Flybe Grounded
Flybe entered Administration today (March 5, 2020) with Alan Hudson, Joanne Robinson, Lucy Winterborne and Simon Edel of EY appointed as Joint Administrators. All of the airline's flights have been grounded and the UK business has ceased...
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Turn For The Worse
An extensive worldwide spread of the COVID-19 virus could result in a 19% loss in passenger revenues, According to IATA that would equate to $113 billion – on a scale equivalent to what the airline industry experienced in the 2008 global...
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Goway Makes Terms And Conditions Changes
Goway is changing its terms and conditions in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China, South Korea, Northern Italy, and other parts of the world. The changes are as follows: Effective immediately for all new bookings, all...
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The Tip Of The Iceberg
IATA released traffic data for January 2020 showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) climbed 2.4% compared to January 2019. That was down from 4.6% year-over-year growth for the prior month and is the lowest...
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TravelBrands Cancels 2020 Agent Appreciation Events
TravelBrands is cancelling its annual agent appreciation events for 2020. Frank Demarinis, president and CEO of TravelBrands explained the decision in a statement to the industry. Demarinis writes: “Over the past few weeks, we at...
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CLIA Updates COVID-19 Statement
CLIA has announced the adoption of additional enhanced screening measures in response to COVID-19. As a result of these changes, which are effective immediately, CLIA members are to: Deny boarding to all persons who have travelled from,...
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Reassurance And Unity
G Adventures founder, Bruce Poon Tip has issued a message of reassurance and unity to its travellers and to the industry. Poon Tip writes: “In light of the recent Coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) I wanted to reassure our travellers that G...
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Globus Updates Travel Policy
Recognizing the uncertainty that travellers are feeling over the effects of the spread of Coronavirus, the Globus family of brands (Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways) is responding with a policy that enables travellers and their...
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Bahamas Statement On COVID-19
The Bahamas Ministry of Health said in a statement that it's working closely with all of the pertinent government agencies throughout the destination to execute The Bahamas National Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19. At this time,...
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An Abundance Of Caution
Since Press Today broke the story in Canada that ITB Berlin 2020 was cancelled, there have been a number of significant developments. PATA has cancelled its annual summit set for the end of this month. IATA is asking governments around...
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