Travel News

Bambi had a close call with an airplane, narrowly avoiding being cut to shreds by propeller blades as it bounded across the runway at the same time a small plane was landing. See the close call here.

Video cameras captured yesterday’s plane crash in Pacoima California including the moment the plane burst into flames.

California, Oregon and Washington issued a new joint travel advisory urging travelers to these states to self quarantine for at least 14 days after arrival. The guidance also highlights the need to avoid essential travel.

In a fascinating report, Apple is allegedly paying some employees as much as $500 a day in hazard pay as they restart business travel to China in the midst of the raging pandemic.

President-Elect Joe Biden has pledged to end the controversial “Muslim Ban” on the first day of his presidency and the largest US-based Muslim civil rights organization, Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, intends to hold him to that.

The United Kingdom recently went back into lockdown because of a surge in COVID cases. Despite the new lockdown, which includes a ban on most travel, one form of travel is still allowed: assisted dying travel, or travel for the purposes of committing assisted suicide.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) is warning folks to avoid traveling to the United States, indicating there is an “ongoing potential for unrest and violence” and terrorism. The international travel ban from Australia remains in place.

One travel CEO has an idea to help jumpstart the struggling travel industry: tax breaks for travelers. Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel penned an op-ed earlier this week suggesting tax incentives targeted at both consumers and businesses could help jolt the travel economy out of its slumber. It’s a novel idea.