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The United States now requires the implementation of a requirement to provide a recent CoVid-19 negative report to arrive in the USA for everyone who is over the age of 2 and entering the United States on a plane.
Marriott Bonvoy has reinstated all pre-pandemic elite member guarantees, ensuring elite members will be guaranteed their preferred bed types, perks and other benefits at a Marriott hotel globally, again.
The UK will institute new requirements to arrive in the country, asking for a negative CoVid-19 report from next week onwards. The exact date is not notified yet, but the requirement will be applicable for all arrivals by land/sea/air and even for citizens returning home.
Marriott Bonvoy has introduced various changes to the programme for the 2021 membership year, and also announced a couple of promotions. Here is the rundown, and everything inside is positive news!
Qatar Airways is all set to launch flights into Saudi Arabia, just days after the long-standing blockade on the use of Saudi Arabian airspace on Qatari jets came to an end as a part of the Gulf Blockade getting over.
Air India launched the non-stop flights between San Francisco and Bengaluru with the first flight of AI176, operated by an all-women cockpit crew over the polar route to celebrate the occasion. The service will be twice weekly to start.
Sriwijaya Air’s Boeing 737-500 aircraft went missing from the radar a few minutes after take-off from Jakarta’s airport flying towards Pontianak.
In a new move, Delhi Government has announced that passengers landing in Delhi from the UK will have to compulsorily undergo an institutional quarantine of 7 days.
Saudi Arabia opens borders with Qatar again. This will mean, Qatar Airways will once again be able to overfly Saudi airspace to be able to fly without expensive reroutings, which will mean shorter flights and lesser fuel spent. Good for the airline as well as its passengers.
Vistara has announced the launch of their flights between India and Germany, albeit as relief flights which will operate from February 18, 2021, onwards. This would be the second foray for Vistara into the long-haul space.
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer programme has decided to extend the elite status for all their elite members by one more year, besides their revenue based PPS Club members. Milestone rewards have also been introduced for elite members of Singapore Airlnes.
