Covid-19

This will be a new stage in the slow standardisation of travel within the European Union. On 25 January, the Council of the European Union adopted a new recommendation. The aim of this recommendation is a coordinated approach to the free movement of people during the Covid period. This recommendation is in response to the increase in vaccination coverage and the...

Air traffic at Geneva Cointrin continued to be affected by the Covid 19 pandemic in 2021. Geneva Airport welcomed 5.92 million passengers in 2021, compared with 5.60 million in 2020. This is 5.8% more than in 2020 but 67% less passenger traffic than in 2019. That year, the airport...

Since Monday, SNCF has reduced its operations. The reason: the health situation, of course, which is affecting not only demand (-30% since the start of the year on the TGV network) but also the group's teams. "It's not a question of unexpected train cancellations, but of adapted transport plans,...

Is Boris Johnson's United Kingdom regaining some pragmatism in its border management? Over the last six months, the rules for entering the country have been repeatedly overturned. But this time, the latest measures adopted by the government seem to be moving in the direction of simplification. The Prime Minister...

Are you allowed to eat while travelling or not? This is not such a trivial question, following the government's announcement at the end of last week that it would be forbidden to eat food on board trains. Especially on long journeys. Before taking a plane or a train, will we have to hurry up and gobble down some food?

Like UNIMEV, which judged the measures recently taken by the government to be disproportionate, the events sector was concerned about the impact on its business of the reintroduction of capacity limits of 2,000 people for indoor events and 5,000 people for outdoor events. Interviewed on RMC's morning show,...

"Disproportionate". For UNIMEV, the Prime Minister's announcement to reintroduce gauges for large-scale events is hard to take. "In a year and a half of crisis, we have never seen such a sudden and disproportionate measure", said Renaud Hamaide and Pierre-Louis Roucaries, co-presidents of UNIMEV....

Updated on 31/01/2022 Overseas A negative test (PCR or antigenic) has been required since 28 December for travel to the Overseas Departments and Territories from France or any other country. This test must be carried out within 24 hours of boarding the plane. The government states that "For flights to the French Overseas Departments and Territories,...

After a month of almost total reopening to visitors, Thailand decided in just 24 hours to reintroduce a quarantine for travellers in the face of fears of the Omicron variant. The government announced that entry conditions could be reviewed on 4 January. While the Kingdom seems to have the covid pandemic well under control, the appearance of the...

Already hermetically sealed off to foreign visitors, Israel's borders are also being closed to departures to a number of strategic destinations for business travellers. France and the United States have joined the "red list" drawn up by the Israeli authorities. From midnight on Monday 20 December 2021, France will be placed on the "red list" of...

While the Omicron variant of Covid is just as dangerous as the Delta variant, its rapid spread is a cause for concern. According to figures released by Santé Publique France, the number of cases in France has doubled in the space of a week. According to the agency's figures, the...

On Tuesday, Italy extended its state of health emergency until March 2022. It has therefore tightened travel restrictions for all travellers. The measure also applies to citizens travelling from other European Union countries. EU travellers to Italy are now required to undergo a screening test for the coronavirus before travelling...

While Hong Kong International Airport has always been a major global hub, with flights from all over the world, the covid pandemic is decimating the airport. And it is losing its status as a global airport. Hong Kong International welcomed 71.54 million passengers in 2019. In 2020, the hub welcomed a further 8.8 million passengers...

"Travellers' appetite for long-distance travel has changed forever" is the conclusion, definitive to say the least, drawn by Roland Berger in its latest report. The consultancy estimates that, once the pandemic has passed, the number of personal trips will have fallen by 20 %. As for business...

On Saturday 4 December, the Swiss Confederation adopted a new set of more coercive measures in response to the surge in cases of Covid in Europe and the appearance of the Omicron variant in Europe. The Swiss Federal Council considers the current situation to be critical. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="123863"] From Monday...

A new wave, a new variant, and therefore new restrictions: such is the health and regulatory context at the beginning of December on an international scale, and France is no exception to the rule. On Wednesday, the government announced the entry into force of a new protocol for international travel. Travellers wishing to visit France...

As a result of the pandemic, international airports are adjusting their R&D priorities: after working on a seamless passenger experience, with biometrics in particular to speed up every stage of the airport journey, the time has now come for contactless technology. Nice airport is no exception to the rule, with the launch on 6 December of its...

Many countries are re-imposing stricter rules on entering their territory in the face of what scientists are calling the 5th wave of the pandemic. Or to contain a new variant detected in southern Africa called "Omicron". United Kingdom "We're not going to stop people from travelling", declared a press conference on 27 September...

The new variant, called Omicron, is considered dangerous because of its very high number of mutations. Current vaccines may therefore be ineffective against this variant. Speaking to the BBC, Professor Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa, said that there was a...

After suspending its air links on 20 October with several European countries where the pandemic was flaring up, notably Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Russia, Morocco has now done the same with France. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on its website that "in order to preserve the country's...