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Qatar Airways to resume Guangzhou flights from 26 July

Qatar Airways announced that it will resume Guangzhou scheduled passenger services with an initial one weekly flight starting 26 July. The Southern China economic and commercial centre becomes the latest destination to join the global network the airline is gradually rebuilding, in addition to the recently announced flight resumptions to Bali, Maldives, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, […]

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Emirates resumes flights to Addis Ababa, Guangzhou, Oslo and Tehran

Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Tehran (from 17 July), Guangzhou (from 25 July), Addis Ababa (from 1 August), and Oslo (from 4 August), expanding connectivity for customers with these latest cities rejoining its network across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe. This will take the airline’s passenger network to 62 […]

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Emirates’ A380 superjumbo jets return to the skies

Emirates will deploy its iconic A380 on its daily Amsterdam service, and add a second daily A380 service to London Heathrow starting from 1 August. This announcement follows the Emirates A380’s return to the skies today with EK001 to London Heathrow taking off from Dubai International airport at 0745hrs, and EK073 at 0820hrs, carrying commercial […]

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Skål Bangkok sees record turnout for re-starting tourism

To a sold out gathering of travel and tourism professionals SKÅL INTERNATIONAL BANGKOK reconvened after a four month hiatus, with a networking lunch and panel discussion on “Restarting Tourism” at the Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel. Commenting on the meeting, club President Andrew J Wood said, “With 51 days and no new local COVID-19 infections […]

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World Routes and Routes Asia postponed until 2021

After careful consideration, and in close consultation with their hosts, Airports of Thailand and SEA Milan Airports respectively, it is with regret that Routes announce that Routes Asia, scheduled for 8-10 October 2020 in Chiang Mai, Thailand and World Routes, scheduled for 14-16 November 2020 in Milan, Italy, will now be postponed until next year. […]

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Getting Beyond COVID-19: Press Releases are Not the Answer

Barriers to a reboot of the hotel, travel and tourism industry grow daily. Why? Perhaps the industry cannot gain traction because industry leaders refuse to acknowledge the core issues that concern consumers. They struggle with how to move beyond COVID-19. Pricing is not an incentive: The airlines offer rock-bottom prices and yet there is no […]

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Budapest Airport: Accelerated re-growth of passenger traffic

As passenger figures at Budapest Airport begin to grow week by week, the airline development team have reason to celebrate and declare that the Hungarian gateway is more than ready to welcome an increasing number of flights and travelers. Currently, with 16 airlines offering seats to 92 destinations, Budapest is experiencing an accelerated re-growth of […]

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FAA lowers international aviation safety rating for Pakistan

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that Pakistan has been assigned a Category 2 rating because it does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards under the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program.   Under IASA, the FAA assesses the civil aviation authorities of all countries with air carriers that […]

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New measures at London Heathrow to reduce risk for passengers

London Heathrow airport unveils further measures that reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting COVID-19 at the airport. The UK’s biggest front door and only hub airport have adopted the most extensive array of technology to protect passengers and colleagues, as the country readjusts to life post-lockdown. The airport has kicked off a number of […]

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