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Hong Kong Airlines: Safety comes first
Harry S. Johnson- May 29, 2020To help travelers book with confidence and fly with assurance, Hong Kong Airlines has introduced the following to enhance customer ... Read More
ATM Virtual to focus on potential Chinese outbound travel market
Harry S. Johnson- May 25, 2020One of the most eagerly awaited sessions during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) three-day ATM Virtual event that takes place ... Read More
EasyJet hit with ￡18 billion lawsuit over customer data breach
Harry S. Johnson- May 25, 2020International law firm PGMBM have issued a class action claim in the High Court of London on behalf of easyJet ... Read More
Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport: Cargo traffic increased sharply in April and May
Harry S. Johnson- May 23, 2020Cargo-only transit through Sheremetyevo?Airport increased by 3.5 times from May 1 to?May 18?compared to the same period in April, when ... Read More
Heathrow: Significant role in bringing in vital medicine and equipment
Harry S. Johnson- May 22, 2020New British Government data reveals the significant role Heathrow airport has played in equipping front-line workers and hospitals in their ... Read More
Temperature screening equipment tested at Heathrow Airport
Harry S. Johnson- May 21, 2020Starting today, thermal screening technology is being trialed in Heathrow Terminal 2’s immigration hall to detect elevated temperatures of arriving ... Read More
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Set to Launch Astronauts on May 27
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- May 21, 2020American astronauts are once again going to be launched on an American rocket from American soil and are headed to ... Read More
Delta introduces custom-designed airport lobby and gate safety barriers
Harry S. Johnson- May 19, 2020To add another layer of safety at airports for Delta customers and our people, Delta Air Lines turned to its ... Read More
IATA Board declares principles for industry re-start
Harry S. Johnson- May 19, 2020The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a commitment by the airline CEOs on its Board of Governors to five ... Read More
CEO Schulte’s speech for Fraport AGM published in advance
Chief Assignment Editor- May 19, 2020Today, Fraport AG published in advance the speech to be presented by executive board chairman (CEO) Dr. Stefan Schulte at ... Read More
Airbus opens A220 US production hangar and welcomes second US customer
Harry S. Johnson- May 19, 2020Airbus has reached two important milestones at its commercial aircraft production facility in Mobile, Ala.: the company officially inaugurated production ... Read More
Munich Airport preparing for rebound in air traffic
Harry S. Johnson- May 18, 2020With an extensive package of measures to protect against infection, Munich Airport is preparing for a rebound in air traffic ... Read More
COVID-19 Rapid Response Team to assist the global travel industry
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 18, 2020rebuilding.travel is less than 3 weeks old, but may already be the most influential and diverse initiative in the world ... Read More
WTM Sustainability Week Webinar Program Joined by BBC Global News
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- May 15, 2020World Travel Market is hosting two online seminars as part of next week’s WTM Sustainability Week webinar program, with representatives ... Read More
Minister Bartlett to toast 126 couples in Jamaica Tourist Board’s virtual destination wedding ceremony
Harry S. Johnson- May 15, 2020Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett is set to give a special toast for 126 couples who will be ... Read More
Tourism companies targeting customers through social media marketing
Harry S. Johnson- May 15, 2020As the financial strain continues to burden the global tourism industry due to the impact of COVID-19, many companies will ... Read More
Lufthansa: Flying with sunlight
Harry S. Johnson- May 15, 2020Representatives of the Lufthansa Group and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) with its spin-offs Clime-works and Synhelion ... Read More
Abu Dhabi Tourism Chairman hosts new virtual conversations series
Harry S. Johnson- May 14, 2020The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) is further expanding its digital offering with a ... Read More
Cebu Pacific rolling out ‘contactless flights’
Harry S. Johnson- May 13, 2020As part of its preparation to fly again in the near future and to ensure the safety of passengers and ... Read More
European pilots union: Safely navigating through the COVID-19 crisis
Harry S. Johnson- May 12, 2020As the aviation industry struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, pilots are looking at the European Union and its Member States ... Read More
TSA-style COVID PreCheck app aims to speed up America’s return to work
Harry S. Johnson- May 12, 2020A new app named COVID PreCheck?will launch later this month enabling people who test positive for COVID-19 antibodies to get ... Read More
Embraer delivers five commercial and nine executive jets in 1Q20
Harry S. Johnson- May 12, 2020Embraer delivered a total of 14 jets in the first quarter of 2020, of which five were commercial aircraft and ... Read More
MGM Resorts releases safety plan for re-opening US properties
Harry S. Johnson- May 12, 2020MGM Resorts International today released a report outlining the comprehensive health and safety protocols the company is implementing prior to ... Read More
Frankfurt Airport ready to fly safely
Harry S. Johnson- May 12, 2020Amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, Frankfurt Airport is getting ready to ramp up passenger flights again. Fraport, its owner and ... Read More
Gulfstream G600 receives European Union Aviation Safety Agency approval
Hon Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism Jamaica- May 11, 2020Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced its award-winning Gulfstream G600 earned type certificate approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency ... Read More
TSA checking passengers temperature may become routine in the United States
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 11, 2020Checking the temperature may become a new routine when going through TSA security at US airports. Airlines for America, which ... Read More
Shanghai tourism launches live-stream show to boost travel sector
Harry S. Johnson- May 9, 2020The city authorities and travel firms in Shanghai have joined forces to start live-streaming tourism-related shows to boost post-COVID-19 tourism ... Read More
FAA: Eastern Caribbean aviation system does not comply with ICAO safety standards
Harry S. Johnson- May 8, 2020The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has been assigned a Category ... Read More
Tanzania launches digital tourism amid COVID-19 pandemic
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 8, 2020Foreign tourists planning for wildlife safari in Tanzania and East Africa, can now view the Great Wildebeest Migration through live-stream ... Read More
Airbus logs nine A320 family aircraft orders in April
Harry S. Johnson- May 7, 2020Airbus logged net orders in April for nine commercial aircraft from its A320 product line from Avolon. By April 30th, ... Read More
#TasteofNevis Global Competition Brings Nevis into Homes
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- May 6, 2020It was William Shakespeare who wrote, “As full of spirit was the month of May…” The Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) ... Read More
Asia tourism prepares for recovery
Andrew J. Wood - eTN Thailand- May 6, 2020How do we sensibly and effectively restart travel and tourism, the industry that employs 1-in-10 workers globally? A workforce decimated ... Read More
Arabian Travel Market launches ATM Virtual
Harry S. Johnson- May 6, 2020Arabian Travel Market (ATM) has officially announced the launch of ATM Virtual, a three-day event that will take place from ... Read More
Trinidad and Tobago: Official COVID-19 Tourism Update
Harry S. Johnson- May 5, 2020Caribbean Airlines has released a new video highlighting the sanitization processes used on its aircraft. The airline advises that its ... Read More
World’s biggest industry focus group to reveal what travelers REALLY think
Harry S. Johnson- May 5, 2020WTM is facilitating the biggest-ever industry focus group to determine what consumers around the globe are really thinking. The ground-breaking ... Read More
IATA calls for passenger face covering and crew masks
Harry S. Johnson- May 5, 2020The International Air Transport Association (IATA) supports the wearing of face coverings for passengers and masks for crew while on ... Read More
