Category: Economy and Tourism

Malta Airport sees 24% rise in traffic over January, with healthy seat-load factor of 70% showing improved demand for travel from UK Passenger traffic into Malta International Airport registered a sevenfold increase over the same month in 2021, though still remaining 45.2% below pre-pandemic 2019 levels at 196,000. But MIA has appealed for the removal […]

As forecasted, a weekend of heavy snowfall sweeps over part of Turkey and Greece causing disruptions and travel chaos. Four lorries and a clearing vehicle crashed into each other on a motorway in Istanbul province on Saturday, according to the governor’s office. One driver was injured in the accident. For a second day, air traffic […]

The corporate travel sector is struggling to recruit and retain staff as business recovers after losing up to 60% of staff at the high point of the pandemic. Pat McDonagh, chief executive of Clarity Travel, said: “The biggest commercial issue is resource – recruiting and retaining people is very difficult. A lot of people left […]

ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for all remaining COVID restrictions applying to intra-EU and Schengen area travel to be dropped, including all testing requirements, the need to present proof of vaccination, or complete a Passenger Locator Form (PLF). This includes dropping mask-wearing for travel within or between […]

Turkey’s airports hosted 9.4 million passengers in February, the country’s air travel authority announced Tuesday. The figure was 74% higher than that of February 2021 when the number of air passengers fell significantly due to COVID-19, nearing February 2019 figures when the full impact of the pandemic was yet to be felt. Some 5.22 million […]

Jordan has removed the need for arrivals into the country to take PCR tests before departure and on arrival – regardless of vaccination status. The change of rules came into effect on March 1, and the UK Foreign Office (FCDO) today updated its travel advice for the country. It now says: “From March 1 2022, […]

The strongest recovery in business travel since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 has been claimed. Data compiled for the Business Travel Association suggests that traveller confidence has returned. New business travel bookings rose by more than 400% in the final week in February over the same period in 2021. Week-on-week domestic business […]