Transportation

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…

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…

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…

The extended refusal of entry of the Israeli authorities, which apply from 6 March among others also for travellers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria, will lead to a considerable drop in demand for flights to Israel. As a result, Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines will cancel all their flights to…

Due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the spread of Covid-19 and the resulting drastic decline in bookings as well as numerous flight cancellations Lufthansa Group decided to reduce the flight capacity on offer even more than previously planned. Depending on the further development of demand, capacity is to b…

Miami International Airport served 45.9 million passengers in 2019, for an increase of nearly one million passengers over its total in 2018, according to the airport’s final 2019 traffic statistics. Contributing to MIA’s growth was the addition of five new international passenger routes: Low-cost carrier Norwegian launched first-ever service at…

Ukraine International provides passengers with even more opportunities to travel together with their pets. Effective February 12, 2020, the airline extends the maximum total weight of pet transportation in the cabin to 10 kilos. The change is applied to pets – dogs and cats – and pets for emotional support.…

SkyUp Airlines has started selling tickets for a new direct line between Prague and Zaporizhia in south-east Ukraine. This new destination from Prague, the airline’s third, will start service 29 March 2020 with flights twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays. The airline will fly a Boeing 737-800 in a…