling to reimburse tickets to the popular tourist destination and find alternative vacation spots. Flights to and from Turkey shall be drastically decreased from April 15-June 1 due to rising coronavirus cases in Turkey, a senior Russian government official announced Monday. […]
February 2021 noted a decrease of 74.7% in passenger traffic Compared to 2019, IATA reports
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a report, According to which in February 2021 heavy decrease in passenger traffic recorded compared to February 2019. The IATA data comparison of passenger travel between February 2019 and February 2021 measured in revenue passenger kilometers is as follows: The total demand for air travel in February […]
Passengers stranded at airports as the severe storm hit South Florida
Airports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando have seen hours of delays because of damaging winds and extreme storm threats together with tornadoes and hail throughout South Florida, based on the Storm Prediction Center. As of Monday morning, more than 7,000 individuals were left without power, as per poweroutage.us. “An instance or two of marginally extreme hail […]
Four-pillar tourism restart plan, Greece Tourism minister says
Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis presented on Friday a comprehensive plan to revive the tourism industry which was on the knee due to the covid pandemic. Speaking as chairman of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Crisis Management Committee at a hybrid meeting under the auspices of Saudi Arabia, Theocharis proposed an action plan comprising four […]
England non-essential shops, stores reopen
LONDON – Since more than three months of strict closure due to the coronavirus, non-essential stores in England have once again resumed operation on Monday, It was predicted by the industry lobby group, the British Retail Consortium, that UK stores have lost 27 billion pounds ($37 billion) in sales over three lockdowns, while 67,000 retail […]
