Passengers can now rebook as many times as they need after Cebu Pacific (CEB) permanently scrapped its change fees to restore confidence in air travel. “In a recent survey we conducted, flexibility remains to be one of the considerations of our passengers when deciding to travel again," CEB Vice...
Last year was a catastrophe for both air travel and cargo while 2021 will be "another tough year". "There is no other way to describe it," says Alexandre de Juniac, International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s Director General and CEO in a statement issued last night (Feb. 3). "The world is...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) recently launched COVID Protect, a P250 add-on to its travel insurance plan for both domestic and international passengers to cover COVID-related hospitalization and treatment. Under COVID Protect, guests traveling who test positive for COVID-19 will get up to P1 million coverage...
The government has revised its testing and quarantine protocols for Filipino citizens and eligible non-Filipinos arriving in the Philippines from countries where travel restrictions are in place due to new COVID-19 variants. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) This was according to the advisory which...
Leo Rey Yanson and sister Ginnette Y. Dumancas now fully control the country's largest bus company, Bacolod City-based Yanson Group (YGBC). “Despite the challenges faced in 2020, the business remains strong and resilient," according to Leo Rey, youngest son of the group's matriarch, Olivia...
Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial the IATA Travel Pass, a 'digital passport' that verifies passengers' pre-travel test or vaccination to comply with any government's COVID-19 requirements. Before...
With the second strain of the Covid-19 confirmed in the country, parents have been thinking twice of pushing through with their travel plans. But life—and the world—has changed, and things will never go back to the way it was. Make airline travel stress-free, especially when you're with...
All passengers traveling to the United States, via direct or connecting flight, including U.S. Citizens, must present proof of a negative RT-PCR test result from a licensed Department of Health DOH laboratory within three calendar days from date of departure, The second option is for them to show a...
As much as possible, and I say this with conviction as some of my family members are still sick with the dreaded virusㅡdo not go out of your homes if you don’t have any important matters to attend to. This is also not the time to let your guards down. The worst, as health experts have said, is...
What a year it has been for travel! Almost all travel plans were scrapped, making everyone miss the beaches, the mountains, even the museums (or, in the case of my parents, the malls). But how will travel be in 2021? Uncertainty is still thick in the air with the emergence of a new Covid-19...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), issued an advisory restricting the entry of travelers, except Filipino citizens, coming from 20 countries with reported cases of the new strains of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). CAB advised travelers on...
Effective midnight of December 29, 2020, all passengers originating from 20 countries will not be allowed to enter the Philippines. The list include: United Kingdom, South Africa, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Israel, Hong Kong, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore, Lebanon, Japan, Canada,...
