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EgyptAir requires US and UK travelers to present negative COVID-19 test before boarding
Egypt
January 15, 2021
EgyptAir requires US and UK travelers to present negative COVID-19 test before boarding
EgyptAir announced that passengers traveling to the United States and United Kingdom will soon be required to present a negative…
Delta posts $12 billion loss in 2020, cautious 1Q outlook
World
January 14, 2021
Delta posts $12 billion loss in 2020, cautious 1Q outlook
Delta Air Lines closed the books on a disastrous 2020 with a comparatively small fourth-quarter loss, and executives expect a…
Emirates president says Boeing 777X entry to service may slip to 2023 ‘or even longer’
Middle East
January 14, 2021
Emirates president says Boeing 777X entry to service may slip to 2023 ‘or even longer’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirates Airline President Tim Clark on Wednesday said Boeing Co’s 777X might not enter into service with…
Airbnb blocks, cancels bookings ahead of Biden inauguration
World
January 14, 2021
Airbnb blocks, cancels bookings ahead of Biden inauguration
Online holiday rentals company Airbnb said Wednesday it will be blocking and canceling all reservations in the US capital city Washington,…
Egypt announces first flight to Qatar after 3-year hiatus
Travel
January 13, 2021
Egypt announces first flight to Qatar after 3-year hiatus
Chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Holding Company Roshdy Zakaria announced on Wednesday that the first flight from Cairo to Doha…
Jordan sentences man to death for stabbings at tourist site
Middle East
January 12, 2021
Jordan sentences man to death for stabbings at tourist site
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan on Tuesday sentenced a man to death by hanging for a 2019 stabbing attack at…
Egyptian winner of Spain’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award: “My mother is my role model”
Egypt
January 12, 2021
Egyptian winner of Spain’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award: “My mother is my role model”
Starting in Cairo’s Shubra neighborhood, young engineer Omar Abdel-Gayed left Egypt after graduating from Helwan Engineering Faculty in 2009 to…
Indonesia retrieves ‘black box’ from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane -official
World
January 12, 2021
Indonesia retrieves ‘black box’ from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane -official
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into…
Qatar Airways flight lands in Saudi Arabia for 1st time in years
Middle East
January 12, 2021
Qatar Airways flight lands in Saudi Arabia for 1st time in years
A passenger plane flew from Qatar to Saudi Arabia on Monday, making it the first direct flight between the two Gulf states…
Lebanon tightens lockdown, imposes 24-hour curfew, as hospitals buckle
Middle East
January 12, 2021
Lebanon tightens lockdown, imposes 24-hour curfew, as hospitals buckle
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon announced a tightening of its lockdown on Monday, introducing a 24-hour curfew from Thursday as COVID-19…