Travel
Latest updates on GCC travel and tourism with enhanced tourist destinations and entry of visitors into the GCC with updates in the aviation sector.
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India suspends international flights until March 31
Flights to and from India that lie outside its air bubble agreements have been suspended until March 31, 2021, the…
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Saudi announces 346 new COVID-19 cases
Saudi Arabia announced three deaths from COVID-19 and 346 new infections on Friday. Of the new cases, 184 were recorded…
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Gulf Air adds weekly flights to Singapore from April 2021
Gulf Air announces the addition of Singapore to its growing network with 1 weekly flight starting April 2021. The airline…
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Etihad Airways, Gulf Air sign commercial partnership
Etihad Airways and Gulf Air have signed a strategic commercial cooperation agreement to deepen the partnership between Abu Dhabi and…
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Kuwait bans entry for non-Kuwaitis until further notice
Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority on Saturday announced it was extending an entry ban for non-Kuwaiti citizens until further notice as…
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Kuwait lifts ban on 35 countries
Passengers arriving from 35 previously banned countries can now enter Kuwait starting February 21, with a mandatory institutional quarantine at…
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Saudi opens new airport terminal
Saudi Arabia opened a new terminal at Arar airport in the Northern Borders Province. The airport terminal has an air-traffic…
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India to test travellers after detecting new strains
India will make COVID-19 molecular tests mandatory for people arriving directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, South Africa and…
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Abu Dhabi rolls out fleet of fast-charging electric buses
Electric buses powered by fast-charging lithium batteries have been launched in Abu Dhabi, in line with the UAE’s wider sustainability…
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Kuwait to allow expats to enter after two-week travel ban
As per the Kuwait government decision, non-Kuwaitis will be able to travel to Kuwait as of February 21 after a…
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Gulf Air resumes direct flights to Colombo
Gulf Air will resume its direct operations to and from Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport on February 15 with two weekly…
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UAE: Over 4 million residents vaccinated against COVID-19
The UAE has vaccinated 158,786 residents against Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The country’s Ministry of Health and Prevention…
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Gulf Air marks 70th anniversary with new aircraft
Gulf Air welcomed its new Airbus A321neoLR which landed in the new terminal of Bahrain International Airport on 5th February…
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UAE extends flight ban to South Africa
Emirates airline has extended the suspension of its passenger flights to South Africa to February 12, 2021. The airline stated…
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Pakistan reduces PCR test validity for travellers
Pakistan has reduced the validity requirement of negative Covid-19 PCR test results from 96 hours to 72 hours for all…
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Kuwait approves emergency use of Astrazeneca vaccine
Kuwait’s health ministry approved on Friday the emergency use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, with the first batch expected to…
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Kuwait limits airport capacity to 30% of pre-pandemic levels
Kuwait’s government has delayed the second phase of its plan for resuming commercial flights until further notice keeping the airport’s…
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UAE: Updated Abu Dhabi travel ‘Green List’
The Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism has updated its ‘green list’ destinations. Passengers arriving from these destinations will…
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Kuwait revokes over 950 residency permits of expats stuck abroad
Residency permits of 953 migrant workers, stuck abroad due to travel restrictions, have been revoked in Kuwait in the past…
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Kuwait sets limits on number of air passenger arrivals
Kuwait has decided to curtail the number of air passengers arriving to the country for two weeks, starting from Sunday…
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