Ukraine International Airlines’ special flights to carry foreign nationals home

Between May 1 and 9, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines will operate ten special international outbound flights. Currently, the carrier scheduled the following flights: May 1: Kyiv – Amsterdam, and Kyiv – Tel Aviv; May 3: Kyiv – Geneva, and Kyiv – Dubai; May 5: Kyiv – Toronto, Kyiv – Dortmund, and Kyiv – Prague; May […]

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Tourism sector needs to evolve to regain travelers’ trust and survive COVID-19

As the tourism sector has been hobbled by the pandemic, the industry has also been presented with an opportunity to reevaluate and improve its practices, a necessity if businesses are to attract and gain the trust of both existing and prospective customers. The impacts of COVID-19 have posed significant challenges to the travel and tourism […]

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UNWTO: 100% of global destinations now have COVID-19 travel restrictions

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted all destinations worldwide to introduce restrictions on travel, research by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has found. This represents the most severe restriction on international travel in history and no country has so far lifted restrictions introduced in response to the crisis. Following up on previous research, the latest data […]

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Hawaiian Airlines a fraud, unfair, deceptive? Class Action Lawsuit filed in Federal Court

The fraudulent actions of Hawaiian Airlines caused damage to Plaintiff and members of the Class and Subclasses, who are entitled to damages and other legal and equitable relief as a result. This is alledged by Nataly Alvarez on behalf of herself and those named in a class-action lawsuit filed on April 20 in the United […]

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Russia promises cash handouts to airlines struggling with COVID-19 crisis

Russia’s Minister of Economic Development said that the government of Russian Federation is working on initiatives to support the country’s airline industry in COVID-19 crisis. The proposed measures will include direct airline subsidies, among others. “Indeed, it will also include subsidies to companies,” the government official said. The minister stressed that this matter is primarily […]

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Anguilla Declares No Evidence of COVID-19 Virus Transmission

Anguilla’s Ministry of Health and Social Development delivered welcome and promising news in their latest update on the island’s response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, issued on Sunday, April 26, 2020 and of COVID-19 virus transmission. “At the present time there are no suspected cases and no evidence of transmission of the COVID-19 virus within […]

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IATA announces new Senior Vice President

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Sebastian Mikosz will join IATA as the Association’s Senior Vice President for Member and External Relations, effective 1 June 2020. Most recently, Mikosz was Group Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Airways (2017-2019), during which time he served on the IATA Board of Governors. Prior to that […]

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Profit drops of 100% or more: Global hotel industry rocked by COVID-19

In the first analysis of full profit-and-loss performance since the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the global hospitality industry, March was expectedly a brutal month, with the U.S., Europe, Asia and Middle East all recording year-over-year profit drops of 100% or more, as the virus’ spread continued unabated, all but shutting down travel. To date, there […]

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Jamaica: Over 6500 tourism workers registered for free online training

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has announced that registration for the recently launched free online training for tourism workers closes today, Sunday, 26th April, 2020 at 4pm. So far, over 6500 tourism workers have registered since the programme launched on Wednesday April 22 with all courses being oversubscribed. The cut off is to accommodate […]

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Boeing Dreamlifter transports 1.5M face masks

Boeing today completed another COVID-19 transport mission, using a Boeing Dreamlifter to bring personal protective equipment (PPE) from Hong Kong to the United States. Working in partnership with Prisma Health, Atlas Air Worldwide and Discommon Founder Neil Ferrier, the company transported 1.5 million medical-grade face masks bound for healthcare professionals at Prisma Health in South Carolina. Discommon, the importer of record for the […]

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