The horrific wildfires that are burning up and down the coast of California have caused skies over San Francisco to turn into eerily shades of red and orange. The air quality in San Francisco today was between unhealthy and hazardous. Thick, smoky fog packing the faint aroma of an extinguished campfire — and awful air quality […]
Tag Archives: Air
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Nov
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Krešimir Kučko will step down from his role as the chief executive officer of Gulf Air by the end of the month. Commenting on this development, chairman of Gulf Air’s board of directors Zayed R. Alzayani said: “We extend our sincere thanks to Krešimir Kučko for his dedication, contributions and services during his tenure with […]
03
Nov
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Air Canada today announced that it is including complimentary COVID-19 emergency medical & quarantine insurance for eligible customers booking round-trip international flights. The coverage, available for new bookings made in Canada from September 17 until October 31, 2020, inclusive, provides emergency medical and quarantine insurance designed to give customers added confidence when booking flights and […]
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Nov
Nov
As India adds on to the list of countries with which it has created air bubbles in the recent weeks, it has now established an air travel bubble with Japan. This will allow Indian and Japanese carriers to operate services between the countries. The arrangement allows stranded individuals holding valid Japanese visas to travel from […]
03
Nov
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Korean Air has launched a COVID-19 vaccine transport task force to prepare for the safe and swift transport of the vaccine once it becomes available. Transporting vaccines is a very delicate and challenging process requiring specialized storage facilities and equipment. Vaccines generally need to be stored at low temperatures between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius […]
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In a bid to restart commercial passenger services when regular international flights are suspended as a result of the Covid-19, India’s government has now established an air bubble arrangement with Ukraine. This takes the tally of countries with whom India has such an arrangement to 17. This was revealed by India’s civil aviation minister Hardeep […]
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Nov
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As Singapore looks to resume travel operations and reopen borders, it has now announced a first two-way air travel bubble with Hong Kong, paving the way for leisure and other forms of travel between both places. On the back of this announcement, people will now be able to travel between the two locations without the […]
02
Nov
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India has now entered into an air bubble agreement with the Netherlands and Tanzania. With the addition of these two countries, the country’s air bubble arrangement now extends to 20 destinations. The air bubble with the Netherlands is effective from 1 November. Regarding the air bubble with the Netherlands, a circular from the Ministry of […]
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Nov
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The governments of the United States and Cuban governments have agreed to reinstitute scheduled air service between the two nations. It is hoped the deal could jumpstart economic relations between the two countries, paving the way for thousands of visitors to the island on a daily basis. However, there is as yet no timetable for […]
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Nov
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The national carrier of Bahrain, Gulf Air, has introduced a new pricing concept for its air fares to make it easier and clearer to its passengers regarding what’s included in each price bracket. The new ‘boutique fares’ come in three branded options for economy class and two branded options for falcon gold class. Passengers can […]