BANGKOK, 31 March 2020: An Airbus A400M airlifter performed
an air-bridge between Toulouse and Madrid to deliver critically-needed mask
supplies to the Spanish health system.
The aircraft, known as MSN56 and operated by an Airbus crew,
took...
LONDON, 27 March 2020:
World tourism leaders need to execute crucial measures to save the
travel and tourism sector, ahead of a virtual meeting of the G20 hosted by
Saudi Arabia Thursday.
The call was made by...
LONDON, 26 March 2020: Bench Events, a leading organiser of
conferences and forums for the hotel, aviation and restaurant sector, is
organising a complete live conference experience on the internet.
It will bring together industry leaders...
LONDON, 23 March 2020: Up to 48,200 flights and 10.2 million seats are in jeopardy, according to ForwardKeys, based on the decision to close EU's borders for 30 days, for all but essential travel.
SINGAPORE, 19 March 2020: Airlines in the Lufthansa Group have revised rebooking conditions as travel demand plummets due to the Covid-19 threat.
Made up of Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and
GENEVA, 17 March 2020: The International Air Transport Association welcomed the announcement by the European Commission (EC) to grant the temporary suspension of the 80-20 “use it or lose it” rule on airport slots until June.
SINGAPORE, 6 March 2020: The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus in Italy has triggered a wave of trip cancellations to Italy and a collapse in new bookings to Europe from intercontinental source markets according to a report...
LONDON, 5 March 2020: British Airways is the first UK airline
to waive its change fee, giving customers the flexibility to delay travel that
is booked during the next two weeks.
The new policy will be...
BERLIN, 4 March 2020: Following the last-minute cancellation
of the show ITB Berlin is providing a communications channel for exhibitors to
post information on events scheduled for their customers outside of the
exhibition grounds.
If all had...
BERLIN, 3 March 2020: One leading tour operator called ITB Berlin’s cancellation last Friday a nightmare as he tries to reach airlines and talk to the show organiser to secure a refund.
Phoenix...