The acquisition will form a combined budget airline that is the fifth largest carrier in the market. Read More
Tag: Air Travel
Passengers couldn’t fly after NHS vaccine passport went offline
Enlarge (credit: VOO QQQ ) England’s COVID Pass system went offline for hours on Wednesday, causing British travelers to remain stranded at airports. Some passengers couldn’t board their flights, while others suffered delays as both the National Health Service (NHS) website and app experienced issues. Delays and missed flights An NHS system outage lasting approximately […]
What Airbnb’s earnings reveal about the future of travel
The travel industry should prepare for an increasingly bumpy ride. Read More
France bans air travel that could be done by train in under 2.5 hours
Enlarge / A Train Grand Vitesse. (credit: Michael Dunning/Getty Images) On Sunday, the French National Assembly voted to ban some short-haul flights in favor of train travel. If the measure is formally approved, it would mean the end to domestic flights on routes where the journey could also be completed by train in 2.5 hours […]
The art and science of boarding an airplane in a pandemic
Enlarge / During the pandemic, several airlines have switched boarding procedures to create more distance between passengers. (credit: Nicholas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images) Jason Steffen studies planets in other solar systems. His most famous work—OK, second-most famous work—was with NASA’s Kepler Mission, a survey of planetary systems. But you’re more likely to have […]
Do COVID-19 travel restrictions prevent spread?
Medical News Bulletin | Health News and Medical Research – Daily Medical News, Health News, Clinical Trials And Clinical Research, Medical Technology, Fitness And Nutrition News–In One Place Study examines whether travel restrictions help prevent spread of COVID-19. After the initial pandemic declaration in March 2020, pharmaceutical companies rushed to research and create a vaccine. […]
When will international travel resume? One airline is betting on July 2021
Qantas Airways Ltd. has started taking bookings for international flights from July 1 in a perhaps optimistic view that by then, vaccinations will have begun to curb the spread of the coronavirus and travel demand will pick up. Ticket sales for Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, which had been set to start in March, have […]
Boeing 737 Max flies again, carrying paying passengers from New York to Miami
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. American flight 718 carried 87 passengers on the 172-seat plane, and the return flight from LaGuardia Airport to Miami International Airport held […]
U.S. will now require COVID negative test for travelers departing from U.K.
The U.S. will require passengers flying from the U.K. to show proof of a negative test for coronavirus, amid rising concerns over a more-contagious COVID-19 strain that is spreading after first emerging in England. Travelers arriving from the U.K. need to get a negative polymerase chain reaction or antigen test no more than 72 hours […]
Vaccine rollout Can Increase the travel Sector –and Describe out the end of Heavy discounts
The coming of a coronavirus disorder gets the U.S. travel sector getting ready for a rally in demand after a {} year. Following months of heavy reductions –with resorts offering luxury perks and airlines dangling fares for example $21 in New York to Florida–costs are set to constitute at least aspect of their earth they […]