News Agencies International tourist arrivals worldwide have more than doubled, up 130 per cent in January 2022 on the same period last year, according to UN World Tourism Organization figures Global tourism is roaring back to life despite COVID travel headaches and the effects of the war in Ukraine, but it has yet to return […]
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PM Modi laid the foundation stone for Jewar Airport
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for Noida International Airport, also known as Jewar Airport, on November 25. The construction work for the airport has begun and its operations will begin by 2024. Once it becomes operational, Uttar Pradesh will have five international airports, the highest for any state in India. With […]
British Airways launches its Black Friday offers
British Airways has launched its Black Friday offers, with 20,000 discounted seats to US destinations, hot deals on European city breaks, and huge savings on British Airways Holidays packages. The travelers can bag themselves great offers to top US destinations, including £299 return flights to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia from London Heathrow. US holiday […]
Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas
Sets sail from Los Angeles for the first time Royal Caribbean International is back in California after more than a decade and it’s rolling out the red carpet looking to get away on a memorable vacation. The cruise line’s bold and adventure-packed Navigator of the Seas set sail from Los Angeles recently, beginning its year-round season […]
Heathrow Airport prepares an uplift this Christmas
In anticipation of over 2 million passengers expected to travel through Heathrow this Christmas, the UK’s hub airport has refreshed the range of shops, restaurants, and services on offer at the airport. In Christmas, 2020, the nation faced strict lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19, bringing an end to family festivities before they could even begin. […]
India allows domestic airlines to fly at full capacity
As a prelude to the full reopening of international air travel into and out of India, the Ministry of Civil Aviation here has allowed airlines to fly on domestic routes at full capacity. The Ministry’s order allowing 100 per cent capacity utilization will go into effect on 18th October and coincide with a season of […]
Formation of the Aviation Climate Taskforce (ACT) announced
Cathay Pacific together with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and other airline leaders announced the formation of the Aviation Climate Taskforce (ACT), a new non-profit organisation founded to tackle the challenge of eliminating carbon emissions in aviation through innovation and collaboration. Cathay Pacific has pioneered efforts in decarbonisation technologies over the years. It became the first […]
US to outline international travel reopening, vaccination rules
The Biden administration plans to unveil recently its detailed rules requiring nearly all foreign air visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting November 8, sources reveal. The White House first disclosed on September 20 it would remove restrictions in early November for fully vaccinated air travellers from 33 countries. The extraordinary US travel restrictions were […]
KLM: Direct flights from Amsterdam to 162 different destinations this winter
KLM’s new winter schedule goes into effect on Oct 31 till March 26, 2022. As more and more travel restrictions are eased, KLM will be able to increase capacity again this winter and, plans to operate direct flights from Amsterdam to 162 different destinations, 72 intercontinental and 90 within Europe. KLM has resumed operating services […]
Kushinagar Int’l Airport inaugurated, expected tourism boost
PM Modi meets Sri Lankan delegation on the occasion of the Abhidhamma Day in Kushinagar, recently. He has recently inaugurated the new international airport at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, and said his government has taken a number of steps to instil new energy in the aviation sector. Several foreign dignitaries, including Sri Lankan minister Namal […]