travel formalities

After two years in the wilderness, Thai Airways International is presenting a summer timetable more in keeping with its status as an intercontinental airline. This resumption follows the easing of entry restrictions to Thailand. In fact, the Kingdom is set to continue this trend (see box). Nearly 70 destinations between Thai Airways International and Thai...

Looking for a light at the end of the tunnel, the business travel industry is looking for a deadline to cling to in order to see a return to pre-crisis travel volumes. The study published on Tuesday by the BTS (Business Travel Show) may provide some answers. A total of 139 travel buyers were surveyed during the month of...

For two years now, the Hong Kong government has modelled its economic, security, social and health policies on those of Beijing. With all that this entails in terms of the image of a city that was long considered a model of economic and social liberalism. Not only have individual freedoms been eroded by the...

While travel formalities are becoming less stringent in various business destinations, health documents are still essential for international business trips. Airlines are therefore continuing to work on simplifying these formalities, in particular through the use of new technologies. LATAM has just launched the "Ready to Fly" tool, a name already chosen by Air France...

From the UK to Vietnam, business destinations are finally relaxing the regulations that have held back international mobility for two long years. And clearly, this return to normality is giving business travellers wings. Freed from the regulatory straightjacket, freed from quarantine procedures and repeated PCR tests, mobile professionals are catching up - in part...

March 18 is a special day for travellers to London and other major UK cities. On this date, all international travellers, whether vaccinated or not, will be able to enter the UK without any formalities. They will no longer have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test or...

According to Reuters, Korean Air Lines announced on 15 March that it would be rerouting its flights to Europe and eastern North America using Russian airspace, citing operational difficulties and safety concerns. The airline also indicated that it was temporarily suspending all passenger and cargo services to and from...

After two years of hermetic border closures, Asia finally seems to want to speed up its reopening to the rest of the world. Less restrictive entry regimes are already being applied in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Maldives, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Malaysia for all Yesterday, it was the turn of...

The European Travel Commission (ETC) regularly analyses market developments and trends. However, its latest bulletin, published a dozen days ago, is more optimistic. The ETC analyses that by 2021, the high level of vaccination coverage in Europe, the EU's Covid-19 digital certificate and the easing of travel restrictions have already...

Many air transport experts are talking about "revenge" tourism in a post-Covid world. While WHO statements are more optimistic about the pandemic becoming an endemic, more and more countries are adopting a strategy of cohabitation with the covid virus. And the simplified entry rules are generating a lot of...

What are the key points of the Air Transport IT Insights 2021 report published by SITA? Sergio Colella - This report shows that Covid is playing a role in accelerating digitalisation. We see this in our everyday lives, and inevitably in the air transport sector. For almost ten years now, we have been interviewing...

In the battle over the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems that the Omicron variant no longer frightens the Asia-Pacific region. Lassitude after two years of a complete shutdown that decimated the economies of countries heavily dependent on tourism, realism in the face of a pandemic that is gradually becoming endemic due to herd immunity. And then, probably...

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...

For two years now, companies and business travellers have been faced with a real headache when it comes to managing their trips: travel formalities that differ from country to country, and that are constantly changing, oscillating between being open and closed to varying degrees. The travel industry is trying to guide them through this...

Asian countries are notoriously skittish about health hazards. The omicron variant is rapidly devastating the few countries reopening in the last quarter of 2021. With the notable exception of Laos, which is once again allowing foreign visitors. Laos reopens after 22 months of closure The good news...

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?

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,...

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...