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Travel from the U.S. to Cuba is about to get easier. getty It just got easier for Americans to fly to Cuba. On Wednesday, at the request of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the U.S. Department of Transportation lifted civil aviation restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Cuba established during the Trump administration. Those…
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, global leisure and business flights have risen to levels not seen since 2019. That’s according to the Mastercard Economics Institute’s third annual travel report, titled “Travel 2022: Trends & Transitions,” published yesterday. After analyzing 37 global markets, the report found that cross-border travel reached pre-pandemic…
Want to start an argument? Tell your travel companion you won’t be arriving two hours before your flight. Go on, try it. I’ll be right here. No, this isn’t a frivolous, first-world problem. Vacations have been ruined because of it. Marriages have ended. And with a record-breaking summer for air travel ahead, it’s time to…
Placeholder while article actions load When the federal transportation mask mandate was shot down Monday, I had friends who said they were no longer comfortable flying if face coverings were optional. Others were overjoyed the mask rule was gone. I fell somewhere in the middle, feeling privileged to be considered at low risk for severe…
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