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Air travel’s recovery continues to ‘disappoint’ as potential for significant revival in international traffic during the northern hemisphere summer ‘grows fainter’

July 29, 2021

Over the past couple of months we have seen air capacity and air demand heading on a positive trajectory, but international airline body International Air

Let’s look on the bright side – more than two thirds of destinations have now eased travel restrictions for international arrivals

December 08, 2020

The number of destinations closed to international tourism has continued to fall, is the positive news from the eighth edition of the UNWTO Travel Restrictions

New European lockdowns shut the door on travel bookings, but the intent to travel remains very much alive

November 06, 2020

Europe has been seeing new COVID cases and deaths soar, prompting governments to roll out strict lockdown measures to slow the spread. Across the Atlantic

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere but are they strong enough to support any serious reciprocal travel arrangements? Like most bubbles they are fragile and tend to pop with little warning

October 20, 2020

It used to be that you search for the word ‘bubble’ and you’d come up with information about soap bubbles, glass bubbles, water bubbles and

From prerogative to luxury – travel freedoms and air connectivity had made the world a smaller place, but in less than a year things are looking very, very different

October 16, 2020

A new global mobility hierarchy is emerging as international travel start to resume and it means many nations can no longer take freedom of travel

The UAE’s aggressive testing and sanitisation campaign has helped it open borders, but strict rules remain and Dubai has even sniffed out a second layer of Covid-19 protection

August 07, 2020

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken a strong stance to protect against the attack of Covid-19 on its people adopting an aggressive testing and

Coronavirus statistics snapshot – a bubble bursts, but planned flight frequencies are still rising and hit the 50% milestone

July 29, 2020

The future of international air travel is reliant upon the stability of the agreements that are in place between countries to allow quarantine travel. These

Balancing risk and reward – UK’s new travel restrictions on arrivals from Spain illustrates that kick-starting travel will be painful process for travellers

July 28, 2020

The number of global cases of Covid-19 are rising faster than ever as infections across the Americas continue to increase. But right behind it Europe

We’ve got to relearn how to walk before we can rebuild travel – lifting of travel restrictions and bridges, bubbles and corridors provide the aid for international travel to take its first steps

June 26, 2020

As travel slowly restarts in an increasing number of countries, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released new data measuring the impact of Covid-19 on

New research reveals when corporates expect to resume travel and those in the mining and construction sectors will lead the way