If you’re racing to fly to/from each of the 50 U.S. states, you may want to hurry up. From 6 June, Delaware will once again be the only state without commercial air service, reports USA Today. Ordinarily, someone in the travel industry wouldn’t think twice about starting a flight from just about anywhere in the […]
Tourism
Myanmar Is Restarting its Tourist E-visas
The COVID-19 Southeast Asia reopening show has another episode in the works. This Sunday, 15 May, Myanmar — or, if you’re an historian, Burma — is restarting its tourist e-visa website. The link for the tourist e-visa application can be found here. Having been shut since March 2020 due to the pandemic, the Myanmar government […]
Iceland’s PLAY to Start Seasonal Flights to this New England City
Presque Isle? Burlington? Worcester? If you are familiar with Iceland’s years-long desire to connect North America with continental Europe, then those destinations might not seem too far-fetched. Alas this time, I’m referring to PLAY starting flights tomorrow, 11 May, to Boston. You see, Iceland’s main hub — not Reyjavik, the capital — but Keflavik (KEF), […]
Rize-Artvin, Turkey’s Newest Airport, Is Finally Opening
Earlier this year, I was in Batumi, Georgia, planning to travel to Trabzon, Turkey. By bus and dolmuş, the Turkish term for a shared van, it was expected to take just a few hours, including immigration procedures. However, given that I had a tight schedule to meet, I also didn’t want to risk getting stuck […]
Avelo Airlines Starting Flights from New Haven (HVN) to Savannah/Hilton Head (SAV) and Nashville (BNA)
After its first ever commercial flight on 28 April, 2021, Houston, Texas-based Avelo Airlines has been steadily expanding its route network in the United States. Starting today, 6 May, Avelo Airlines will be upping its air travel game by commencing new flights between New Haven, Connecticut (HVN), and both Savannah, Georgia (SAV) and Nashville, Tennessee […]
Hong Kong MTR Will Soon Go Transfer-free from Shenzhen Border to Admiralty
The South China Morning Post reports that, starting 15 May, passengers will finally be able to take the MTR East Rail line to Hong Kong Island. Of course, due to COVID-19, it’s more practical to say that Hong Kong residents living in Sha Tin and Tai Wai in the New Territories will at last, have […]
COVID-19 Update: Chile Reopens All Land Borders as of 1 May
According to France24, after having been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic since 17 March 2020, the government of Chile has finally reopened all of its land borders to all visitors, as of yesterday, 1 May. This decision was due in part to steadily declining cases throughout Chile, but also that the Chilean government recognizes […]
2021 Pandemic Travel, from Mexico to Mexico (with a Brief Border Crossing Guide)
During a stint in Chicago a few years ago, I found that Frontier Airlines offered some really good deals to/from Harlingen, Texas (airport code HRL), close to the Mexican border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros. Then, from one of those cities, it’s a cheap flight to where ever else in Mexico. Yes, why not escape those […]
