New quarantine regime could make many in the international business community question whether they want to remain locked down in Hong Kong. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Category - Airport news
As COVID-19 variants escalate, face masks on airplanes are changing
Think you’re ready to board your aircraft because you have your face mask on? Hold on, you may be in for a surprise. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
France sets up evacuation flights from Kabul to Paris via Abu Dhabi
For several years already, France has been in first place throughout Europe in terms of granting asylum to Afghans on its territory. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
El Al relaunches Budapest to Tel Aviv flight
Re-opening its connection between Budapest and Tel Aviv today, El Al will operate a four-times weekly service on the 2,165km sector. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Turkmenistan opens its airspace for Afghanistan evacuation flights
In this situation, fulfilling its international commitments, including those arising from international humanitarian law, Turkmenistan will provide its airspace for the carriage of these persons by the planes of foreign states. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Blocking airline funds threatens industry recovery
Approximately $963 million in airline funds are being blocked from repatriation in nearly 20 countries. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
IATA Travel Pass recognizes EU and UK digital COVID certificates
EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) and UK NHS COVID Pass can now be uploaded into IATA Travel Pass as verified proof of vaccination for travel. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Nonstop San José to Chicago flights return on American Airlines
Nonstop service to Chicago-O’Hare from Mineta San José Airport returns on American Airlines. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Aeroflot cancels all Bangkok flights due to danger in Afghanistan airspace
It is no longer possible to purchase a ticket from Moscow to Bangkok for September or October of this year on the Aeroflot website. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
2021 tourism revenues less than half of pre-pandemic levels
The global travel and tourism revenues are projected to reach only $385 billion in 2021, less than half pre-COVID-19 levels. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Travel and tourism deal-making activity down almost 7% in July
Deal activity remained at the same level in key markets such as the USA, the UK and China, while India and Australia witnessed an improvement in deal activity. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Leisure travel is a safe bet for Air France
Air France has announced the extension into winter of what are typically summer-only flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Seville, Las Palmas, Palma de Mallorca, Tangier, Faro, Djerba, and Krakow. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
US Travel: Federal mask mandate extension makes sense
Extending the federal mask mandate for travel makes sense for the current health environment and has the travel industry’s full support. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
US travel mask mandate to be extended through mid-January 2022
US mask mandate requires face masks to be worn by all travelers on airplanes, ships, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-shares and at transportation hubs such as airports, bus or ferry terminals, train and subway stations, and seaports. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Travel plans: Where Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X clash and where they align?
Travel study reveals clashes and alignments amongst Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Prototype plane crashes in Russia killing all people on board
The plane missed the landing stripe by 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) and exploded upon its collision with the ground. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Taliban halts all flights from Kabul International Airport
Taliban units have come in direct proximity to the airport and fired several warning shots to disperse the people that have flocked there. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Scary? Air India A320 Flight from Delhi to Kabul
Air India Flight 243 on Sunday, operated with an Airbus 320, was on a scheduled flight from Delhi, India, to the Afghan capital of Kabul. While this Star Alliance member flight was en route and on approach, Kabul was overtaken by Taliban fighters. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
South African Airways announces new Interim Executive
Simon Newton-Smith has previously held key leadership positions with Virgin Atlantic Airways and with Qatar Airways. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Jamaica welcomes 1 millionth visitor since start of COVID-19 pandemic
It was a tear-jerking surprise for one JetBlue passenger and her family as Jamaica’s tourism industry marked a significant milestone of welcoming one million stopover visitors in just 13 months, in the midst of a pandemic. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Russia resumes flights to Czech Republic, Dominican Republic and South Korea
Following discussions and considering the epidemiological situation in certain countries, the decision was made to lift restrictions on international regular and non-regular (charter) flights from Russian airports to the Dominican Republic, South Korea and the Czech Republic starting from August 27, 2021. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
North American inbound tourism spend declined by 74.1% in 2020
North America’s forecast recovery follows the general global travel consensus that domestic tourism will recover first by 2022, but international arrivals will not recover until 2024. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Seven killed in Kabul airport chaos as all commercial flights cancelled
Some of the people killed had clung to a US military transport plane as it took off, but fell to their deaths shortly after takeoff. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Gulf Air resumes flights from Bahrain to Moscow Domodedovo Airport
The national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain restarts scheduled passenger flights to Russian Federation. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Touring the Presidential Palace in Kabul with Taliban Fighters as guides
Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been declared the new president of Afghanistan. Taliban Fighters are giving photo opportunities for Al Jazeera journalists from the presidential office in Kabul. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Horror Ending in Afghanistan with Kabul surrounded by Taliban
An Air India flight is landing at Kabul International Airport in an attempt to help fellow Indian Citizen to escape the Taliban Terror. The plane is on the ground. If it can take off again is in the open. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Russian plane crashes into mountain in Turkey killing everyone on board
Several firefighting aircraft have been sent to Turkey by Russia to assist the nation in its struggle with wildfires, which have plagued it in recent week. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Martinique goes on lockdown, tells tourists to leave
The Prefecture of Martinique has recommended that vulnerable and unvaccinated tourists not continue their stay. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Air Canada Ready to Implement New Vaccination Policy
Government of Canada's announcement that federally regulated employees in the transport sector must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 31, 2021. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
WestJet Supports Mandatory Vaccination For Airline Workers
Airline working to implement government's mandatory vaccination requirement for federally regulated airline employees by the end of October. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News