Duterte extended the state of calamity “for a period of one year", or from Sept. 13, 2020 to Sept. 12, 2021, “unless earlier lifted or extended as circumstances may warrant".
Category: Travel
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Partial closure of Canada-U.S. border extended to Oct. 21
The partial closure of Canada’s border with the United States is being extended another month, to Oct. 21.
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Two passengers fined $1,000 each after refusing to wear masks on WestJet flights
Two airline passengers each face fines of $1,000 for refusing to wear face masks on board a flight, the first time Transport Canada has imposed a financial penalty for violating rules meant to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first incident occurred on a WestJet flight from Calgary to Waterloo, Ont., in June...
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Canada-U.S. to extend border restrictions until Sept. 21
The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to so-called “discretionary” travel like vacations and shopping trips since the pandemic took hold of the continent in mid-March.
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World Travel & Tourism (WTTC) Urgently Calls On Canada To Help With Travel Recovery Plan
London, UK: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has urgently called on the Canadian government for strong leadership and unprecedented international collaboration, to save the struggling Travel & Tourism sector and recover the millions of jobs already impacted. Over 100 of the world’s major travel and global business leaders, from major airlines, airports, hotels, tour operators and...
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Towards tourism recovery: Staying afloat amid Covid-19
"If you close the business, you have no value. If you sell the business, you have value. But if you revive the business, it has even greater value. If you want to turn around, you can but you might have to find new partners. Don't close,"
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Air Canada Implements New Biosafety Protocols as it Begins Re-opening its Award-Winning Maple Leaf Lounges
MONTREAL, July 23, 2020 – Air Canada today announced the gradual re-opening of its Maple Leaf Lounges, featuring new biosafety protocols for the well-being of customers and employees. The Maple Leaf Lounge at Toronto Pearson, D gates re-opens on July 24 to eligible customers travelling on a domestic or international flight, with the Maple Leaf Lounges...
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Sources say Canada, U.S. likely to extend mutual travel ban into late August
“It’s our major defence to prevent ourselves from getting this infection,” Dr. Robert Redfield told a news conference in Charlotte, N.C. “If all of us would put on a face-covering now for the next four weeks, six weeks, I think we could drive this epidemic into the ground.”
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Atlantic premiers not ready to lift travel restrictions on rest of Canada
The Atlantic travel “bubble” that opened July 3 allows residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island to travel between the four provinces without being required to self-isolate for 14 days.
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Turbulence in Canadian opinion on airlines COVID-19 response: poll
Seventy-two per cent of Canadians say they're not comfortable flying since a decision by some airlines to relax their own in-flight physical distancing requirements