Egypt’s national airliner EgyptAir announced on Saturday the resumption of direct flights between Cairo and Toronto after the Canadian government lifted its travel ban on Egypt and several African countries. “EgyptAir announced the resumption of [Read More]
Kenya’s tourist arrivals increased by 40.8 percent to 663,036 in the first ten months to October compared to 470,971 arrivals in the same period in 2020, government data has shown. The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) [Read More]
Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines, has tested positive for COVID-19, the company headquartered in Dallas of the U.S. state of Texas said Friday, two days after he attended a hearing in U.S. Senate along [Read More]
The Turkish currency crashed to a new record low of 17.16 per U.S. dollar on Friday after the central bank cut the interest rate again. The lira stood at 16.50 at 2:20 p.m. local time [Read More]
Finland on Thursday ordered compulsory PCR tests for arrivals from high-risk areas to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The policy took effect immediately. From next Tuesday people arriving from any country [Read More]
The coronavirus pandemic caused a 50 percent drop in tourist arrivals in Cyprus in 2021 compared to 2019, the last year before the onset of COVID-19, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Thursday. The [Read More]
Lao government Thursday announced a plan to reopen for visitors starting from Jan. 1, 2022, according to a notice issued by the Prime Minister’s Office. The notice, which was signed by Head of the Prime [Read More]
Australia’s national airline, Qantas, posted its end-of-year balance sheets on Thursday showing that the carrier is poised to climb out of debt as demand for travel picks up in the second half of 2022. The [Read More]
Australia’s largest airline Qantas will soon extend its services to provide the nation’s only direct flights to continental Europe. From next June, Qantas will offer return flights three times a week from the largest city [Read More]
Alaska Airlines on Monday announced plans of new nonstop international flights by next summer from the U.S. West Coast hubs to airports with its oneworld member airlines. According to Alaska Airlines, British Airways will begin [Read More]
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