Category - Transportation

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Aeroflot requires Pilots to be vaccinated

3 years ago

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

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Europe’s summer air travel recovery fails

3 years ago

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

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Prepare for lines when you fly from London Heathrow

3 years ago

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

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American Airlines unvaxxed staff who get COVID are on their own

3 years ago

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

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4 people killed in Connecticut plane crash

3 years ago

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

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When Visiting Argentina Be alert after tourist shooting

4 years ago

Tourists in Argentina are warned to be alert to street crime, including armed robberies, and advised to hand over cash and valuables without resistance. More than 111,000 British nationals visited Argentina in 2018, according to the Foreign Office, which said most visits are “trouble-free”. But today a British tourist was killed and his son was injured when they were shot during a suspected robbery in Buenos Aires, according to local media. The two men, aged 50 and 28, were taken to hospital...

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Boeing boycotts Pentagon’s $85 billion contract

4 years ago

Northrop Grumman Corporation was the sole bidder yesterday on a massive $85 billion military contract, after Boeing announced that it will not participate in the Pentagon’s program to replace the aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). “Boeing is disappointed we were unable to submit a bid,” Elizabeth Silva, a company spokeswoman, said in a statement. “Boeing continues to support a change in acquisition strategy that would bring the best of industry to this national...

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Kazakhstan’s low-cost airline goes international

4 years ago

The first Kazakhstan low-cost airline FlyArystan made its first international flight from Nur-Sultan to Moscow (Zhukovsky) on its recently delivered fourth Airbus A320, which joined the fleet on the threshold of the Independence Day of Kazakhstan. Peter Foster, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Astana, believes that with the launch of FlyArystan flights in the region, more people will be able to see the Russian capital for the first time. “With the launch of Kazakhstan’s first low...

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French railways chief urges to suspend a strike

4 years ago

The head of the French national railway company, Jean-Pierre Farandou, appealed to transportation industry workers to end the strike during the Christmas holidays. Farandu reminded the strike participants that the holiday season is an important moment for meetings with the family. “I ask everyone who provides transportation for residents and visitors in the country to think about taking a break during the holidays,” he said. Mass protests began in France on December 5 – residents of the country...

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How safe is New York for Israeli tourists?

4 years ago

Many Israeli visitors have New York on top of their must to go places.  New York is perceived as a safe city for Israel tourists. This may have changed at least for two young ladies that just returned to Tel Aviv after they were victims of a violent attack in a New York Subway Station on Thursday night. Don’t get involved was the response when pedestrians in New York city walked by and witnesses the attack and decided to mind  their own business. Police are looking for a pair of...

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Pearl Harbor Shooting: Arizona Memorial lock-down just cleared

4 years ago

Tourists are now safe and the gates to the Pearl Harbor base, are open again, enabling tourists and other visitors to leave the Base and Arizona Memorial.  Earlier Pearl Harbor was under attack. A reported shooting has shut down access to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.  Several people were shot and injured, one victim is confirmed dead. A victim was admitted to Queens Medical Center.  The shooter was secured or arrested. A Naval spokesperson told eTurboNews, the entire base was under...

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Spend a Week of Luxury in Orlando, Florida

5 years ago

Orlando may be well-known for its family attractions: Disneyworld, Universal Studios and the day trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. However, if you do not maintain a passion for Disney, Orlando can also be a luxurious resort for adults. Orlando is a central hub from which it is easy to explore the other areas of Florida, such as the mysteries of the Everglades or the chic, exotic islands of the Florida Keys. Stay in Disney’s Top Hotels If you do make the decision to visit...

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3 Tips That Make Business Travel Easy

5 years ago

If you’ve ever been called out of the office and asked to embark on business travel, then you’ll understand how stressful the whole venture can be. From tight schedules to jet lag to strict dress codes, work trips always have the potential to become very tedious, very quickly. For that reason, you should seek to make your business trips as easy as they can be. They might never be family holidays or at all spontaneous, but, if you do seek to make them easier, they’ll be far more trouble-free...

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How to plan your USA road trip

6 years ago

Whether you are American, Canadian, European or from somewhere further afield, one vacation that has captured the imagination for years is that of the USA road trip. From route 66 to going coast-to-coast, the US is such a diverse country that it has something for everyone. From cities filled with skyscrapers to the wild west to snow topped mountain ranges to golden beaches, you are never more than a day’s drive from something completely different from where you have just come from. Putting...

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Hahn Air makes HR-169 tickets available to travel agents in Cuba

7 years ago

Hahn Air, a German airline and the leading provider of distribution services for other airlines, is now for the first time enabling travel agents in Cuba to issue tickets of over 300 air, rail and shuttle partners on the HR-169 ticket. Since 1999, Hahn Air makes it possible for travel agents in over 190 markets to sell tickets of carriers they would otherwise not be able to issue. Cuba is one of 25 markets worldwide where the HR-169 ticket is made available to travel agents via a Hahn Air...

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CruiseTrends Report: Insight into “what is trending” with cruise customers

7 years ago

CruiseTrends report for the month of April 2017 was released today. Cruise experts mined their wealth of data to provide information on the most popular cruise trends among consumers, including the top ships, lines and travel dates for premium, luxury and river cruising. The CruiseTrends report for April 2017 is detailed below. Most Popular Cruise Lines (Based on the total number of quote requests for each cruise line in the given month) 1. Premium/Contemporary: Carnival Cruise Lines 2. Luxury:...

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San Jose Airport cuts ribbon on much-anticipated International Arrivals facility expansion

7 years ago

On Thursday, April 13, San Jose Director of Aviation Kim Becker and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Port Director Steve Baxter will unveil the $8.2 million expansion of SJC’s International Arrivals facility and cut a ribbon to officially mark its opening. As the number of airlines offering international service at SJC has ballooned from three to nine in just the past couple years, the airport undertook a significant expansion of its International Arrivals building. The expansion includes a...