Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, has announced that Spain will reopen to overseas tourists beginning July 1. On that date, the government will officially lift its current fourteen-day quarantine policy for foreign arrivals. Sánchez said, “As you know, Spain receives more than 80 million visitors a year. I am announcing that from July, Spain will reopen […]
Targeted research and trials are already underway in the United Kingdom to see whether specially-trained airport sniffer dogs could detect COVID-19 among travelers, even before they begin to display symptoms. The research is being conducted by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Durham University and charity organization, Medical Detection Dogs. The […]
U.S. airlines continue to slowly add back long-haul international routes. June is typically a banner month for international travel as schools are out and people take off on summer holidays, but not currently as mandatory quarantines and travel restrictions are keeping most would-be travelers near home. American Airlines was expecting to make its first foray into Africa in June. Now […]
Even prior to COVID-19, the airport experience was usually unpleasant. Travelers had to contend with smudge-screened check-in kiosks, snaking security lines, crowded terminals, overpriced retail and dining outlets, and a frenzied boarding procedure — all before they even got on an airplane. Due to new health concerns, traveling to, from, or through airports is about to get a lot more stressful. The U.S. Travel Association recently released […]
Delta Air Lines has continued to add to their new protocols in light of coronavirus. Starting June 1, new plexiglass shields will create a barrier at check-in desks between passengers and employees and floor markings will indicate how far apart passengers should stand while waiting to check in or check their luggage. The plexiglass safety barriers will also […]
Global airline capacity has grown for the second week in a row, with scheduled weekly seats back above the 30 million mark. The largest growth this week was in South Asia, where capacity is up more than 120 percent week over week with 1.7 million seats added. That increase largely comes from India's domestic market, […]
After months of lockdowns, European leaders are preparing to lift some coronavirus-related travel restrictions and allow tourism to resume — with caution. “Our message is we will have a tourist season this summer,” European Union economic affairs commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told the BBC last week, “even if it’s with security measures and limitations.” Those measures include updating […]
Under the suggested travel partnerships, countries that had success in limiting the impacts of the coronavirus (such as Israel, which saw just over 240 COVID-19–related deaths in its population of around 9 million, or Czech Republic, which has suffered less than 300 deaths in its population of more than 10 million) would open their borders […]
Amtrak’s Acela Plans June Return Amtrak President and CEO Bill Flynn has announced that Amtrak will restore Acela service on the Northeast Corridor on a modified schedule beginning June 1st. Three weekday Acela roundtrips will be restored and Northeast Regional frequencies will be increased. New safety initiatives will continue to be in effect, including: • […]
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, has announced that its member airlines are supporting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) guidelines and will begin checking the temperature of the traveling public and customer-facing employees. Temperature checks are one of several public health measures recommended by the CDC amid the […]
