France’s first long-haul flight using sustainable jet fuel made from used cooking oil took off from Paris on May 18, 2021, bound for Montreal. This is a new step towards the “decarbonization of air transport”, jointly achieved by Air France-KLM, Total, ADP Group and Airbus. Air France-KLM, Total, ADP Group and Airbus announced that […]
Tourism
484,071 visitors arrived by air to Hawaii in April 2021
Prior to the pandemic, Hawaii experienced record-level visitor expenditures and arrivals in 2019 and in the first two months of 2020. Only 4,564 visitors traveled to Hawaii in April 2020 Visitor arrivals in April 2021 were down 43.0 percent from the April 2019 count Visitor spending was down 38.4 percent from $1.32 billion spent in […]
Royal Caribbean Group resumes sailing from the US in June
On June 26, Royal Caribbean Group will mark a long-awaited return with Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Edge departing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. Cruise company’s return is heralded with a sailing on its luxury ship Celebrity Edge Celebrity Edge was given the go-ahead by the CDC to be the first ship back in the water Inaugural […]
Spirit Airlines flies to Tampa and Fort Myers, Florida from Louisville
Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas and Orlando are three of Spirit’s biggest cities, which means nonstop flights from SDF come with easy connections throughout the United States. Spirit Airlines launches Tampa flights from Louisville Spirit Airlines launches Fort Myers route from Louisville Spirit flight 1227 will be airline’s first departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport […]
Tokyo Olympics could result in ‘Olympic’ strain of COVID-19
Japanese officials “cannot deny the possibility of even a new strain of the virus potentially emerging” because Tokyo Olympic Games. Tokyo Olympic Games would unite all of the different mutant strains of the virus which exist in different places When the Olympics begins, competitors from more than 200 territories around the world will descend on Tokyo […]
High pricing could impact the viability of space travel
The concept of commercial space travel is no doubt exciting, and this is reflected by high demand for the extremely limited capacity available for upcoming voyages into – and on the edge of – space. Space travel’s extremely high price point that could impact its viability beyond the short-term SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin […]
Malta claims Herd Immunity, opens tourism for international visitors
Herd Immunity may be a new magic word when it comes to reopen the travel and tourism industry. Maltas tourism ministry is now claiming Herd Immunity, what is a brave step – but is it safe and true to say? Malta is a member country of the European Union and an Island Nation in the […]
‘Red warning’ issued for aviation as Alaskan Great Sitkin volcano erupts
The eruption prompted the USGS and the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) to issue a joint ‘red warning’ to aviation. Ash plume from the Great Sitkin volcano eruption was as high as 15,000ft (4,600m) The eruption had been preceded by increased volcanic-seismic unrest over the previous 24 hours The volcano has had a few short-lived eruptions […]
UK did not close borders due to COVID for fear of being seen as racist
The former Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Dominic Cummings, said the reason UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson never closed the country’s borders at the beginning of the pandemic is he thought it might be looked at as racist. PM Johnson did not want the UK to be looked at as […]
IATA optimistic about post-COVID-19 travel recovery as borders reopen
To ensure that aviation can sustainably deliver its social and economic benefits as it meets this long-term demand, it is critical that governments step-up their support for more efficient operations and foster an effective energy transition. In 2021 global passenger numbers are expected to recover to 52% of pre-COVID-19 levels In 2023 global passenger numbers […]