As travel resumes around the world, and Canada continues to welcome guests after reopening its borders, Destination British Columbia is vying for international visitors with the launch of ‘The British Columbia Effect – Find Yourself’. The campaign eyes international travellers looking to get in touch with the region’s landscapes. The extensive CA$6.7 million marketing campaign is…
British Airways And Virgin Atlantic Remove Masks On Most Flights
Will masks on planes and airports become a thing of the past? That reality is among us, at least in some cases. It came as a big reveal on Monday when two major British airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways, announced that they would be dropping their mask mandate for passengers on flights where…
British Columbia Removes Vaccine Passport And Mask Mandate
The Canadian province of British Columbia is set to remove several major Covid-19 related restrictions over the coming weeks. The province, home to the city of Vancouver and several popular national parks and ski resorts, revealed its plans to ease its Covid-19 restrictions in a press conference yesterday, with changes set to have a large…
Greece, Portugal and Morocco are easing restrictions for British travellers
As popular destinations begin to ease restrictions, coupled with Britain having eased the rules for returning travellers, the off-putting holiday faff may be coming to an end – albeit slowly. So far, Portugal has ditched a pre-departure test for vaccinated UK travellers, Greece too, has dropped the requirement. However, Greece has determined that the second…
VisitBritain highlights British expats’ top motivations for travel to the UK
According to the new research ‘Understanding and engaging with UK expats in the UAE’ by Britain’s national tourism agency VisitBritain, over 50 per cent intend to visit the UK more than they did pre-COVID. It also reinforces the importance of face-to-face- connections and building relationships with family and friends as key drivers for travel. Those surveyed were…
Ladies and gentlemen, British Airways says no more
After becoming the latest airline to remove the term “ladies and gentlemen” from all onboard announcements, British Airways has been accused of trying to appease the woke brigade. Instead of using gender-specific language, the airline will begin using gender-neutral language on all of BA’s flights in the coming days. The choice to stop using gendered…
British Airways’ no nut policy makes travellers NUTS
A recent British Airways flight’s suggestion that passengers abstain from consuming peanut or nut snacks was met with outrage from passengers. The request was made because another passenger was allergic to nuts and might have suffered a severe and even fatal anaphylactic shock if the policy had not been followed. GBN’s new right-wing news station presenter…
British Airways Abandons Low-Cost Airline After Pilots Oppose Plan
British Airways has decided to abandon its plans for a new, low-cost subsidiary after failing to receive the necessary backing required from the pilotâs union. British Airways had planned to launch the new airline to operate out of London Gatwick â the second busiest airport in the UK in terms of both total passengers and…
British Airways operates first carbon neutral flight
For the first time, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was used on a British Airways passenger flight. According to the airline, the flight from London Heathrow to Glasgow on Tuesday also involved air traffic service provider NATS, fuel giant BP, and Airbus. The short flight on the airlineâs new special liveried sustainability aircraft replicated a British…
