Airlines
Take Off From Peterborough With BST Vacations
BST Vacations (Blowes & Stewart Travel Group Ltd) has released details of its 2023 lineup of destinations for its Peterborough departures program. In 2023 BST Vacations will be travelling to its top 4 best selling destinations of all time, and one new destination. It will fly to New York City; St. John's, Newfoundland; Boston, Massachusetts; Nashville, Tennessee; and Austin, Texas. BST also has a new airline partner for the 2023 Season -- Nolinor Airlines. Founded in 1992, Nolinor Aviation is the largest airline carrier offering specialized commercial charter flights in...
Put ‘Science Facts’ Ahead Of ‘Science Politics’
IATA says that it is ‘extremely disappointed’ that countries are imposing new COVID-19 testing measures on travellers from China. In a statement, IATA’s Director General, Willie Walsh writes: “Several countries are introducing COVID-19 testing and other measures for travellers from China, even though the virus is already circulating widely within their borders. It is extremely disappointing to see this knee-jerk reinstatement of measures that have proven ineffective over the last three years.” Walsh continues: “Research undertaken around the arrival of the...
Emirates Signs Deal To Promote Bahamas Tourism
Emirates has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas to promote tourism to the Caribbean archipelago. The airline and The Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism will embark on joint initiatives to boost visitor traffic into the islands from key markets across Emirates’ network. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Group Chairman and Chief Executive and HE Tony Joudi, Ambassador of The Bahamas to the UAE and the State of Qatar at the Emirates Group Headquarters. Also present at the signing...
Swoop Takes Off In 2023
Swoop reports that it has reached a new milestone, transporting over 10,000 travellers in a single day for the first time in the company's history. Bob Cummings, President of Swoop, said: “We are incredibly proud of this accomplishment and grateful to our team of Swoopsters and all our travellers for helping us reach this milestone.” Cummings continued: "This past year posed unprecedented challenges for the entire aviation industry, but our airline expanded to reach new heights, and so we're thrilled to kick off 2023 with a signal of that growth.” On Jan. 1,...
Etihad Set To Reintroduce A380 Fleet
Etihad Airways will be reintroducing four of its A380s from the summer of 2023. The move follows a surge in demand for air travel across the airline’s network and customer feedback for the return of one of the most remarkable commercial flying experiences in the sky. His Excellency Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman, Etihad Aviation Group, said: “It is wonderful to announce the return of this splendid aircraft. The A380’s reintroduction provides a further boost to Etihad’s capacity into the key UK market, with a knock-on effect for the wider GCC and Indian subcontinent that will...
Brazil Reporting Positive Results
In recent months, Brazil's tourism industry has undergone a renewal process, with infrastructure and security investments helping restore it to pre-pandemic levels. The country has also increased its air frequencies to pre-2020 levels, and over 80% of the population has received at least two COVID vaccine doses. As a result, Brazil is again seeing positive numbers of international arrivals and spending on tourism. According to a survey conducted by Embratur (the Brazilian agency for international tourism promotion) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the United...
IATA, Travalyst Team Up On Flight CO2 Calculations
IATA and Travalyst have teamed up with the aim of providing consumers with a consistent, accurate and widely available calculation of their carbon footprint from air travel. As all sectors of the aviation and travel industries come together in pursuit of net zero CO2 goals, this new and major collaboration effort will bring even greater transparency, accuracy and consistency to how a traveller’s carbon footprint is calculated. Travalyst and IATA both possess a deep understanding of the traveller as well as relevant technical and operational expertise, which will enable the two...
Better Prepared To Deal With The Unforeseen
Peter Cerdá, Regional Vice-President, the Americas, International Air Transport Association (IATA) points out that: “The aviation value chain is finally coming out of the COVID-19 crisis, and we really need collaboration across all stakeholders in order to achieve a sustainable recovery.” As for the question of whether 2023 will be the year of recovery, Cerdá told CTP that: “On a global scale, IATA foresees that domestic travel will generally recover in 2023 and that international traffic will regain pre-pandemic levels during 2024. Our latest passenger figures for Canada...