Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines will jointly offer one of these Vaccinated Travel Lane flights every day, either from Frankfurt or Munich, beginning on 16 September. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Category - Responsible Tourism News
Boeing 737 MAX cleared to fly in Indian airspace again
So far, 175 out of 195 countries have lifted restrictions on Max, and over 30 operators have returned the plane to service. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Hyatt boosts its leisure portfolio with acquisition of Apple Leisure Group
The strong recovery of luxury travel alongside the geographical expansion of Hyatt’s market portfolio point to future gains for the company. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Passenger personal data stolen in Bangkok Airways cybersecurity attack
An initial investigation of the incident appeared to confirm that some of the personal data may have been accessed which are, passenger name, family name, nationality, gender, phone number, email, address, contact information, passport information, historical travel information, partial credit card information, and special meal information. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Air Astana receives its sixth new Airbus A321LR jet
The Airbus A321LR fleet operates across the airline’s international network, with destinations including Dubai, Frankfurt, London (from September 2021), Istanbul, Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) and Podgorica (Montenegro). - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
4 US Marines, 60 Afghans killed in attack on Kabul airport
Many US allies had either already ended their evacuation efforts before Thursday’s explosions, citing advance intelligence about a terrorist attack, or have announced Thursday as the last chance to exit. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
IATA backs European Digital COVID Certificate as global standard
The DCC was delivered in record time to help facilitate the reopening of EU states to travel. In the absence of a single global standard for digital vaccine certificates, it should serve as a blueprint for other nations looking to implement digital vaccination certificates to help facilitate travel and its associated economic benefits. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Confusion over vaccine certificates hinders travel recovery
The lack of digitalized records in some countries, including the US, makes proving vaccinated status laborious. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Delta Air Lines: All unvaccinated staff will be charged extra $200 for health insurance monthly
In recent weeks since the rise of the B.1.617.2 variant, all Delta employees who have been hospitalized with COVID were not fully vaccinated. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
South African Airways returns to the skies September 23
South African Airways will as an initial phase operate flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Accra, Kinshasa, Harare, Lusaka and Maputo. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
COVID-19 vaccination now mandatory for all Air Canada employees
Failure to be fully vaccinated by October 30, 2021 will have consequences up to and including unpaid leave or termination, except for those who qualify for accommodation. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
The ‘Rome of Britain’ may lose UNESCO World Heritage Status
A major tourism attraction just 66.5 miles (107 km) southeast of London, Canterbury is in danger of losing its beauty and history by allowing an increasing number of ugly and outsized developments within, or adjacent to, the city's historic core, still enclosed within its circuit of medieval walls. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Fiji pushes towards tourism reopening by December 2021
Each vaccination brings Fiji one step closer to being able to welcome international guests to the islands once again. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
British Airways returns to Budapest with London Heathrow flights
British Airways’ return offers Budapest’s passengers connections to numerous long-haul flights via its hub as further markets re-open. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in Indonesia
"The National Agency of Drug and Food approved another coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, on Tuesday, August 24," the statement published today on the website of the country’s National Agency of Drug and Food Control reads. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Masks, Lederhosen, and a beer ok on new Air Canada Toronto to Munich Flights
Bavarians will be allowed to board the upcoming Air Canada 77-9 Dreamliner aircraft in all 3 classes wearing Lederhosen or a Dirndl. Lederhosen were and are traditionally made from leather material, making them easier to clean and to remove dirt and dust, after a hard day's work. Lederhosen, therefore, were generally working-class apparel that carried specific cultural and social meanings in German-speaking cultures and countries. They are trendy in Bavaria, they raise eyebrows in the rest of...
Japan to declare COVID-19 State of Emergency in eight more prefectures
Hokkaido, Miyagi, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures will officially be under the State of Emergency from this Friday until September 12. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Global Tourism Film Festival launches on October 21
GTFF, a world-first nomadic Tourism Film Festival is produced to be held in support of tourism destinations and local economies dependent on tourism. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Delta Air Lines buys 30 more Airbus A321neo aircraft
Adding Airbus A321neo aircraft strengthens Delta Air Lines' commitment to replacing older fleets with more sustainable, efficient jets. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Lufthansa rescue mission for Afghanistan in full swing
Lufthansa will continue to operate additional flights from Tashkent in the coming days in coordination with the German Foreign Office. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
New York City makes COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all public school teachers and staff
The New York City COVID-19 vaccine mandate follows a similar policy imposed by outgoing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in July, who announced that all frontline healthcare workers at state-run hospitals will have to receive the jab by Labor Day, with no testing option provided. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Barbados tourism rebounds with record July arrivals
Barbados has, and continues to weather this COVID-19 storm, but while this period has been difficult for the industry, the BTMI is so pleased to see the recent sprouts of positive growth. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
33% of unvaccinated Americans say they will never get vaccinated
People in the UK are twice as likely to get vaccinated as people in the US. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Direct flights from Nur-Sultan to London Heathrow resume on Air Astana
Flights will be operated by the latest Airbus A321LR aircraft, with the flight time being 7 hours and 15 minutes outbound to London and 6 hours and 30 minutes on the return to Nur-Sultan. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
North Queensland Tourism job losses to escalate by Christmas
The region grew its workforce across the entire supply chain ready for a busy winter, but now these new recruits, including more than 200 from the tourism industry, who have been in training for months are being told to find other work. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Travel Beyond my New York City, Manhattan Zip Code
I may covet a closet filled with Prada and LV, but what I want IMMEDIATELY is the opportunity to safely travel outside my Zip Code. As I listen to MSNBC, FOX and CNN, I am warned of COVID variants, the emerging need for booster shots, the increased number of people getting sick and death lurking just beyond the horizon. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
$15.39 billion: China’s car rental market is booming
The market will embrace high-speed development after the car rental industry reshuffled over the previous five or six years. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Allegiant announces new nonstop Key West flights
Allegiant expects Key West to be a big draw for leisure travelers seeking an affordable, convenient vacation spot for warm winter getaways. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Sri Lanka goes on new lockdown as COVID deaths surge
The island nations had to resort to drastic measures in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as surging infections and deaths overwhelm Sri Lanka's hospitals, morgues and crematoriums. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
European transport union demands minimum working standards within Lufthansa
Crucially, both workers and employers need to come out of this crisis together, and therefore we must engage in social dialogue early to ensure the smooth creation of any new entities and the transition through any necessary change processes with fairness and openness at the core of such discussions. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News