Travel

‘Let’s roll’: London’s Heathrow urges testing at UK airports

People queue in line to check-in for a British Airways flight to Heathrow airport, Friday Aug.14, 2020 at Nice airport, southern France. British holidaymakers in France were mulling whether to return home early Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government’s decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France amid a

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Netanyahu says Israel preparing for direct flights to UAE over Saudi Arabia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he gives a statement at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel August 17, 2020. Emil Salman/Pool via REUTERS JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel is preparing for direct flights, over Saudi Arabia, to the United Arab Emirates as

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Somali government requires foreigner to have COVID-19 certificate

Photo/Somali Times The Somali Immigration and Nationality Agency has today issued a new statement on the reopening of international flights in the country. The agency said in a statement that international flights would reopen on Monday, in line with a decision by the Somali Cabinet of Ministers. The Somali Immigration and Nationality Agency have also

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Tanzania bans Kenya Airways from its airspace

Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways from flying into the country until further notice. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) said in a statement that is has revoked approval granted to Kenya Airways to resume international flights to Tanzania “on reciprocal basis”. “The authority regrets to inform you that, on a reciprocal basis, the Tanzanian government

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Life’s a beach, but some European countries have new COVID-19 fears

Photo: Credit Reuters/Enrique Calvo People sunbathe in Magaluf beach By Caroline Copley and Nerijus Adomaitis With the summer vacation season in full swing Germany, France and Norway are taking measures to try to stop people returning from holidays abroad from spreading the coronavirus. The new restrictions, imposed as countries worry about a second COVID-19 wave,

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U.S. fighter jets near Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace – pilot

Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet, according to Iranian media, but the U.S. military said its F-15 was at a safe distance. The Iranian plane, belonging to Mahan Air, was heading from Tehran to Beirut when

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Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane catches fire at Shanghai airport, no casualties

Firefighters work at the site where an Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane caught fire, at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song An Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 777 cargo plane caught fire while loading cargo at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday, the airline said, adding that fire has been contained and

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Turkey global collapse in tourism due to pandemic

Amid global collapse in tourism due to pandemic, residents spent $671M this January to March, says TurkStat Amid the worldwide collapse in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, domestic tourism spending in Turkey fell 41.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced Wednesday. Residents spent 4.6 billion Turkish liras

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Qatar Airways seeks $5bn compensation over airspace blockade

Since the start of the air embargo, Qatar Airways has sustained losses of hundreds of millions of dollars (AFP) The move comes a week after the ICJ sided with Qatar in its legal fight over the airspace closure by four Arab states Qatar’s state-owned carrier will seek at least $5bn in compensation from Saudi Arabia,

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Insurance hurdle to slow Jambojet direct Somalia flights plan

Jambojet has put on hold plans to launch direct flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Somali capital Mogadishu due to high insurance needed to ply the route. The budget carrier, a subsidiary on national carrier Kenya Airways , was to launch its direct flight to Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu this year

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