Advantage Of Using the IATA Covid Map for Business Flight Planning
What is the IATA covid map? The IATA Covid Map is an interactive world travel regulations map that is powered by “Timatic”. The IATA travel map provides information on the level of regulations in each country. Each country has been categorized as either Totally restrictive Partially restrictive Not restrictive Currently under review – which means […]
Canada finally waves goodbye to COVID-19 travel restrictions and mask mandates
The federal government finally announced the end to the COVID-19 travel restrictions facing those entering Canada, with the vaccine mandate, random testing and ArriveCan app no longer required upon entry. The decision, that came into force on Oct. 1st, means mandatory testing and 14-day isolation for unvaccinated travellers has also finally come to an end, […]
What is happening with the cost of travel this summer?
The summer travel season is in full flow and to describe it as anything short of a total car crash would be to discredit the current state of affairs. Pent-up demand, sky-high gas prices and supply chain issues have caused non stop problems and significant price hikes to the cost of travel for leisure and […]
It’s Good News for Corporate Travel with Canada Scrapping Pre-Departure Testing for the Fully-Vaccinated
From April 1, fully-vaccinated travellers entering Canada will no longer need to carry out pre-departure testing – though random testing of arrivals still remains in place. The Canadian government has finally announced the relaxation of its entry restrictions, a decision that has been met with widespread joy from anyone associated with travel and tourism across […]
Travel and tourism operators pile pressure on Fed to remove remaining travel restrictions
Travel and tourism operators are continuing to pile the pressure on Ottawa over the remaining travel restrictions, with Canada becoming very much an outlier in its current testing requirements. The current argument is, that with the omicron variant so prevalent in Canada already, it makes little sense to continue testing fully vaccinated travellers as they […]
PCR Testing No Longer Required for Fully Vaccinated Travellers Entering Canada
Molecular tests will no longer be the required standard for travellers entering Canada from Feb 28th. That means the end of pre-arrival PCR testing, with the new rules now allowing for much cheaper and more readily available alternatives, such as clinic-administered rapid antigen tests. Why are Antigen tests better? Antigen tests are typically much […]
IATA putting pressure on governments to end travel restrictions for the fully vaccinated
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has branded current global travel restrictions “a mess” with pre-arrival testing coming strongly under the spotlight. The airline group represents 290 airlines including Air Canada, WestJet and Air Transat. Travel Restrictions under scrutiny Under the current travel restrictions, international travellers arriving in Canada must provide a pre-arrival negative […]
Finally the Number of Canadians Travelling Internationally is on the Rise
The federal government’s travel advisory didn’t do much to stop Canadians travelling internationally this Christmas, with 742,700 residents flying back into the country this December. The festive period saw more traffic in and out of the country than at any point throughout the pandemic thus far. The highest volume was unsurprisingly between Dec. 27 and […]
Canadian airports are set to experience considerable delays throughout the holidays
International travellers must prepare themselves for significant wait times in Canadian airports over the festive period, with the Omicron variant rearing it’s ugly head in recent weeks. Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year for air travel and, with the new Covid-19 screening measures such as on-arrival testing, chaos could well be […]
Fully Vaccinated Status Required for Canadian Travellers as of November 30!
Any Canadian travellers wishing to make use of Canada’s federally-regulated transportation, such as air travel, VIA Rail and Rocky Mountains Trains, are required to carry proof of vaccination. The new measures will be requirements for all travellers aged 12 and above as of tomorrow, November 30. Do the measures apply to all Canadian travellers […]
