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20 October 2021

Brussels-Luxembourg train route to be possible in 2 hours by 2024

Last Friday, Thomas Dermine, Secretary of State for Recovery and Strategic Investments presented a 2.6-billion-euro federal Recovery and Investment Plan which includes funds for major renovations […]
19 October 2021

Fiji to welcome vaccinated travelers from certain countries from December 1

Fiji will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from countries such as the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and most Pacific Island countries beginning […]
19 October 2021

Germany has stopped offering free Covid-19 tests

In Germany, Covid-19 tests have been free since March. But the German government has recently decided to stop offering free testing to encourage people getting vaccinated. […]
19 October 2021

Amazon’s new remote work policy might affect US regional airlines

Last Monday, Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy declared that the tech giant will allow individual teams to decide for how many days employees would be expected […]
19 October 2021

Belgium to introduce an aviation tax on flights under 500 km

The Belgian federal government announced that a new “boarding tax” to short-haul flights will be implemented in order to incentivize travelers to both, use more sustainable […]
19 October 2021

The US to reopen its borders to non-essential travel from November 8th

From November 8th, travelers fulfilling certain criteria will be able to fly to the United States for non-essential purposes. Borders with Canada and Mexico will also […]
18 October 2021

Kazakhstan joins race to produce “green” hydrogen

German investors intend to establish the production of “green” hydrogen in Mangystau region. The roadmap for the implementation of the project was signed at the meeting […]
18 October 2021

Brussels Airport launches ultra fast ’15-minute’ PCR test

Today Brussels Airport launches the trial of an ultra fast PCR test that promises to deliver results in 15 minutes. Developed by Flemish company miDiagnostics, the […]
18 October 2021

UK Travel & Tourism sector may only recover by a third this year

International visitor spend looks set to plunge by almost 50% on 2020 figures, making the UK one of the worst performing countries in the world 2022 […]
18 October 2021

IATA starts legal challenge to urgently halt Dutch slot rule

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has started legal action in the Netherlands to prevent the application of a new Policy Rule (Rule) for slot allocation that would […]
15 October 2021

Qantas repatriation flight lands in history books

Qantas has flown 15,020 kilometres from Buenos Aires to Darwin and touched down after 17 hours and 25 minutes in the air. The flight repatriated 107 […]
15 October 2021

ITA. Meet Europe’s newest airline

Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) is the startup carrier meant to replace Alitalia with a targeted starting date of October 15th; the carrier began selling tickets on […]
14 October 2021

Vietnam to partially reopen to tourism in November and fully in June 2022

On Wednesday October 6th, authorities in Vietnam announced the reopening of key tourist destinations to vaccinated visitors from countries deemed a low Covid-19 risk from December. […]
14 October 2021

Nicholas Hodac: “The future of sustainable food systems is in our hands”

The 2nd edition of the Farm to Fork Conference starts today in Brussels, an event focusing on the initiatives linked to the EU Farm to Fork […]
13 October 2021

EU offers 60.000 free interrail tickets

Young Europeans who wish to embark on an interrail across Europe can apply to the 60,000 train tickets the European Commission is giving away. 1. Free […]
13 October 2021

Canada to require vaccination for all travelers older than 12

On Thursday October 6th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that, as of October 30th, travelers departing from Canadian airports, and […]