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5th of February 2021
Heathrow Airport to see strike action this week
Heathrow Airport workers are to launch a wave of February strike action today as part of a dispute over wages. The airport announced it will keep operating despite the walkout by workers.
Germany sees lowest number of travelers since reunification
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has recorded the lowest number of travelers to have flown from or landed at the largest 24 airports in Germany since 1991. The figures show that the number of passengers in 2020 fell by 74,5 percent compared to the previous year.
Young generations want to travel again
The results of a recent survey showed that 63 percent of millennials and Gen-Z travelers want to travel in 2021. Fifty-eight percent would travel right now even if it meant having to pay for quarantine when they return home, and 71 percent would take the Covid-19 vaccine just to be able to get on a plane.
International travel had the biggest impact on Covid death rates
A study has found, international travel impacted Covid death rates the most in the pandemic’s first wave. The survey found that early restrictions on international travel could have made a difference in the spread.
Sources: I am expat, Travel Daily News, Travel Pulse, BBC
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