Articles tagged “travel corridors”

Coronavirus

Yay, There Is a Taskforce In the Works to Come Up With Plan For Opening U.S.-UK Travel, With No Date in Sight

As usual, travel's place in the scheme of priorities always comes last in the geopolitical arena, even when the cleanest of cases of opening the borders is there. A taskforce will be formed at an undetermined date to come up with plans to reopen — again no idea by when, versus, well, a simpler idea of opening it up for verified vaccinated travelers on both sides.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 3 years ago

Yay, There Is a Taskforce In the Works to Come Up With Plan For Opening U.S.-UK Travel, With No Date in Sight

Airlines

Airline CEOs Tout UK-U.S. Travel Corridor Ahead of G7 But Would It Come Too Late?

Airlines have renewed their push for a UK-U.S. travel corridor following both countries' largely successful vaccination campaigns. But their arguments have fallen on seemingly deaf ears so far, raising doubts as to whether this latest push will make any difference.

Edward Russell, Skift | 3 years ago

Airline CEOs Tout UK-U.S. Travel Corridor Ahead of G7 But Would It Come Too Late?

Tourism

Israeli Leaders Disagree on International Tourism Reopening Plan

Rival political parties in Israel have different timelines to reopening the country's international borders to vaccinated tourists. But those political differences will likely go away in establishing travel corridors with key business partners like the U.S. and UK and even the United Arab Emirates.

Steven Scheer, Reuters | 3 years ago

Israeli Leaders Disagree on International Tourism Reopening Plan

Coronavirus

The Promise of Open U.S.-UK Travel This Summer: Where Does It Stand?

The prospect of a transatlantic travel bubble between the U.S. and the UK has many travel industry leaders hopeful the summer season can be salvaged. But how a travel corridor may work and what proof of vaccinations will be required are details that have yet to be hammered out.

Madhu Unnikrishnan, Skift | 3 years ago

The Promise of Open U.S.-UK Travel This Summer: Where Does It Stand?