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6 March 2023

Lufthansa Group achieves a financial turnaround in 2022 and doubles yearly revenue

Lufthansa has reported strong earnings across its board. On March 3, the Group published a press release, revealing that it has achieved a financial turnaround in […]
6 March 2023

Tokyo’s urban redevelopment is a step into the future

Tokyo is set to embark on an ambitious project aimed at renovating its urban landscape. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), office buildings that were […]
6 March 2023

UK airport departures remain below pre-pandemic levels

The number of flights scheduled to depart from UK airports in March is up by almost a third (31%) year on year, according to aviation analytics […]
3 March 2023

Will travel chaos return this summer?

With most countries dropping Covid-19 travel restrictions last year, demand for international travel started to pick up again. The sudden surge left most airlines and airports, that […]
3 March 2023

IATA challenges legality of Netherlands’ mandatory flight reduction at Schiphol Airport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and airlines are mounting a legal challenge to the Dutch government’s sudden decision to reduce Schiphol airport’s capacity. The Dutch […]
3 March 2023

Airport and transport strikes are coming up to disrupt Easter vacations

With Easter vacations coming up, airports and the transportation sector has announced potential disruptions in Europe. Travellers could face disruption in Germany, Spain, France and the […]
3 March 2023

Increasing amount of space junk to create a dangerous no-go zone in Earth’s orbit

Space junk is among the many concerns posed by the XXI century’s space race, pushing experts to raise awareness of the potential impact of the hundreds […]
3 March 2023

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission set to launch in summer 2023

After being postponed in October 2022, the private crewed space mission Polaris Dawn announced recently on Twitter that the launch, operated by SpaceX, is set for […]
2 March 2023

Rich Russians “travelled with a vengeance” post-pandemic, despite war

Despite the war in Ukraine and looming economic crisis, rich Russians returned “to international travel with a vengeance post-pandemic”, revealed an analysis from ForwardKeys. Over the […]
2 March 2023

Is it possible to cool the planet using Earth’s heat?

A new and innovative concept to curb climate change is being designed by Fervo Energy, a company working with geothermal power, which recently announced plans to […]
1 March 2023

Hong Kong scraps Covid-19 masks to revive the region’s financial hub

After 945 days of mask mandate, Hong Kong is dropping the obligation as it seeks to return to normality. With the ending of the rule, the […]
1 March 2023

South Korea leads in Asia’s online travel market

Asian countries were the last in the world to scrap Covid-19 related travel restrictions, thus lagging behind with the recovery of its travel and tourism industry, […]
1 March 2023

Balancing on a ‘doom loop’

I am in India encouraging governments and tourism business to take responsibility and make tourism better. I was at Amity University in Uttar Pradesh last week […]
1 March 2023

Tourism leaders call for united global effort to decarbonise industry

Travel and tourism industry voices are calling for a global effort to make climate-ready travel a reality, as the recently published Envisioning Tourism in 2030 & […]
1 March 2023

Europe’s new ETIAS visa system postponed to early 2024

The rollout of the EU’s new visa waiver system ETIAS has been postponed until 2024. The program, which will require non-EU citizens to apply on a […]
1 March 2023

New online dashboard asses European cities’ cargo bike friendliness

The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has launched a Cargo Bike Friendly Cities Dashboard, a new tool that evaluates the cargo bike friendliness of over 100 cities […]
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