Travel Advisory

Doncaster Sheffield Airport has issued a statement after a runway was closed when a plane has come off it this afternoon.

The 747 Boeing cargo plane is lodged in grass off the runway meaning flights to and from the airport have been halted.

Emergency services were called to the scene just before 2 p.m. this afternoon.

There were no passengers on board at the time and no one has suffered any injuries.

This will cause disruption to flights arriving and departing from DSA this afternoon.

An inbound flight from Poznan will divert to Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) and the outbound passengers to Poznan will be provided with transport to meet their flight from LBA.

Citing the fact that Quintana Roo has been allocated an orange coronavirus risk rating and is allowed to open 172 kinds of public activities, Cancún International Airport authorities have announced the reopening of Terminal 2 on Tuesday.


“With the reactivation of hotels at 30% occupancy, in accordance with [Mexico’s Covid-19] stoplight rating of orange for Quintana Roo, and after a deep analysis of the probability of airlines renewing flights …we’ve decided to reopen operations in Terminal 2 at midnight on July 14 for domestic flights by Viva Aerobus and Volaris …” said airport spokesman Eduardo Rivadeneyra.


Since April, when airline activity at the airport dropped by more than 80%, the airport has been operating with only Terminal 4 open, a newer international terminal.

Ocala International Airport will be closed on some upcoming nights for runway and taxiway construction work.

The airport will be closed nightly, from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., during the following time periods:

8 p.m. Thursday, July 16 through 7 a.m. Saturday, July 18; and
8 p.m. Sunday July 19, through 7 a.m. Wednesday, July 22.
Aircrews are advised to plan accordingly to accommodate these critical airport infrastructure improvements. During the nightly closures, the airport will be closed to all fixed-winged aircraft. Rotary wing (helicopter) operations will be permitted away from construction areas.

RAWALPINDI: In response to improved travel needs, the Pakistan International Airlines has decided to increase the number of its domestic flights.

According to a spokesperson for the PIA, flights will be increased for Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta. He said the two PIA flights will be operated between Karachi and Islamabad and one flight will be operated between Lahore and Karachi daily.

The spokesperson said the special flights of PIA for Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Central Asian States are continuing while flights to and from the United Arab Emirates are expected to be resumed soon.

LISBON, July 13 (Reuters) - Portugal's government said on Monday five areas on the outskirts of Lisbon will remain under a partial lock down, two weeks after it was put in place there to tackle a worrying wave of coronavirus cases.

"Although the coronavirus incidence rate has improved in these 15 days, it has not yet reached a stage where we would reevaluate measures," Cabinet Affairs Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva told a news conference. The areas comprise 19 civil parishes in Greater Lisbon.

ALMATY, July 13 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan will extend its second coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until the end of July and again offer financial aid to those who have lost their source of income, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Monday.


Kazakhstan, which reported a major resurgence in COVID-19 and often-related pneumonia cases after lifting restrictions in May, entered a second, albeit less stringent, lockdown on July 5 in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus.


"There are first signs now that the situation is beginning to improve," he said in a tweet. "The next two weeks are important for the full stabilisation of the situation."


The oil-rich Central Asian republic has confirmed almost 60,000 cases of COVID-19 with 375 deaths, and reported shortages of hospital beds and popular medicines. The number of daily new cases fell to 1,646 on Monday from 1,798 on Sunday.


Kazakhstan held a national day of mourning for COVID-19 victims on Monday, flying flags at half-mast and cancelling entertainment programming on local media.


Tokayev said the government would pay 42,500 tenge (about $100) for July to each person who has lost their job amid fresh restrictions. During the previous lockdown in March-May, a quarter of Kazakhstan's 19 million citizens received such aid.


Neighbours Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have also reported new spikes in COVID-19 cases after reopening at about the same time. Uzbekistan has also started a second lockdown while Kyrgyzstan imposed more moderate control measures.

London City Airport in the U.K. has restarted international flights after they were suspended due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions.

This announcement follows the U.K. Government's 'Travel Corridors' policy.

London City Airport has received high demand from travelers to resume flights to popular holiday destinations in Europe.

Official Government Advisories
(NEW) Effective July 13, Finland's new border restrictions are in effect, expanding the list of countries from which unrestricted travel is permitted.  Border traffic from the United States remains limited to essential traffic. Additional information on current restrictions is available from the Finnish Border Guard.

International commercial flights continue to depart Helsinki-Vantaa airport and Mariehamn airport.  U.S. citizens seeking to depart Finland should work with the airlines to arrange travel.  Departing U.S. citizens should monitor the entry and exit requirements of any third country they are transiting, available on the U.S. Embassy's COVID-19 Information page for that country.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare has confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Finland.

The Embassy has resumed limited regular American citizens services, including passport applications and renewals, and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad applications.

Many travelers worldwide have reported unexpected flight cancellations and limited flight availability.  If your travel has been disrupted, please contact your airline.

PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) - France's government on Monday started restricting Chinese airlines to one passenger flight to France per week, saying it was acting in response to restrictions imposed by Beijing on French carriers flying to China.


"From July 13, Chinese companies will only be authorised to make one weekly trip," the French embassy in Beijing said on its website. "Discussions are underway between the two governments with a view to reaching a satisfactory solution."


China's state aviation regulator, CAAC, could not immediately be reached for comment.


The French embassy said that three Chinese carriers, Air China, China Eastern Airlines Corp, and China Southern Airlines Co, were each authorised to make weekly flights from Chinese cities to Paris.


It said that, under a June 12 reciprocal arrangement, Air France had been authorised by Beijing to carry out three flights a week to China.


But the embassy said that, in practice, Chinese authorities had only allowed one Air France flight per week to go ahead.


It said France was applying intense diplomatic pressure to get the go-ahead from Beijing for the extra flights. In the meantime, it advised travellers to be prepared for disruption to air links between the two countries.


Passenger flights between France and China were suspended earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Sri Lanka has decided to delay the re-opening of its airport to foreigners a report said, after a new coronavirus cluster developed around a rehabilitation center for drug users and staff who were on leave.


“Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will not be reopened in mid-August as previously planned,” Prasanna Ranatunga, Tourism and Aviation Minister was quoted by Daily FT, a financial newspaper.


"We cannot give an exact date for the reopening of the airport. The top priority of the government is to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to repatriate Sri Lankans still stranded in various parts of the world."


Sri Lanka has contained the spread of coronavirus through aggressive contact tracing but observers have found gaps in testing compared to successful countries like Vietnam especially in the early stages when testing was confined to a hospital setting.

Navotas City will be placed under a 14-day citywide lockdown amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases, Mayor Toby Tiangco said on Monday.


He said the lockdown will take effect 24 hours after the police assemble a team for augmentation in the city. The tentative start is on July 15.


The mayor said residents of the city will be allowed to leave if they work outside Navotas. Similarly, nonresidents who work in the city will be allowed to enter during the lockdown period. Delivery of goods from outside the city, except for food deliveries, will be permitted.


The city recorded 31 new cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 547 active cases. Tiangco said the city's two isolation facilities are now full after two days of record-high new cases, which prompted local health officials to bring patients to quarantine centers managed by the national government.


He said residents put down their guard when Metro Manila was placed under the relaxed general community quarantine. Local officials are revising city ordinances to impose heftier fines for those who violate rules on wearing masks and social distancing, he added.


"Navotas residents are hardheaded. The parents allow their children to go out in the streets. Some leave their homes for nonessential trips, they don't even wear face masks. Only those going on essential trips will be allowed to go out. Those who loiter will be apprehended."


Navotas has recorded a total of 931 confirmed cases, with 325 recoveries and 59 deaths.


Tiangco said random RT-PCR testing will be conducted during the 14-day lockdown.

Having obtained a permit from the Turkish civil aviation authority, IranAir will resume flights between Tehran and Istanbul as of July 13.


The airline will offer bi-weekly flights on Mondays and Fridays, departing from Imam Khomeini International Airport at 9:25 a.m. and returning the same day at 12:40 p.m. local time.


Two other airlines Meraj Airlines and Iran Airtour will also operate weekly Istanbul-Tabriz-Istanbul flights starting July 12 and 13, respectively, the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development quoted the head of East Azarbaijan airports, Ramin Azari, as saying on Sunday.

Malaysian Low-Cost Carrier Malindo Air has resumed flights to Pakistan. The airline had suspended flights due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions. Malindo Air operates 5 weekly flights (OD131/OD132) from Kuala Lumpur to Lahore on Boeing 737 aircraft.


The airline had announced on twitter that they will be resuming flights to Lahore from 12 July.


The Government of Pakistan has made the coronavirus test compulsory for the outbound passengers. In addition, the airline is also following the safety measures strictly.

If you're planning to travel from Sweden to Germany this summer, things just got a little bit simpler.

From early June, Sweden has been the only EU country named as a 'risk area' by Germany, which meant people arriving in Germany from Sweden could be required to quarantine for 14 days. Now, that requirement will be abolished.

The risk area designations are made by the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which bases its assessment on several criteria, the key one being more than 50 new infections per 100,000 residents in the previous seven days.

But on Tuesday, the list of risk areas was updated, and Sweden was not among the 126 countries from where travelers should quarantine on arrival in Germany.

That means people can now travel between Germany and Sweden for all reasons, including for tourism or leisure, the German Embassy said in a statement on Tuesday.

Individual federal states have the option of imposing their own restrictions, but the German ambassador to Sweden told the TT newswire that states must follow the national decision to remove the Swedish quarantine.

WestJet plans to resume direct flights between Fort St. John and Vancouver in August.


The airline plans to resume service Aug. 3, with flying three times weekly to Aug. 9, and four times weekly from Aug. 10 to Sept. 4.


“These adjustments are temporary and could change as more information becomes known,” the airline said.


The airline continues to fly twice daily to Calgary, based on demand.

In July, new routes will be opened from Tallinn Airport to 12 destinations, including London, Milan, Edinburgh, Malaga, Girona, Dusseldorf, Dublin, Oslo and Warsaw, as travel restrictions applied due to the coronavirus crisis are being gradually lifted and connections with major European destinations are being restored.

First, airlines have reopened routes to business and holiday destinations that are important for Estonians, such as Berlin, Warsaw, Paris and Copenhagen, but also to major connecting airports, such as Frankfurt, Helsinki and Riga. Routes to Brussels, Istanbul and Moscow are expected to open in August

According to Myanmar’s National Tourism Development Central Committee vice-president, Myanmar’s airports are unlikely to re-open to international commercial flights until at least October this year. There is no guarantee, however, that even if the country opens its skies to international flights, there will be any takers other than airlines offering repatriation flights. Border closures around the world have grounded entire fleets of planes and put smaller airlines in financial peril.

Domestic flights are currently operating, as in Thailand, but are restricted to Burmese citizens and foreign residents registered to stay and work in the country. Since the end of March, foreign tourists have been stranded in the country waiting for repatriation flights home. Hundreds of Burmese are also waiting overseas for an opportunity to return home with scant flights returning to Myanmar.

Myanmar ‘s government said that when it reopens commercial flights, it will be restricted to routes serving neighboring cities in the ASEAN region and perhaps later, countries across Asia.

Official Government Advisories
(NEW) Effective July 13, Finland's new border restrictions are in effect, expanding the list of countries from which unrestricted travel is permitted.  Border traffic from the United States remains limited to essential traffic. Additional information on current restrictions is available from the Finnish Border Guard.


International commercial flights continue to depart Helsinki-Vantaa airport and Mariehamn airport.  U.S. citizens seeking to depart Finland should work with the airlines to arrange travel.  Departing U.S. citizens should monitor the entry and exit requirements of any third country they are transiting, available on the U.S. Embassy's COVID-19 Information page for that country.


The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare has confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Finland.


The Embassy has resumed limited regular American citizens services, including passport applications and renewals, and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad applications.


Many travelers worldwide have reported unexpected flight cancellations and limited flight availability.  If your travel has been disrupted, please contact your airline.

Air Botswana (BP, Gaborone) plans to resume scheduled domestic operations on July 17.

The state-owned flag carrier intends to increase frequencies in response to growing demand and will reinstate regional operations as soon as travel restrictions are lifted, it said.

Its regional shuttle between Gaborone and Johannesburg O.R. Tambo was its busiest route before the COVID-19 outbreak, with several daily flights in both directions.

The domestic resumption will be subject to health and safety protocols and "new ways of working," the carrier's general manager Agnes Khunwana commented in the statement.

The Civil Aviation Committee has announced the upcoming flights to Armenia.

On July 14, the Middle East airline will operate a Beirut-Yerevan-Beirut flight (arrival at 09:50, departure at 10:50).

On the same day Ciaf airline will carry out a Cairo-Yerevan-Cairo flight (Arrival at 19:10, departure at 20:10).

On July 14, Belavia will offer a Minsk-Yerevan-Minsk flight. (arrival at 02:45, departure at 03:35).

Citizens arriving in Armenia will have to organize their departure from the airport to the places of self-isolation.

ALMATY, July 13 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan will extend its second coronavirus lock down by two weeks until the end of July and again offer financial aid to those who have lost their source of income, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Monday.

Kazakhstan, which reported a major resurgence in COVID-19 and often-related pneumonia cases after lifting restrictions in May, entered a second, albeit less stringent, lock down on July 5 in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus.

"There are first signs now that the situation is beginning to improve," he said in a tweet. "The next two weeks are important for the full stabilization of the situation."

The oil-rich Central Asian republic has confirmed almost 60,000 cases of COVID-19 with 375 deaths, and reported shortages of hospital beds and popular medicines. The number of daily new cases fell to 1,646 on Monday from 1,798 on Sunday.

Kazakhstan held a national day of mourning for COVID-19 victims on Monday, flying flags at half-mast and cancelling entertainment programming on local media.

Tokayev said the government would pay 42,500 tenge (about $100) for July to each person who has lost their job amid fresh restrictions. During the previous lock down in March-May, a quarter of Kazakhstan's 19 million citizens received such aid.

Neighbors Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have also reported new spikes in COVID-19 cases after reopening at about the same time. Uzbekistan has also started a second lock down while Kyrgyzstan imposed more moderate control measures.

Air France is adding more Caribbean routes to its flight schedule in September and October, the carrier said this week.


The newly-relaunched flights will include routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport will operate to Havana, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo and St Maarten.


Air France will be serving almost 170 destinations worldwide by the end of the summer, about 85 percent of its usual network, according to a statement.


In September and October, Air France will be flying routes to Martinique and Guadeloupe out of Paris Orly Airport.

Sri Lanka has decided to delay the re-opening of its airport to foreigners a report said, after a new coronavirus cluster developed around a rehabilitation center for drug users and staff who were on leave.


“Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will not be reopened in mid-August as previously planned,” Prasanna Ranatunga, Tourism and Aviation Minister was quoted by Daily FT, a financial newspaper.


"We cannot give an exact date for the reopening of the airport. The top priority of the government is to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to repatriate Sri Lankans still stranded in various parts of the world."


Sri Lanka has contained the spread of coronavirus through aggressive contact tracing but observers have found gaps in testing compared to successful countries like Vietnam especially in the early stages when testing was confined to a hospital setting.

From media reports: Finanzas Digital reported that Venezuela's National Institute of Civil Aviation (INAC) has extended a ban on commercial flights until 12 August because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


In another notice filed by the aviation authority, it informed that the following airports are closed for international flights: Maiquetia (SVMI), Maracaibo (SVMC), Porlamar (SVMG), Barcelona (SVBC), Barquisimeto (SVBM), Valencia (SVVA), Punto No (SVJC), San Antonio del Tachira (SVSA), Santo Domingo (SVSO). Puerto Ordaz (SVPR), Maturin (SVMT) and Caracas (SVCS).

Azores Airlines resumed non-stop international operations with flights to Frankfurt, Germany; Boston and Toronto. Boston and Toronto are focus destinations of the airline as a large number of Azorean emigrants reside in these cities.


The airline is also slated to reinstate its air service to Amílcar Cabral International Airport in Cape Verde in August with two flights weekly. The Azorean airline company had to suspend its flight operations on March 22 with the advent of novel coronavirus pandemic.


The airline is planning to operate five flights per week to Boston in July and October, increasing to seven in August and September. There will be five flights per week to Toronto and two flights per week to Frankfurt.


In June, Azores Airlines resumed its flight operations to the Portuguese mainland, which were also suspended due to the pandemic-related flight restrictions.


SATA Air Azores, the parent company of Azores Airlines, has also resumed its flights connecting the islands of the Azores. As of July, SATA Air Azores is operating inter-island flights, with 61 weekly connections.