Qatari and Turkish technical teams have helped restore operations at the airport, which was damaged during the chaotic evacuations of tens of thousands of people to meet the US troop withdrawal deadline of August 31. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Category - airlines
WestJet now requires full COVID-19 vaccination for all employees
Employees who fail to attest their vaccination status by September 24 or achieve full vaccination status by October 30, 2021, will face unpaid leave or termination of employment. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Flights from Hawaii to American Samoa on Hawaiian Airlines now
Hawaiian Airlines is resuming nonstop service between Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye and American Samoa's Pago Pago international airports with its Airbus A330 aircraft. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Dakar to New York City and Washington on Air Senegal now
Air Senegal launches new twice weekly flights to USA from Dakar, Senegal. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
More flights to London, Kyiv and Istanbul on Air Astana now
Air Astana announces increased frequencies to Ukraine and Turkey, resumes London flights. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
FTA urges US transit agencies to increase vaccination rates
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is calling on transit leaders to share this information with employees, and to do all you can to encourage vaccination among your workforces. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
San José to Reno-Tahoe flights on Southwest Airlines restart
Southwest Airlines temporarily suspended service between San José and Reno in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related travel declines. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Toronto to Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa and Cancun on Air Canada Rouge now
Air Canada's leisure airline, resumed service today with flights operating between Toronto and Las Vegas, Orlando, and Regina, with other destinations being introduced in September, including Cancun and Tampa. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Aeroflot requires Pilots to be vaccinated
Six pilots working for Russia's main international airline have been grounded and suspended from duty under rules allowing companies to effectively dismiss staff who refuse to sign up for a vaccine against COVID-19 virus. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
65% of US airline passengers support vaccine passports
If the FAA decided to implement a vaccine passport program, nearly one in 10 travelers would be barred from boarding the plane. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
No radar? No problem! Kabul Airport reopens for domestic flights
Kabul airport is operating without radar or navigation systems, making it difficult to resume international civilian flights. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
New Airbus Single-Aisle Airspace cabin adds comfort to Lufthansa flights
Lufthansa has once again made a choice of innovation and passenger appeal, raising the bar for the flying public at large to experience next-level, Airbus leading cabin innovations. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Europe’s summer air travel recovery fails
The countries which fared worst were those which rely more on long haul tourism, such as France and Italy and those which imposed the most onerous and volatile travel restrictions such as the UK, which languished at the bottom of the list, achieving just 14.3% of 2019 levels. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Prepare for lines when you fly from London Heathrow
Some Heathrow passengers were reporting absolutely absurd queue times due to a Border Force staff shortage which kept travelers waiting in lines for five hours. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
4 people killed in Czech Republic and France plane crashes
Earlier on the same day, a light-engine plane crashed into the highway in northern France commune of Voignarou, killing two people on board. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
American Airlines unvaxxed staff who get COVID are on their own
American Airlines' new policy means unvaccinated employees who come down with COVID-19 must use their own sick days for any time that they need to take off from work. This puts an end to the special pandemic leave American had set in place after the coronavirus first came into play – for the unvaxxed, that is. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Turkey tightens COVID restrictions for foreign arrivals
The updates are implemented in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, and are set to go into effect on Saturday, August 4. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Lufthansa Group announces new Chief Strategy Officer
Jörg Eberhart will succeed William Wilms, who was appointed to the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik on 1 September 2021. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Key European tourism challenges highlighted at Slovenian Forum
It is time to address the shortcomings of tourism industry that have resulted from the expansion in the last 50 years and transform tourism into a much greener, digital and inclusive industry. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Tourism Seychelles and Emirates airline embark on marketing partnership
Tourism Seychelles has launched a strategic partnership with Emirates airline, a loyal partner and collaborator, and the first international airline to return to the island at the destination’s reopening in August 2020. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
US Senate urged to hold hearings on airlines’ use of COVID bailout funds
US airlines received over $79 billion in bailout money across three COVID-related bills in 2020-2021 to help them, their employees, and the air travel industry survive the worst of the COVID pandemic. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
No quarantine: Abu Dhabi opens to fully vaccinated travelers
This is a huge step forward as the UAE prepares to host the EXPO 2020, the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and many more global events over the coming months. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
4 people killed in Connecticut plane crash
Four people were onboard the plane, reportedly a Cessna Citation business jet, according to information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
How Norway airline Widerøe is weathering huge COVID-19 storm so well
The Executive Editor of Commercial Aviation at the Aviation Week Network, Jens Flottau, sat down with the CEO of Norwegian regional carrier, Widerøe, Stein Nilsen. How Norway airline Widerøe is weathering huge COVID-19 storm so well
How is China Southern Airlines weathering the COVID-19 storm?
The Senior Air Transport Editor for Aviation Week, Adrian Scofield, had the distinct privilege of speaking with China Southern Airlines Senior Vice President for International and Corporate Relations, Guoxiang Wu. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online