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Riskline Top 10 Travel Risks for 2020
Herfølge (Denmark) – January 14, 2020 (travelindex.com) –The impact of climate change and potential final year of the Trump administration will be the two most important causes of travel risks in the…
IATA, Opportunity for Aviation in Europe Green Deal
Geneva (Switzerland) – December 16, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) asked the European Union to support aviation’s energy transition to sustainable aviation…
UNWTO Launches Report at COP25 Measuring Tourism Carbon Emissions
Madrid (Spain) – December 13, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Transport-related emissions from tourism are expected to account for 5.3% of all man-made CO2 emissions by 2030, up from 5% in 2016, a landmark…
Alain St. Ange Speaks at Routes Africa in Mombasa, Kenya
Mombasa (Kenya) – December 9, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles former Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine who is in Mombasa as a delegate invited for Routes…
SUNx Calls for Climate Neutral Aviation 2050 Moon-shot
Montreal (Canada) – December 9, 2019 (travelindex.com) – In giving the 16th Annual Assad Kotaite memorial address in the ICAO headquarters last night, Professor Geoffrey Lipman, co-creator of SUNx…
IATA Calls for Sustainable Aviation Industry in Europe
Berlin (Germany) – December 4, 2019 (travelindex.com) –The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments in Europe to seize the opportunity to create a sustainable aviation…
OAG Partners with Travel Tech Startup Quicket
London (United Kingdom) – November 21, 2019 (travelindex.com) – OAG the world’s leading provider of travel data and insight, today announced a new partnership with Quicket.io, a travel technology…
Supanniga Group and Thai Airways Introduce New Collaboration
Bangkok (Thailand) – October 21, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Supanniga Group and Thai Airways have teamed up to offer special booking privileges through the airline’s global website.Starting from October…
Singapore Airlines Leverages Sabre to Promote NDC to Travel Agents
Singapore (Singapore) – September 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Sabre Corporation the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, today announced a collaboration with Singapore Airlines…
Air Passengers to Governments; Focus on Sustainable Fuels, Not Carbon Taxes
Geneva (Switzerland) – June 20, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on European governments considering a Dutch proposal for an EU-wide tax on air…
Historical Flight Around the World by Solar Impulse Presented in Bangkok
Bangkok (Thailand) – June 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The Swiss Thai Chamber of Commerce (STCC) together with support of the Swiss Society Bangkok, Beluthai and Solvay organised a Luncheon…
Carsten Spohr Elected New IATA Board Chairman
Seoul (South Korea) – June 4, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Officer, Carsten Spohr, has assumed his duties…
IATA Endorses Five Resolutions
Seoul (South Korea) – June 3, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The overwhelmingly passed AGM resolution called on Governments to implement the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation…
WTTC and IBMATA Jointly Promote Biometric Technology for Safe and Secure Travel
New York (United States) – March 28, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the International Border Management & Technologies Association (IBMATA) announce a…
IATA Launches Diversity Inclusion Awards
Seoul (Korea, South) – March 1, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of the IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards’ to recognize and…
Vietjet Signs 100-airplane Deal with Boeing
Bangkok (Thailand) – February 28, 2019 (travelindex.com) – At midday today at Vietnam’s Presidential Palace in Hanoi, the new age carrier Vietjet and the airplane manufacturer Boeing Company…
Saint Ange Tourism Report – 25th February 2019
Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) – February 26, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The news that Air Mauritius is facing losses was followed by a number of tourism trade messages between Mauritians and Seychellois…
Ethiopian Airlines to Restructure Entire U.S. Network
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – January 25, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified 4-Star global airline, is pleased to announce that it will…
UNWTO, International Tourist Arrivals Reach 1.4 billion
Madrid (Spain) – January 22,2019 (travelindex.com) – International tourist arrivals grew 6% in 2018, totalling 1.4 billion according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. UNWTO’s long term…
Ethiopian Airlines Pushing Africa Towards its Integrated Vision
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – January 2, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The African Union’s (AU) long held ambitions for a fully integrated continent is closer to becoming reality this year thanks the vision of…