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Travel & Tourism Recovery to Be Guarded by Twelve-month EU COVID Certificate

2021-11-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

The IATA tells the EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) should only remain valid for up to nine months after the second vaccine dose.

Tags: booster shots, COVID certificate, COVID-19, EU Commission, Europe COVID-19, IATA, pandemic, Rafael Schvartzman, WHO, World Health Organization

Industry Veteran Willie Walsh Takes Helm at IATA

2021-04-03 by Argophilia Travel News

Willie Walsh

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Willie Walsh officially took on the role of Director-General of the organization.

Tags: airline news, airlines, Alexandre de Juniac, IATA, transportation, transportation news, Willie Walsh, world airlines

TPConnects Certified as Emirates’ Technology Partner

2021-02-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Emirates Airlines

Travel Agents will save the GDS distribution surcharge ranging between USD 14 and 25 per ticket depending on sector length recently announced by Emirates to mitigate the higher cost Emirates incurs through GDS distribution, from 01 July 2021.

Tags: airline news, Emirates, Emirates Airlines, Emirates Gateway, IATA, tech, technology provider, TPConnects, travel tech

IATA’s Travel Pass Health Solution Goes Live by Major Airlines in March

2021-01-16 by Argophilia Travel News

IATA logo

IATA says every effort being made to bring its Travel Pass digital health credential solution to market quickly.

Tags: Alan Murray Hayden, COVID travel, COVID-19 cases, IATA, IATA Travel Pass, travel

Greece’s Theoharis Highlights Air Connectivity With Global Markets

2020-12-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Harry Theoharis

Greece’s Tourism Μinister Harry Theocharis stressed the importance of Greece’s air connectivity with global markets.

Tags: COVID-19 predictions, COVID-19 restrictions, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, IATA, Minister Harry Theoharis, WHO

The IATA Reports Big Aviation Industry Losses to Continue Into 2021

2020-11-25 by Argophilia Travel News

Norwegian Airlines

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the industry is expecting deep losses will continue into 2021.

Tags: airline industry, airline losses, airline news, airlins, aviation, aviation industry, coronavirus recovery, IATA, industry recovery

Come and Get Your Red-Hot IATA Travel Pass: While Supplies Last

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

IATA Travel Pass

COVID-19 has shaken the world. It’s just too bad that the Air Transport Association (IATA) and other leadership were not more proactive.

Tags: 2020 flights, air passengers, airlines, COVID-19, COVID-19 second wave, IATA, Muhammad Albakri, quarantine, second wave, summer restart, Travel Pass

A Return to Travel As It Once Was Is An Unattainable Fantasy

2020-08-02 by Phil Butler

dystopia

The world wants tourism to be what it was before the pandemic, but there’s no indication thins will ever return to what the world thought was “normal”.

Tags: airlines, Covid-19 pandemic, GDP, IATA, tourism, tourism industry, UNWTO, Vacation 2020, vacations, WTTC

IATA Calls on Tunisia Government for Direct COVID-19 Assistance

2020-06-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Tunisia

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the Government of Tunisia to provide financial relief.

Tags: IATA, North Africa, Tunisia, Tunisia flights, Tunisia hotels, Tunisia tourism, Tunisia travel, Visit Tunisia

COVID-19 May End Up Costing World Airlines $29 Billion in Revenues

2020-02-24 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

New York – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its initial assessment of the impact of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 outbreak (COVID-19) shows a potential 13% full-year loss of passenger demand for carriers in the Asia-Pacific region. Considering that growth for the region’s airlines was forecast to be 4.8%, the net impact will be […]

Tags: airline profits, airlines, Asia-Pacific travel, China, China travelers, Chinese airlines, Coronavirus, Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, domestic travel, health alert, IATA, world airlines

Webjet and Travelport Announce New Long-term Technology Partnership

2019-07-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Travelport

Travelport has been awarded a new long-term technology contract by Australia and New Zealand’s top online travel agency, Webjet.

Tags: air bookings, booking technology, GDS, IATA, NDC, New Distribution Capability, tech partners, travel technology, Travelport, Webjet

Digi.travel Cyprus Kicks Off in Nicosia

2016-10-19 by Phil Butler

Digi.travel

Today the Digi.travel Cyprus Conference & Expo kicks off from the Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia. Organized for the first time, in co-operation with the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents, this session puts technology providers alongside travel and hospitality professionals for networking, business intelligence, and problem-solving. Argophilia Travel News reports from Cyprus.

Tags: ACTA, Amadeus, China tourists, Cyprus, Cyprus events, Digi.travel, Filoxenia Conference Centre, Google, IATA, IBM, Michel De Blust, Ntinos Kakkouras, Plateno Connect, Plateno Group, TMA, Travel Media Applications, Vicky Karantzavelou, Yiannis Michaelides

Abacus Becomes First Foreign GDS in China

2014-08-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Abacus logo

Abacus, a leading Asia-Pacific leader in travel tech, has announced being the first foreign global distribution system (GDS) to issue airline tickets customized for China.

Tags: Abacus, airlines, China tourists, distribution, flights, GDS, IATA

IATA Unveil New Airport Check-In System

2011-06-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

New Airport check-in system unveiled in Singapore

With airlines looking to reduce check in times at airports, it looks as though eye scanners and biometric passport chips are on their way to an airport near you soon. A mock up unveiled by the International Air Transport Association in Singapore last weekend, known as the “Check-in of the Future” demonstrated exactly how airlines […]

Tags: airports, biometric passport, check-in, check-in tunnels, eye scanners, Giovanni Bisignani, IATA, International Air Transport Association, John Pistole, TSA

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