Messe Frankfurt restarts live events
- MICE News
- Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Germany’s Messe Frankfurt has resumed in-person events - though requiring all attendees be vaccinated, recovered or tested.
Other measures include 100 per cent fresh air supplied to the exhibition halls, spacious hall and entrance designs to ensure minimum distancing requirements can be maintained, intensive cleaning measures, a special hygiene concept for catering and food services and wearing face masks.
Pictured: Proof of vaccination, recovery or negative test.
Australia's on-shore resources sector on track for zero aviation deaths
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Australia’s on-shore resource sector is aiming for its first aircraft fatality-free year, continuing a steady reduction in fatal aircraft incidents since the inception of Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) Program.
Qatar Airways inks Sabre deal
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Doha-based Qatar Airways is now finalising a new distribution deal with USA-based Sabre.
Global Crossing okayed to fly internationally
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Miami, USA-based Global Crossing Airlines Group has been granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Foreign Charter Air Transportation, allowing it to fly its A320s internationally as well as within the US.
Australia extends IFAM until mid 2022
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Australia's federal government will spend a further A$260 million underwriting food trade airfreight routes cut off by border closures. It is expected the extension will run until at least mid-2022.
ASM Global to manage two new venues
- MICE News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
ASM Global has been appointed managing operator for two venues within a mixed-use destination in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
WA state government steps in to help Kalbarri operators
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Commercial operations' licence fees and park entry fees are to be waived for licensed commercial tourism operators located in the Shire of Northampton and operating tours within Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia for the 2021-22 financial year.
Virgin Australia makes vaccination mandatory for staff
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 August 2021
As the country struggles to contain its growing Covid emergency, Virgin Australia says it will make vaccines mandatory for customer-facing staff by 15 November and office-based employees by 31 March.
UAE reopens gates to Indian visitors
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 August 2021
The UAE has resumed issuing 30 and 90-day tourist visas for fully-vaccinated people from countries including India, the emirate's largest source market for tourists and economic migrants.
Same-day business travel a focus for Lufthansa
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 August 2021
Germany's Lufthansa is adding flights 'to win back business travellers' and also is improving in-flight catering, it says.
Thailand moved to UK's red list
- BTN News
- Sunday, 29 August 2021
For travel, the Azores, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Switzerland will move from the UK's 'amber' to its 'green' list on 30 August in the final update to the traffic-light system before the end of the northern summer.
IAG to launch new short-haul LCC?
- BTN News
- Sunday, 29 August 2021
Europe's International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways, has plans to launch a new low cost carrier based at London's Gatwick Airport next year.
Ida closes Louisiana airports
- BTN News
- Sunday, 29 August 2021
Ahead of Hurricane Ida, airlines are cancelling flights in and out of Louisiana airports.
Messe Frankfurt restarts live events
- MICE News
- Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Germany’s Messe Frankfurt has resumed in-person events - though requiring all attendees be vaccinated, recovered or tested.
Other measures include 100 per cent fresh air supplied to the exhibition halls, spacious hall and entrance designs to ensure minimum distancing requirements can be maintained, intensive cleaning measures, a special hygiene concept for catering and food services and wearing face masks.
Pictured: Proof of vaccination, recovery or negative test.
Australia's on-shore resources sector on track for zero aviation deaths
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Australia’s on-shore resource sector is aiming for its first aircraft fatality-free year, continuing a steady reduction in fatal aircraft incidents since the inception of Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) Program.
Qatar Airways inks Sabre deal
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Doha-based Qatar Airways is now finalising a new distribution deal with USA-based Sabre.
Global Crossing okayed to fly internationally
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Miami, USA-based Global Crossing Airlines Group has been granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Foreign Charter Air Transportation, allowing it to fly its A320s internationally as well as within the US.
Australia extends IFAM until mid 2022
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Australia's federal government will spend a further A$260 million underwriting food trade airfreight routes cut off by border closures. It is expected the extension will run until at least mid-2022.
ASM Global to manage two new venues
- MICE News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
ASM Global has been appointed managing operator for two venues within a mixed-use destination in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
WA state government steps in to help Kalbarri operators
- BTN News
- Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Commercial operations' licence fees and park entry fees are to be waived for licensed commercial tourism operators located in the Shire of Northampton and operating tours within Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia for the 2021-22 financial year.
Virgin Australia makes vaccination mandatory for staff
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 August 2021
As the country struggles to contain its growing Covid emergency, Virgin Australia says it will make vaccines mandatory for customer-facing staff by 15 November and office-based employees by 31 March.
UAE reopens gates to Indian visitors
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 August 2021
The UAE has resumed issuing 30 and 90-day tourist visas for fully-vaccinated people from countries including India, the emirate's largest source market for tourists and economic migrants.
Same-day business travel a focus for Lufthansa
- BTN News
- Monday, 30 August 2021
Germany's Lufthansa is adding flights 'to win back business travellers' and also is improving in-flight catering, it says.
Thailand moved to UK's red list
- BTN News
- Sunday, 29 August 2021
For travel, the Azores, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Switzerland will move from the UK's 'amber' to its 'green' list on 30 August in the final update to the traffic-light system before the end of the northern summer.
IAG to launch new short-haul LCC?
- BTN News
- Sunday, 29 August 2021
Europe's International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways, has plans to launch a new low cost carrier based at London's Gatwick Airport next year.
Ida closes Louisiana airports
- BTN News
- Sunday, 29 August 2021
Ahead of Hurricane Ida, airlines are cancelling flights in and out of Louisiana airports.
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