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Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisasWriting for the IATA Opinions Blog, Harry Grewal, IATA’s Director of Airports, Infrastructure & Customer Experience, poses a deceptively simple question that most travellers — and perhaps even some tourism marketers — rarely consider: when a passenger arrives at check-in with a valid passport, a confirmed ticket and an eVisa, how does the airline actually know that the eVisa is genuine and valid?

Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisas

Published September 18, 2026 by Staff Writer

More than 100 countries now issue eVisas, but IATA says the systems airlines use to verify them remain fragmented — creating a costly gap between governments approving digital travel authorisations…

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When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to BrusselsMarie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior Vice President Sustainability and Chief Economist, captured the challenge: “the challenge is constrained not by ambition but by the pace at which interdependent solutions can be developed and scaled.”

When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to Brussels

Published September 2, 2026 by Staff Writer

With airfares, route viability and destination access increasingly tied to the industry’s ability to scale cleaner fuels, October’s summit in the EU capital is as much a tourism story as…

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The 2027 Route War: How America’s Biggest Airlines Are Rewriting the Map of International TourismUnited and American are not simply adding routes. They are redrawing the map of international tourism — and their 2027 network decisions offer an early indication of which destinations they believe are ready for the next wave of American travellers.

The 2027 Route War: How America’s Biggest Airlines Are Rewriting the Map of International Tourism

Published August 28, 2026 by Staff Writer

Two days after United Airlines announced its largest international expansion, American Airlines has unveiled seven new international routes for 2027. Together, the moves reveal a bigger story: America’s largest carriers…

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United Airlines’ 2027 Expansion Puts 10 New Destinations on the US Tourism MapUnited's three-times-weekly Boeing 777-200ER service could therefore help expand the destination's appeal among US travellers who have already experienced Japan's traditional first-time circuit of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka and are looking for a different side of the country.

United Airlines’ 2027 Expansion Puts 10 New Destinations on the US Tourism Map

Published August 26, 2026 by Staff Writer

The largest international expansion in the carrier’s history — announced on 25 August 2026 at Newark Liberty International Airport — will connect US travellers nonstop to Okinawa, Ibiza, Luxembourg, Marseille,…

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Conquering the Final Frontier: What Qantas’s Project Sunrise Really Means for the Future of Global TourismCNN aviation analyst Richard Quest, speaking from the Toulouse unveiling, compared the significance of the launch to the debut of the Airbus A380 with Singapore Airlines nearly two decades ago.

Conquering the Final Frontier: What Qantas’s Project Sunrise Really Means for the Future of Global Tourism

Published June 25, 2026 by Staff Writer

As the world’s longest non-stop flight prepares for its 2027 debut, the implications for destinations, connectivity, and the future shape of long-haul travel run far deeper than aviation. Global (Tourism…

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