Olduvai Gorge is a key tourist site where visitors can learn about human evolution and prehistory. The site and new museum attract local and international tourists to visit and experience what it may have felt like to live as the earliest man did. An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection […]
Volatility – both in volumes and in rates – has been the order of the day in many markets in 2020. The figures underlying that statement can be presented today, by comparing the full year 2020 with 2019, looking at air cargo from a number of different angles. December gave reason for cheer, with a […]
Carnival’s guests and travel agents are being notified directly of the cancellations and their option Carnival Cruise Line is notifying guests of additional cruise cancellations, extending its pause in US departures through April 30, 2021, and cancelling Australian operations through May 19, 2021. In addition, Carnival Cruise Line has cancelled the European itineraries for Carnival […]
Most Western European airports experienced a decline in passenger traffic of 70% or more in 2020 Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport was Europe’s fifth-busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in 2020, following Istanbul’s new airport, Roissy – Charles de Gaulle in Paris, London Heathrow and Amsterdam’s Schiphol. Heathrow had been first among European airports, but […]
Sustainable aviation fuels are proven, used every day, and have the most immediate and greatest potential to reduce carbon emissions in the near and long term Boeing is setting an ambitious target to advance the long-term sustainability of commercial aviation, committing that its commercial airplanes are capable and certified to fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuels […]
More than six in 10 Americans report that they “desperately” need a vacation after trauma of COVID-19 pandemic If it wasn’t obvious already, the latest research confirms it: Americans need a vacation! More than six in 10 Americans (63%) report that they “desperately” need a vacation after trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data […]
Reasonable masking rules, social distancing, and COVID-19 testing measures are necessary for air travel Finally, the DOT is set to promulgate reasonable rules with the force of law to make air travel safer during the coronavirus pandemic. The DOT and FAA policy of inaction, which held that mask rules were unnecessary, is reversed. FlyersRights.org’s position […]
Last month Hawaii hotel room revenues statewide fell by 77.2 percent to $107.9 million, down from $472.6 million in December 2019 In December 2020, Hawaii hotels statewide reported substantial declines in revenue per available room (RevPAR), average daily rate (ADR), and occupancy compared to December 2019 as tourism continued to be impacted significantly by the […]
Since the beginning of the year, Annette Mann has headed the newly established unit of Corporate Responsibility at the Lufthansa Group. In this function, she is responsible for the further development, management and implementation of a holistic and Group-wide sustainability program. This includes, in particular, measures for climate-neutral flying, the optimization of the entire travel […]
Tourists will be able to visit Cyprus without quarantine restrictions if upon arrival they do not have a positive test result for COVID-19 The Cypriot authorities announced that the country will open its borders to foreign tourists from March 1. “Tourists will be able to visit Cyprus without quarantine restrictions if upon arrival they do […]