With the coronavirus variant so prevalent, Britain’s leader said, there is little point in demanding that visitors screen themselves for it.
Tag: Airlines and Airplanes
Delta Says Flight to Shanghai Was Turned Round in Midair Because of Cleaning Rules
The carrier said that it ordered the plane back last week because of sanitation requirements that were “not operationally viable.”
As Omicron Overshadows Christmas, Thousands of Flights Are Canceled
Travelers had hoped this holiday season would represent a return to relative normalcy. Instead, pilots are out and delays are piling up.
Santo Domingo Plane Crash Kills All 9 Aboard
A prominent Puerto Rican music producer known as Flow La Movie was reported to be among the dead.
How Conflicting Guidance on Travel During the Pandemic Shows Little Progress
The Omicron variant turned my trip home from South Africa into a nightmare episode of conflicting public health orders that often seemed to have little connection to science.
Defector Helps Build Case Against Belarus Over Ryanair Flight It Forced Down
A former air traffic controller has been telling Polish investigators what he knows about the diversion of the plane carrying a Belarus dissident in May.
Travelers to U.S. Now Must Test Negative for Covid a Day Before Flying
Inbound travelers must now show a negative result from a test taken no more than a day before departure, a requirement some say may be hard to satisfy.
At Least 13 Dead as Indonesia’s Mount Semeru Erupts
Dozens more suffered burns as lava flowed from the eruption of Mount Semeru, on the island of Java.
At Least One Dead as Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, Spewing Ash Cloud
Dozens more suffered burns as lava flowed from the eruption of Mount Semeru, on the island of Java.
How 2 Flights to Europe May Have Spurred Spread of New Variant
A confounding array of Covid rules and lax enforcement of mask wearing may have sent infected passengers on two KLM flights from South Africa on to “who knows where.”