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As the U.S. reopens to fully vaccinated international travellers, Delta Air Lines is reuniting families and friends who have been kept apart for the past 20 months. In the six weeks since the U.S reopening was announced, Delta has seen a 450% increase in international point-of-sale bookings versus the six weeks prior to the announc… read more
Worldwide business travel spending looks set to rise by more than a quarter this year and reach two thirds of pre-pandemic levels by 2022, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
The forecast comes in a major new WTTC report in collaboration with McKinsey & Company called 'Adapting to Endemic… read more
Air Canada believes it can return to 2019 capacity levels by 2023, sooner than it previously forecast, citing encouraging trends since Canada’s borders reopened t… read more
Tongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday. The infection was detected in a fully vaccinated person who had arrived on a repatriation flight from New Zealand.
Tonga’s Prime Minister Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa warned that residents on the main islan… read more
Foreign airlines have shouldered the burden of returning Australians
Of the airlines that stayed in the market, foreign carriers
transported by far the most passengers, according to data from the
Australian Government’s … read more
ITA Airways, the successor to Alitalia, signed a codeshare agreement with Air Malta, the flag carrier for the archipelago island nation located to Italy’s … read more
The upcoming reopening of U.S. borders to foreign visitors on Nov. 8 has many in the U.S. travel industry giddy with expectation. "I would describe the mood as complete elation," said Fred Dixon, CEO of NYC & Company. "We've seen bookings go up almost immediately."
He added: "Our most popular season is in front of us, with the Christma… read more
Latest research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) shows Europe’s Travel & Tourism sector’s year on year recovery may only achieve a growth of 23.9% this year.
The data from WTTC says this slow recovery is due to travel restrictions throughout the year, particularly in the first half, which continued to hinder th… read more
New research from ForwardKeys, which has the freshest and most comprehensive air ticketing data available, reveals that flight bookings to the USA have soared following two announcements that the destination would reopen to vaccinated foreign travellers in November. By mid-October, weekly bookings exceeded 70% of pre-pandemic levels.
The f… read more
UNWTO has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) to work more closely together and strengthen the relationship between the aviation and tourism sectors.
The MoU was signed by Abdérahmane Berthé, AFRAA’s Secretary-General and UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvilil. Under… read more
Delta Air Lines’ international bookings surge 450% with US reopening
Business travel spend set to reach two thirds of pre-pandemic levels by 202
Air Canada: Recovery Is Faster Than Expected In Most Markets
Tonga records first case of Coronavirus
ITA Airways, Air Malta ink codeshare agreement
WTTC: Europe Travel & Tourism sector lags global recovery
UNWTO and AFRAA to cooperate to restart of African tourism and travel
