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
Category - European 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Most Brits Would Not Patronize Unvaccinated Businesses
Less than half of Britons expressed willingness to keep using an unvaccinated professional. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Introducing the Strong Earth Awards: Advancing Climate Friendly Travel
SUNx Malta – a legacy program for Maurice Strong, Sustainability and Climate activist half a century ago – promoting Climate Friendly Travel, and Les Roches, one of the world’s leading hospitality business schools, announce the annual Strong Earth Awards which will be presented at the ShiftIn’ Festival on November 19. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Multiple people wounded in Russian bus explosion
Powerful blast happened when the passengers were boarding the the bus at a bus stop by a large shopping mall. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Passenger Numbers Continue to Rise at Frankfurt Airport
Traffic across all Fraport Group's airports increased significantly, with year-on-year figures partly rising by several hundred percent – albeit based on a sharply reduced traffic level in July 2020. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Visiting Friends and Relatives Will Drive Travel Recovery
Visiting friends and relatives will play a vital role in travel’s recovery with 242 million international departures expected to be taken for this purpose by 2025. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Scotland Air Traffic Control Towers Shutdown: No Plan B
Rural communities in Highlands and Islands don’t have a second option or a plan B for medical and emergency services that now fall under some of the Scotland Air Traffic Control towers at Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) airports that are due to be shutdown. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
COVID-19 Changes Italians’ Travel Habits
Number of people commuting on public transport forecast to drop to 22.6 percent after the summer break. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Travel in the UK is too expensive
UK domestic holiday and accommodation providers have increased prices significantly throughout 2021 amid soaring ‘staycation’ demand. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
STOP: 80 countries including UK, UAE, France, Israel, Thailand, Aruba on no travel list!
According to CDC, countries designated as "COVID-19 very high risk" have had over 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days. US citizens should not travel to these countries, unless they are fully vaccinated. Today 7 more countries were added to this list. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
COVID Pass For Non-EU Tourists introduced in France
Non-EU tourists who are already in France can receive a QR code which will be valid as a French COVID certificate. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
French Police Vaccine Pass Raids Empty Paris Cafés
Many sidewalk cafés were sitting completely empty as their regular customers chose instead to sit on public benches outside. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Violent Anti-Vax Rioters Storm BBC London Studios
Protestors believe the country’s leadership is in cahoots with pharmaceutical companies and media outlets to deceive the British public about both the disease and the vaccines. - eTurboNews | Travel News
New Tourist Safety Device of Spanish Police for Camino de Santiago Pilgrimmage
The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St. James, is a network of pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain. Tradition holds that the remains of the saint are buried here. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Hundreds of Vaccinated People Hospitalized In UK with Delta
Experts warn that ‘vaccines do not eliminate all risk’ of the highly contagious Delta variant that now accounts for 99 percent of all COVID-19 infections in the UK. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Spanish Court Rejects Nightclub COVID Pass Mandate
Andalusia high court deems making health passports mandatory to visit indoor nightlife venues to be discriminatory and in violation of citizens’ privacy rights. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Nordwind Airlines Restarts Direct Flight From St. Petersburg To Stuttgart
The air service between St. Petersburg and Stuttgart will open from August 22 on Sundays. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Italy Expands List Of Activities Requiring Vaccination Pass
The Green Pass will be mandatory for teachers, university students, and people traveling using long-distance public transport from September 1. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Ryanair beefs up Budapest route with new Shannon connection
The twice-weekly link launches on 1 November and will mean the Irish airline operates 81% of Budapest’s services to Ireland. - eTurboNews | Travel News
COVID-19 Spike Threatens UK Domestic Travel Recovery
With restrictions continuously changing for international travel, domestic holidays seem a safer bet in the immediate term. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Air France Believes in Santa Claus for less than $400
Air France announces flights for winter 2021-2022 from Paris, France to Rovaniemi, Finland. - eTurboNews | Travel News
Mandatory masks returning to London Underground
If implemented, the changes proposed by Mayor Khan would effectively revert the situation on London public transportation to pre-July 19 conditions. - eTurboNews | Travel News