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UAE aviation regulator okays Boeing 737 Max to fly againedit
Live Mint – Online Web
Clearance in the UAE is important for Boeing because the country serves as an international airtravel crossroads via hub airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Its also home to stateowned Flydubai, which has ordered 251 Max jets as it pursues an aggressive regional expansion. Those planes are meant to feed into longerdistance flights by its partner Emirates, which is also governmentowned.
Indonesia enters 2nd round of Covid vaccination driveedit
Newsd – Online Web
Indonesia rolled out the second phase of its massive Covid19 vaccination programme on Wednesday.Priority groups in the second round targeting 38.5 million people include market traders, senior citizens, educators, religious figures, elected representatives, government officials, police and military personnel, security guards, journalists as well as workers in hospitals, transportation offices and tourism industries.
Dubai: City of largest picture frame, tallest building, largest mall and first Bollywood parksedit
English Jagran – Online Web
Along with the Arabian Desert, Dubai is a city full of ambitions with large malls, skyscrapers and the worlds largest artificial Iceland. The capital of the Emirates of Dubai is undoubtedly one of the most unique cities in the world and certainly, everyone dreams of visiting this business hub of Western Asia. In this article, we will let you know about the architectural wonders of this city and some of the most famous destinations situated here.
Dubai Airport Witnesses 70 Percent Plunge in Passenger Traffic Amid Covid19 Pandemicedit
News 18 – Online Web
Dubai International Airport saw the coronavirus pandemic push passenger traffic down by an unprecedented 70% in 2020 compared to the previous year, its CEO announced Monday, even as the airport held onto its prized title as the worlds busiest for international travel.
Closing borders to India, Indonesia travellers will impact Singapore economyedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
In recent months, most Covid19 cases have been foreigners arriving here to work. Most of the arrivals since then were from mainland China, Indonesia, India and Malaysia. Meanwhile, according to a report by TODAY, the Ministry of Manpower had approved around 25,000 requests for foreign domestic workers to enter Singapore between April last year, a starting period of sharp increase in the number of Covid19 cases, and January this year.
Chinese discouraged from Lunar New Year travel go to movies insteadedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
Investors welcomed the boom, pushing shares of entertainment firms such as IMAX China Holding Inc and Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd, to multimonth highs on Tuesday after the crisisinduced slump through much of last year.
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Tourism Minister of Egypt talks about support in the middle of pandemic Travel And Tour Worldedit
Travel and Tour World – Online Web
Tourism Minister of Egypt talks about support in the middle of pandemic Published on : Wednesday, February 17, 2021 The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt, Khaled ElAnani, had met with representatives for the tourism industry to talk about various ways of helping the sector in the middle of pandemic.
Spain betting on vaccine passports to revive summer tourismedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
Spain hopes the introduction of vaccination passports combined with pretravel Covid19 testing will allow British tourists to return to Spanish destinations this summer, a tourism ministry source told Reuters on Tuesday.
Florida concern over possible travel ban ahead of spring tourism season Travel And Tour Worldedit
Travel and Tour World – Online Web
Florida concern over possible travel ban ahead of spring tourism season Published on : Wednesday, February 17, 2021 The tourism officials in Florida are concerned over the possible threat of a domestic travel ban by President Biden ahead of the spring break season. The CDC speculates the United Kingdom variant of the coronavirus could be the dominant strain in the US by the end of March.
FAITH: Amending section 4 of COTPA Act will adversely impact recovery of tourism industryedit
Millennium Post – Online Web
Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality, the policy federation of all the national associations representing the complete tourism, travel and, hospitality industry of India (ADTOI, ATOAI, FHRAI, HAI, IATO, ICPB, IHHA, ITTA, TAAI, TAFI) has requested Government of India not to amend the provision of section 4 of the COTPA Act, 2003 under the proposed COTPA Amendment Bill 2020.
Etihad and Gulf Air Announce Commercial Agreementedit
Travel Trends Today – Online Web
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, have signed a Strategic Commercial Cooperation Agreement (SCCA) to deepen their partnership between Abu Dhabi and Bahrain and beyond the respective hubs.