Tourism

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 11:46 UTC

  IAATO estimates 46.385 visitors to Antarctica during the 2017/18 season

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) announced its tourism figures for the 2016-2017 Antarctic season at the start of its annual meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2/7. Members are gathered to discuss safe, environmentally responsible Antarctic tourism, including a multi-dimensional approach to managing for growth that will keep activities both safe and sustainable.

• Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 22:36 UTC

  St Helena airport granted an “open ended” Aerodrome Certificate

  

  British Overseas Territory St Helena Airport was granted an ‘open ended’ Aerodrome Certificate on Monday, on 3 April 2017, following the visit by experts from the Air Safety Support International.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 11:01 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine investors project to build a Howard Johnson hotel in Stanley

  

  An Argentine businessman and partner of the US based Howard Johnson, with 37 hotels under that name in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, is attempting to refloat an old project to install a 40 rooms complex in the Falkland Islands, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 23:44 UTC

  Falklands airbridge working; no reply from Argentina on a second flight

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker, MLA Mike Summers apologized on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) for the disruption that the flight diversion from Ascension Island had caused, but said he knew they were working hard to ensure proper arrangements were in place for the continuation of the air bridge with the UK.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 09:55 UTC

  Major cruise line fined US$ 40 million for deliberate vessel pollution

  

  A major cruise line with ships that call on the Caribbean will have to pay a US$40 million penalty, the largest-ever for crimes involving deliberate vessel pollution. The sentence has been imposed on Princess Cruise Lines Ltd by US District Judge Patricia Seitz in Miami, for illegally dumping oil-contaminated waste overboard and falsifying official logs to conceal the discharges.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 19:36 UTC

  American Airlines apologizes for incident with passenger and suspends attendant

  

  American Airlines on Saturday apologized to a female passenger and suspended an employee after a video showing an onboard clash over a baby stroller went viral, in the latest embarrassment for a U.S. carrier over how it treated a customer.

• Saturday, April 22nd 2017 - 13:16 UTC

  United Airlines PR disaster: the carrier will link pay to customer satisfaction

  

  Two weeks after a passenger was violently dragged from one its planes, United Airlines says it is to link pay more closely to customer satisfaction. The US carrier has also revealed its chief executive, Oscar Munoz, will now not become chairman, as anticipated.

• Tuesday, April 18th 2017 - 08:43 UTC

  South Atlantic airbridge tends to normalize by rerouting to West Africa airports

  

  The Falkland Islands government has made further announcements regarding the South Atlantic Airbridge, which has been rerouted because of the temporary closure of Ascension Island runway, but now seems to be back in track to normalizing via alternative airports in West Africa. Ascenson island, in mid Atlantic, is a crucial call point for the long airbridge to the Falklands.

• Monday, April 17th 2017 - 07:54 UTC

  South Atlantic air bridge rerouted temporarily; repairs to the Ascension Island runway

  

  It's going to be a busny winter for the Falkland Islands. The government has announced that due to repairs required to the Ascension Island runway, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is temporarily rerouting the South Atlantic Airbridge via an alternative location. The UK air bridge from Brize Norton to the Falklands normally calls at Ascension Island both ways.

• Monday, April 17th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

  Dr. Dao incident makes United Airlines chane policy on last minute seats for staff

  

  United Airlines is changing its policy on giving staff last-minute seats on full flights after a man was dragged screaming from an overbooked plane. The airline said that in future crew members would be allocated seats at least an hour before departure.