TAAI wants airlines to open repatriation flight bookings to agents
The airlines, including the national airline Air India, retain the booking of repatriation flights directly on their website and do not allow agents to book these flights.
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CAPA launches data models to project airline capacity in key markets
CAPA – Centre for Aviation, a leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence, has launched a series of interactive data models designed to build and interpret projections of airline capacity in key markets. The CAPA Airline Capacity Models provide an…
IATA’s New Online Tool Will Tell You Which Countries Are Allowing Travel
The International Airline Transportation Association (IATA) has designed an Interactive (COVID-19) Travel Regulations Map, maintaining an up-to-date, solid resource that travelers can reference to know which worldwide destinations are opening up to receive visitors again, and to what degree. This tool will surely…
IATA Calls For Urgent Implementation Of ICAO COVID-19 Guidelines
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to quickly implement the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) global guidelines for restoring air connectivity. Today, the ICAO Council approved Takeoff: Guidance for Air Travel through the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (Takeoff).…
WTTC launches world’s first global safety stamp
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched the world’s first-ever global safety and hygiene stamp. The specially designed stamp will allow travellers to recognise governments and businesses around the world which have adopted health and hygiene global standardised protocols…
TAAI asks Air India to address commission and refund issues
The Travel Agents Association Of India (TAAI) has requested Air India to address issues related to refunds for bookings and commission for agents. On a day when domestic flights resumed after being suspended for two months, the Travel Agents Association…
Damage to Air Travel Will Extend Into 2023 – IATA
Any comeback by the beleaguered airline industry will extend into 2023, according to new data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the airlines’ main trade group. Long-haul travel will continue to lag behind and passenger fears about flying…
Tourism Industry Launches #JusticeForTourism Campaign
In order to express the travel and tourism industry’s anguish against the gross neglect of the sector in the recent economic stimulus of the government, the industry has decided to launch a social media campaign, #JusticeForTourism. The campaign is active…
Travel & Tourism Sector Ignored in ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat’ Package
On May 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” Abhiyan (Self-reliant India Mission) and said that in the days to come his government would unveil the details of an economic package — worth Rs 20 lakh crore…
Abu Dhabi Launches ‘Abu Dhabi Specialist Programme’
The first phase has been launched on May 4th, in the USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India.
