Posted by Yamna in Hotel News on May 15th, 2009 | No Comments
Free holidays for travellers with swine flu
HOTELS on Mexico‘s Caribbean coast offer free holidays for three years to any tourist catching swine flu while on holiday there, in a bid to counter swine flu’s blow to the industry. The A(H1N1) outbreak in Mexico, from which 58 have died, has sparked mass cancelations of tourist bookings...
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Posted by Naseer Ahmad in Worldwide Flights on May 4th, 2009 | No Comments
Chinese-Mexican standoff over swine flu
Steps by China to confine Mexicans to hotels and other sites, irrespective of whether they were showing symptoms of having swine flu or not, has triggered a diplomatic row with Mexico. A Mexican embassy official in Beijing said Chinese authorities were quarantining more than 50 Mexican business people...
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Posted by Travigators in Worldwide Flights on April 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Thermal scanners at Adelaide Airport
SA Health is waiting for federal approval before it can use thermal scanners to help detect swine flu among incoming passengers at Adelaide‘s International Airport. The Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, says eight international airports around the country will have the technology. But the...
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Posted by Naseer Ahmad in Airline News on April 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Cathay Pacific declines union request for cabin crew to don masks as swine flu precaution
Cathay Pacific Airways has declined a request by flight attendants to wear masks and gloves as a precaution against swine flu, saying Thursday global health authorities haven’t advised such measures. The airline’s flight attendant union asked permission earlier this week for cabin crew to...
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Posted by Yamna in Worldwide Flights on April 29th, 2009 | No Comments
[ Swine Flu ] Airlines offer alternative arrangements
British Airways is among seven airlines allowing passengers to reschedule their flights to Mexico in the wake of the worsening Swine Flu outbreak. The flag carrier is still operating four weekly flights to the country, unlike Thomson, Thomas Cook and First Choice – which have cancelled their services...
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Posted by Naseer Ahmad in Airline Financial News on April 29th, 2009 | No Comments
British Airways bounces back from flu losses
British Airways has bounced back after this week’s swine flu inspired losses. The airline’s shares have added 6.4p to 149.5p as investors decided the recent falls had been overdone. Cruise operator Carnival edged 10p higher to £17.72 for similar reasons. With Wall Street virtually unchanged...
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Posted by Travigators in Worldwide Flights on April 29th, 2009 | No Comments
Tour operators and airlines cut flights to Mexico
British tour operators are preparing to fly all passengers home to the UK from Mexico. The operators cancelled all holidays to the beach destinations of Cancún and Cozumel on the Yucatán peninsula until 8 May, following new Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice on Monday night. A spokesman said: "We...
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Posted by Travigators in Travel on April 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Cruise liners maintain course despite swine flu outbreak
MAJOR cruise companies operating between the United States and Mexico have not suspended or changed their routes due to the swine flu outbreak that began in Mexico, the Miami-based companies said. ”There are currently no reported cases of swine influenza on Carnival ships or in any of the ports that...
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Posted by Yamna in Worldwide Flights on April 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Australian government steps up swine flu protection
ALL flights into Australia from North America or South America will have to report any passengers with flu-like symptoms before the aircraft is allowed to land. Responding to the swine flu outbreak, Australian Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon announced on today that the Government was moving immediately...
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Posted by Naseer Ahmad in Worldwide Flights on April 28th, 2009 | No Comments
World Health Organisation urges tourists to continue with travel plans despite swine flu
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged tourists to continue with their travel plans despite warnings from the European Union about visiting places affected by the outbreak of swine flu. “WHO did not recommend any travel restrictions, we need to be very clear on that,” said Gregory Hartl, the...
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Posted by Yamna in Worldwide Flights on April 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Japan to Halt Visa-Free Entry for Mexico on Swine Flu
April 28 (Bloomberg) — Japan will suspend visa-free entry for Mexican nationals and advise its own citizens to defer trips to the Latin American nation, the center of a global swine-flu outbreak. Mexicans will have to provide a doctor’s note and fill in a health form to obtain a visa, Foreign...
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Posted by Travigators in Worldwide Flights on April 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Australia on alert over swine flu
The only way of not having that would be to close Australia to flights," Senator Brown said. "We should also be looking to see how we can help neighbouring countries if it does become a pandemic." The Senator’s comments come as New Zealand health officials reveal they are investigating...
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Posted by Travigators in Airline Financial News on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Air China, Singapore Air Shares Drop on Swine Flu
Air China, Singapore Airlines and Qantas Airways led declines by Asia-Pacific carriers on concern a growing number of swine-flu cases in the U.S. and Mexico may damp travel. Air China, the world’s largest carrier by market value, sank 13 percent, the most in six months, to HK$3.49 in Hong Kong trading....
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Posted by Naseer Ahmad in Airline News on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Air New Zealand Services From The United States
Air New Zealand continues to work with the Ministry of Health to monitor the situation in regard to swine flu issues in Mexico and the United States. The Ministry of Health has engaged with passengers who arrived into Auckland onboard NZ1 and NZ5 on Saturday. Air New Zealand has been keeping in close...
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