Newsletter - 20th October 2020

Daily News Updates / 20th October 2020

Trends
UK to start one-hour Covid-19 tests at Heathrow from today Rapid tests will be introduced from Tuesday at Heathrow Airport to allow travellers to enter countries where a negative COVID-19 test result is needed to skip quarantine. Passe... READ MORE

Aviation
New British Airways CEO urges end to UK quarantine New British Airways chief executive Sean Doyle has urged the UK government to end the quarantining of passengers arriving from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic. "We need to... READ MORE

Aviation
BLADE Anywhere for your personalised charter service experience This exclusive service by BLADE was launched in Maharashtra and its services will resume in November. BLADE India, a helicopter charter company in India that was launched in 20... READ MORE

Aviation
Iberia extends frequent flyer status levels Members of Iberia’s frequent flyer programme, Iberia Plus, will see their status retained in 2021 and through until March 2022. The airline says that “To compensate for the... READ MORE

Aviation
The 33 initiatives plan begins implementation of post-COVID recovery measures in UAE Six tracks of the plan are new economy, opening of new markets, financing support, stimulating tourism, attracting talent & stimulating innovation. 15 initiatives in the first... READ MORE

Aviation
Qatar Airways network expands to 100 destinations Resumption of three weekly flights to Sofia, Bulgaria on 16 October 2020 will see the airline’s network expand to more than 700 weekly flights to 100 destinations. Qatar Airw... READ MORE

Aviation
More than 99.988% of Qatar Airways passengers travel COVID-19-free Since February 2020, just 582 positive cases have been reported across more than 4.6 million passenger flown sectors operated by Qatar Airways. The airline reports extremely low n... READ MORE

Aviation
Finnair cuts approximately 700 jobs, long-term temporary layoffs continue for thousands of Finnair employees Redundancies outside Finland amount to approximately 100 jobs. In total, Finnair currently employs approximately 6.500 employees. Finnair has completed the co-operation pr... READ MORE

Aviation
Etihad operates maiden commercial passenger flight from GCC nation to Israel Etihad also launches a dedicated Hebrew website – a first for an Arab airline. The UAE national airline, Etihad Airways, has become the first GCC carrier to operate a com... READ MORE

Appointments
Orit Farkash-Hacohen appointed as the newest Minister of Tourism for Israel Farkash-Hacohen was elected to the Knesset in 2019 and became a member of the National Security Cabinet during the formation of Israel's unity government in May 2020. The Isra... READ MORE

International
TAT launches “Amazing Thailand, The Healthy Journey” campaign The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched the new “Amazing Thailand, The Healthy Journey” campaign, targetting travellers from Southeast and South Asia seeking medi... READ MORE

Events
WTM Virtual and Travel Forward Virtual gearing up to open The global travel companies and tourist boards from around the world are preparing to set out their stalls at WTM Virtual and Travel Forward Virtual (November 9-11). Thousands ... READ MORE

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