Transportation
Cruise Lines Extend Pause to Voyages
With travel restrictions continuing for the near future due to global health concerns, cruise lines have decided to extend its pause of global cruise operations. Seabourn announced today that it will extend the voluntary pause of global operations for its five cruise ships till autumn. Seabourn Odyssey: paused through the…
Read More »U.S. Airlines Implements New Cleaning Measures
Airlines are updating and enhancing its cleaning procedures on board in its response to coronavirus (COVID-19). Last month, Hawaiian began using electrostatic spraying to comprehensively and evenly clean aircraft cabins with hospital-grade disinfectants, registered with the Environmental Protection Agency, that coat even hidden and hard-to-reach surfaces. Hawaiian is applying electrostatic…
Read More »Airport Coronavirus Screening Is Not Effective
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has published results from health screening related to coronavirus at Helsinki Airport. “Health screening related to coronavirus has been carried out at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport since 27 March. By the end of April, 8,837 passengers had submitted the symptom questionnaire. 204 passengers reported symptoms…
Read More »How Air Travel Industry Will Recover from the Coronavirus Crisis?
Fortunately, the global air travel industry is more experienced in dealing with and surviving crises compared to others.
Read More »Coronavirus to Wipe Out 40% of Passenger Traffic
Economic analysis by Airports Council International (ACI) World has found that, at a global level, the coronavirus pandemic is predicted to wipe out two-fifths of passenger traffic
Read More »Frontier Airlines Offers $100 Voucher to Students
Based on the strong response to its Students Fly Free offer, Frontier Airlines today enhanced and extended the promotion by offering a $100 voucher to eligible students who sign up for a new Discount Den membership and purchase a flight by March 23, 2020. Students can also fly free on…
Read More »United States Bans Travel from Europe
The United States will introduce a 30-day entry travel ban during the night of Friday, March 13 to Saturday March 14 on 04.59 am for anyone who has been in Europe in the past 14 days, except for American citizens. Here is a statement from Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad F. Wolf: “Today…
Read More »Air Traffic in Berlin Is Declining
The expected consolidation in the aviation market has also arrived in Berlin. At the same time, the worldwide spread of the coronavirus is having an impact on the Berlin airports. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH: “The traffic numbers for February are in…
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