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Delta plans to bring back 400 pilots, signaling optimism about future air travel
Delta Air Lines is planning to bring hundreds of its pilots back by this summer as the airline seeks to position itself for a rebound in travel demand.
Delta’s pilots avoided furloughs last year after the union agreed to reduced pay an… read more
AU Member States adopt digital Covid certificates
African Union member states will from this month start using digital Covid-19 certificates as one way of eliminating travel restrictions that were occassioned by outbreak of coronavirus.
In the new digital application from Econet Wireless and PanaBios which was certified by AU and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Afri… read more
KLM suspends all long-haul flights to the Netherlands
KLM will suspend its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands from Friday due to new health rules linked to the coronavirus, an airline spokesperson said.
The new rules set on Wednesday by the Dutch authorities require in particular passengers but also flight crew to present a second negative rapid screening certificate for coronavi… read more
TUI Group focuses on growth in Tours & Activities
TUI, the world's leading tourism group, is strengthening its commitment to Tours & Activities across all distribution channels. A total of over 170,000 excursions, activities, tickets and transfers are now available to partners, travel agents and customers in more than 140 countries.
"The global Tours & Activit… read more
Arrivals from more African nations banned from England
Travellers from a number of countries in southern Africa have been banned from entering England on an attempt to stop the spread of a new variant of Covid-19.
While arrivals from South Africa have been banned for some weeks, this has now been expanded to include travellers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Botswana.
Island nations Mau… read more
Russia to launch e-visas as soon as COVID-19 situation allows
Russian Foreign Ministry announced that a system to issue short-stay, single entry electronic visas (e-visas) to foreign visitors has been set up and is ready to be launched, but its launch date will depend on the situation with COVID-19 in the country and in the world.
Russian electronic visa project initially started in 2017 but e… read more
TUI boss is convinced to see a travel boon in northern summer
The tourism industry is more affected by the Corona restrictions than almost any other. But according to Tui boss Joussen, the crisis could be followed by a boom. Among other things, the group wants to send its cruise fleet back to sea at full strength.
Europe's largest tourism group Tui is expecting a strong revival of the travel … read more
Life after lockdown - Rebuilding Tourism globally and sustainably!
The global tourism standstill due to COVID-19 has cost the sector dearly, especially in countries heavily reliant on it, like small island nations. A new UN report maps how tourism could be rebuilt.
For Mahmood Patel, 2020 was supposed to be a bumper year for his Barbados-based, tourism-dependent small business venture… read more
Nepalese airline Buddha Air flies passengers to wrong airport
Passengers on the Buddha Air ATR72-500 flight U4 505 (reg. 9N-AMY) from Kathmandu Tribhuwan International Airport to Janakpur, Nepal, had a big surprise on Friday, 18 December. Instead of landing as planned in Janakpur in the south of the country, they ended up in Pohara, the second-largest city in the country, more than 400 kilometres from thei… read more
ETOA declares climate emergency
The European Tourism Association (ETOA) and its partners are planning for a sustainable future and have declared a Climate Emergency.
ETOA’s Board has accepted IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) advice and the emissions reduction targets based on it and are pledging to examine the organization’s environmental fo… read more
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