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Short-Term Rental Bookings Drop in Mallorca

Mallorca authorities are trying to respond to local frustrations with mass tourism by cracking down on short-term rentals.

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Sonder-Marriott Deal: What the Fine Print Says About Distribution and Royalties

Sonder gets new marketing and distribution power through the licensing deal. While a positive, this isn't a panacea for Sonder's fundamental problems.

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As climate change accelerates, the events industry faces an urgent wake-up call. Shawna McKinley reveals how planners and destinations must evolve or risk being caught off guard by increasingly unpredictable weather—it’s no longer business as usual.

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Airbnb-Backed Tiqets Talks AI, Profits, and Scaling Travel Experiences

Tiqets CEO Laurens Leurink says sales of travel experiences are booming. Gen Z and Millennials want cultural engagement, not checklist sightseeing. So with some help from AI, Tiqets has recently quadrupled its sales without adding staff.

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Returns to Skift Global Forum for Fourth Consecutive Year

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is heading back to Skift Global Forum for the fourth consecutive year - and we can’t wait to hear all the exciting new plans for the company's future.

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Marriott Signs Loyalty Tie-Up With Sonder Similar to MGM Resorts Deal

Sonder has recently struggled, having not been profitable since going public in a blank check deal in 2022. The heft of Marriott's distribution system will boost the company. Marriott will gain access to Sonder's units, many of which are roomy apartment-style lodging and in neighborhoods where it's hard to build hotels.

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Hyderabad and Mumbai Lead Indian Hotels’ Growth

The Indian hotel industry saw a 4.8% RevPAR growth in 2Q24, with Hyderabad leading the gains, while Mumbai hotels topped in occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR, despite a dip in overall occupancy due to summer vacations and reduced corporate travel.

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Istanbul is the World’s Most Connected Airport, New York and Tokyo Miss the Top 20

The notable lack of New York, Tokyo, and Delhi in the top 20 highlights the difference between a city's international standing and a given airport's nonstop connectivity.

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The ‘New’ Outsourcing for Meetings: On-Demand and Task-Specific

Companies are leaning heavily on “just-in-time” talent, hired for tasks like sourcing or registration, or to spend a couple of weeks doing site inspections or hotel contracting.

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Jet Who? Why Jet2 is Britain’s Secret Star

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Americans to Cut Back on International Travel for Labor Day Weekend

After splurging on travel this summer, Americans are starting to cut back and take more vacations closer to home.

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The Latest on U.S. Travel Restrictions

By Lauren Hard Oct. 19, 2021

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What to Know: U.S. Travel Restrictions

Beginning today, international visitors who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can enter the United States by air or across the land borders with Canada and Mexico.

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The new policy ends an 18-month ban on nonessential travel from 33 countries, including China, Brazil and European Union members. The ban had affected tourists and those hoping to visit family and friends in the U.S.

The rules reorient the U.S. approach to vetting its visitors during the pandemic.

Instead of basing entry decisions on travelers’ countries of origin, the U.S. is focusing on vaccination status.

International visitors flying into the U.S. now need to show proof of vaccination before boarding and a negative coronavirus test taken within three days of their flight.

The three vaccines available in the U.S. — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — are accepted, as are vaccines cleared for emergency use by the W.H.O., including AstraZeneca and Covaxin.

Unvaccinated foreign visitors cannot enter the country, with limited exemptions.

Unvaccinated Americans returning home need to test negative for the coronavirus within one day of their flight and show proof they have purchased another test to take after arriving.

The hope is with these longstanding bans being lifted, the U.S. tourism industry will start to recover. The halt on travel caused a loss of nearly $300 billion in visitor spending, according to the U.S. Travel Association.

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FOCUS: Surge in inbound tourists pushes Japan to explore dual pricing

As Japan copes with an influx of tourists driven by the yen's weakness, a growing number of restaurant and attraction operators are looking at charging foreign visitors more, a development that has sparked concerns it may conflict with how the country wants to market itself. Two-tiered systems where foreign travelers are charged higher prices than local people have mostly been seen in tourist spots in developing countries, leading to concerns that Japan could end up compromising its image as a high-end tourist destination. But some businesses and entities have argued that the dual-price system is not meant to "rip off" visitors but done out of "urgent necessity," citing rising labor and other costs as tourists numbers swell. Foreign tourists (bottom L) pose for a photo in front of Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture on April 17, 2024. (For editorial use only)(Kyodo) "How can we set the same menu price for local Japanese-speaking people and for foreign tourists, who require special assistance in English?" said Shogo Yonemitsu, owner of buffet-style seafood restaurant Tamatebako, located in the bustling Shibuya district in Tokyo. Since its opening in April, the restaurant has charged foreign tourists 7,678 yen ($48) for an all-you-can-eat and drink seafood buffet for a weekday dinner, while Japanese and foreigners living in Japan can have the same meal for 1,100 yen less. Yonemitsu said the restaurant has had to hike wages to hire English-speaking staff and also faces costs training them to serve foreign customers. "Given that we have 100 to 150 customers a day while the restaurant has 35-seat capacity, every second is like a war. No matter how we do it, it takes more time to attend to a foreign customer such as to explain how the buffet works, how to grill and eat the food, all in English," Yonemitsu said. Tamatebako's approach is also about retaining local customers, Yonemitsu said, noting they still account for 80 percent of those who walk through the door. "I think imposing the extra costs created by foreign tourists onto locals would be unfair," he said on why he has avoided raising overall menu prices for all, as some other operators have done. A Japanese woman who works at a Thai restaurant in Tokyo and visited the restaurant with three colleagues from the Southeast Asian country welcomed the system, calling it a "good deal." "Given the alarmingly weak yen, I think it doesn't hurt to take a little more from foreigners," the woman said. "I heard from my colleagues that such dual pricing is seen in Thailand's temples. We were saying, ah, at last Japan has become such a country (in charging more for foreigners)," she added. Photo taken on July 1, 2024, shows the signboard of seafood restaurant Tamatebako in Shibuya district in Tokyo. (Kyodo) Operators of popular tourist spots in Japan are also weighing the option of charging foreign tourists more as the influx pushes up maintenance and refurbishment fees. The mayor of Himeji recently said the western Japan city is contemplating "quadrupling" entry fees exclusively for foreign tourists visiting Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in response to increasing inbound tourism. The admission fee for the castle, also a national treasure with part of its wooden structure dating back to the early 17th century, is currently set at 1,000 yen for those aged over 18. But the mayor said the city would like to charge around $30 for foreigners and around $5 for residents. He said while too many visitors could damage the castle's upkeep, he wants to avoid raising the admission fee for locals, who see the castle as "a place of rest." The Osaka prefectural government is also holding discussions on introducing a tax specifically targeting foreign visitors, possibly around the start of the World Exposition in western Japan in April 2025, to fund measures to manage a surge in tourists. Experts say businesses and attraction operators who charge foreign tourists more should be careful to explain their reasoning and vision. "Abruptly changing the price due to a short-sighted thinking that foreigners can afford it on the back of the yen's fall could invite skepticism," said Tomoya Umekawa, professor at Kokugakuin University, who specializes in tourism policy. "Operators, if they need to raise prices due to the higher costs in attending to foreigners, should promote services in a way that would convince travelers it is worth the price," such as by adding "special and authentic experiences," he said. A survey on dual-pricing for inbound travelers to Japan, conducted by loyalty point service provider Loyalty Marketing Inc. in February showed that nearly 60 percent of respondents in the country agreed or somewhat agreed to the two-tier system. But the survey also showed that over half of the respondents were concerned about the negative influence the system could have on inbound travelers. Photo taken on July 1, 2024, shows seafood restaurant Tamatebako in Shibuya district in Tokyo. (Kyodo) In a free response section of the survey, respondents called for value-added services if foreign tourists are to be charged more, such as offering services in various languages, guides, enhanced hospitality or special gifts. Nick Sakellariou, who was visiting Japan from Sweden, said he supports the idea of charging tourists more at a time travelers are visiting Japan at a high pace. "Tourists, up to a certain level, it's good, but when it's too many, it can be a problem," said Sakellariou, while suggesting that the dual-pricing could be introduced depending on the time of the year such as during the high season. But he also suggested that if the system were introduced in his home country, it would be criticized as "racist" or "discriminatory." Other foreign tourist destinations that differentiate between locals and visitors include the Diamond Head state park in Hawaii, where state residents can enter for free while foreign tourists and those from other U.S. states are charged. The move created little outcry. Price-setting strategies in tourism are now at a crossroads, Kokugakuin University's Umekawa said, urging businesses and operators to depart from the mindset that they need to keep prices low and offer the same services to both Japanese and non-Japanese customers. 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4 flight attendants hospitalized for injuries from turbulence

Four American Airlines flight attendants were injured during turbulence last week, the airline said.

American Airlines flight 2905 departed from Tampa at 5:39 p.m. Thursday heading to Charlotte when the Airbus A321 encountered "unexpected turbulence," an American Airlines spokesperson told USA TODAY.

Four of the six flight attendants working the flight were taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. No further information on their injuries has been disclosed.

None of the 154 passengers were injured from the turbulence and the aircraft landed safely at its destination on-time.

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"We thank our crew members for their professionalism and our customers for their understanding," the airline said in a statement.

This incident is just the latest in a series of turbulence-related events , which is becoming more common, even in the warmer months. Climate change-driven impacts on the atmosphere will likely cause more frequent and severe turbulence, particularly clear air turbulence, which is harder for pilots to predict because there are no visible warning signs. In May, a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence that resulted in 30 people injured and one person dead from a heart attack.

Earlier this month, Korean Air announced it would stop serving instant ramen as a safety precaution due to worsening turbulence.

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Live map: Track the path of Hurricane Ernesto

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water as sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns about people’s health.

Track the storm with the live map below.

A hurricane warning was in effect for Bermuda, with Ernesto expected to pass near or over the island on Saturday.

The Category 1 storm was located about 495 miles (795 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda on Thursday afternoon. It had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) and was moving north at 13 mph (20 kph) over open waters.

“I cannot stress enough how important it is for every resident to use this time to prepare. We have seen in the past the devastating effects of complacency,” said National Security Minister Michael Weeks.

Ernesto was forecast to near Category 3 hurricane status on Friday and then decrease in strength as it approaches Bermuda, where it is expected to drop between 6-12 inches of rain, with up to 15 inches in isolated areas.

“All of the guidance show this system as a large hurricane near Bermuda,” said the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Ernesto is then expected to pass near or east of Atlantic Canada on Monday.

Meanwhile, the spinning storm on Thursday was generating southern winds in Puerto Rico, which have a heating effect as opposed to the typical cooling trade winds that blow from the east.

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“We know a lot of people don’t have power,” said Ernesto Morales with the National Weather Service as he warned of extreme heat and urged people to stay hydrated.

More than 380,000 of 1.4 million customers remained in the dark more than a day after Ernesto swiped past Puerto Rico late Tuesday as a tropical storm before strengthening into a hurricane. A maximum of 735,000 clients were without power on Wednesday.

Hundreds of thousands also were without water as many questioned the widespread power outage given that Ernesto was only a tropical storm when it spun past the island.

“I haven’t slept at all,” said Ramón Mercedes Paredes, a 41-year-old construction worker who planned to sleep outdoors on Thursday night to beat the heat. “I haven’t even been able to take a shower.”

At a small park in the Santurce neighborhood of the San Juan capital, Alexander Reyna, a 32-year-old construction worker, sipped on a bright red sports drink that friends provided as roosters crowed nearby above the slap of dominoes.

He had no water or power and planned to spend all day at the park as he lamented the lack of breeze, a slight film of sweat already forming on his forehead: “I have to come here because I cannot stand to be at home.”

The situation worried many who lived through Hurricane Maria, a powerful Category 4 storm that hit Puerto Rico in September 2017 and was blamed for at least 2,975 deaths in its sweltering aftermath. It also razed the island’s power grid, which is still being rebuilt.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory on Thursday warning of “dangerously hot and humid conditions.”

Faustino Peguero, 50, said he was concerned about his wife, who has fibromyalgia, heart failure and other health conditions and needs electricity. He has a small generator at home, but he is running out of gasoline and cannot afford to buy more because he hasn’t found work.

“It’s chaos,” he said.

Officials said they don’t know when power will be fully restored as concerns grow about the health of many in Puerto Rico who cannot afford generators or solar panels on the island of 3.2 million people with a more than 40% poverty rate.

Crews have flown more than 540 miles (870 kilometers) across Puerto Rico and identified 400 power line failures, with 150 of them already fixed, said Juan Saca, president of Luma Energy, a private company that operates the transmission and distribution of power in Puerto Rico. The remaining failures will take more time to fix because they involve fallen trees, he added.

“We haven’t seen anything catastrophic,” he said.

When pressed for an estimate of when power would be restored, Alejandro González, Luma’s operations director, declined to say.

“It would be irresponsible to provide an exact date,” he said.

At least 250,000 customers across Puerto Rico also were without water given the power outages, down from a maximum of 350,000. Among them was 65-year-old Gisela Pérez, who was starting to sweat as she cooked sweet plantains, pork, chicken and spaghetti at a street-side diner. After her shift, she planned to buy gallons of water, since she was especially concerned about her two small dogs: Mini and Lazy.

“They cannot go without it,” she said. “They come first.”

— Danica Coto, Associated Press

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World News | What is the latest on the high-stakes negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza?

FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signs a guest book before his meeting with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog at the Presidency, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint press conference, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in Jerusalem. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via AP, File)

U.S. and Arab mediators say they are closing in on a deal to halt the war in Gaza and free hostages captured by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack, but the talks have dragged on for months, with several moments of false hope.

The negotiations gained new urgency when Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah vowed to avenge the targeted killing of two top militants, attributed to Israel, raising fears of a far wider and more devastating war.

U.S. officials expressed cautious optimism after two days of talks in Qatar last week, in which the mediators put forth a bridging proposal. But Hamas said it had serious problems with it, saying it departs from previous iterations that it had largely accepted. Israel also expressed concerns, saying there were compromises it was unwilling to make.

Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the region and set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. Israel sent a delegation to Cairo on Sunday, and the mediators are expected to hold another round of high-level talks with Israel in Egypt later this week.

Here’s where things stand:

What’s at stake in the cease-fire negotiations?

A cease-fire would halt the deadliest war ever fought between Israelis and Palestinians, a conflict that has destabilized the Middle East and sparked worldwide protests.

Israel’s offensive has killed over 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health officials, who do not say how many were fighters. The vast majority of the population has been displaced, often multiple times. Hundreds of thousands of people are packed into squalid tent camps, the health sector has largely collapsed and entire neighborhoods have been obliterated .

The Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and saw terrorists abduct around 250 hostages. Some 110 hostages are still in Gaza , with Israeli authorities saying around a third are dead. Over 100 hostages were released during a weeklong cease-fire in November.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has launched drones and rockets into Israel on a near-daily basis since the start of the war, and Israel has responded with airstrikes and artillery. The violence has escalated , forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes on both sides of the border.

Hezbollah has vowed an even more severe attack — without saying when or how — in response to the killing last month of Fouad Shukur, one of its top commanders , in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.

Other Iran-backed groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen have attacked Israeli, U.S. and international targets in solidarity with the Palestinians. Iran and Israel traded fire directly in April , and many fear a repeat if Iran makes good on its threat to avenge the killing of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an explosion in Tehran that was blamed on Israel.

Hezbollah has said it would halt its operations along the border if there is calm in Gaza. A cease-fire deal might also persuade both Hezbollah and Iran to refrain from retaliatory strikes on Israel — if only temporarily — to avoid being seen as spoilers.

What are the main sticking points?

The two sides have been working off an evolving proposal for a three-phase process in which Hamas would free all the hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a lasting cease-fire.

President Joe Biden came out in favor of the proposal in a May 31 speech and the U.N. Security Council approved it shortly thereafter. But since then, Hamas has proposed “amendments” and Israel has asked for “clarifications,” with each side accusing the other of making new demands it cannot accept.

Hamas wants assurances that Israel will not resume the war after the first batch of hostages — around 30 of the most vulnerable — are released. Israel wants to ensure negotiations do not drag on indefinitely over the second phase, in which the remaining living hostages, including male soldiers, are to be freed.

Netanyahu has also demanded in recent weeks that Israel maintain a military presence along the Gaza-Egypt border to prevent arms smuggling and along a line bisecting the territory so it can search Palestinians returning to their homes in the north and make sure fighters don’t slip in.

Israel denies the demands are new, but there was no reference to either in Biden’s speech or the U.N. resolution, which spoke of a full withdrawal. Other lingering issues include which Palestinian prisoners will be released and whether they will be sent into exile.

Who decides whether there is a cease-fire?

Any deal would have to be accepted by Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar, who helped mastermind the Oct. 7 attack and became Hamas’ overall leader after Haniyeh was killed.

Netanyahu faces intense pressure from families of the hostages and much of the Israeli public to make a deal to bring them home. But far-right leaders in his coalition have threatened to bring down the government if he concedes too much, forcing early elections that could drive him from power.

Sinwar, meanwhile, is hiding in Gaza, likely deep inside Hamas’ vast network of tunnels, and has stuck to a hard line throughout the talks. He also tops Israel’s most-wanted list, raising questions about what happens if he is killed.

In the past it has taken several days for Hamas’ negotiators to send proposals to Sinwar and receive his feedback. That means that even when the work of hammering out the latest proposal is completed, it would likely take a week or more for Hamas to formally respond to it.

Palestinians in Gaza say they are exhausted and desperate for a cease-fire. When Hamas accepted an earlier proposal in May, spontaneous celebrations erupted — but those hopes were soon dashed .

Aid groups have called for a cease-fire since the start of the war, saying it’s the only way to ensure desperately needed food and humanitarian aid reaches Gaza. Experts have warned of famine and the outbreak of diseases like polio if the war drags on. Even if the fighting ends tomorrow, the U.N. has said it would take more than a decade and tens of billions of dollars to rebuild Gaza.

In Israel, where many are still deeply traumatized by the Oct. 7 attack, there is widespread support for the war and little sympathy for the Palestinians.

But the plight of the hostages has galvanized mass protests calling for a deal to bring them home and for the end of Netanyahu’s government, which many blame for the security and intelligence failures that allowed the attack to happen.

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Canada Jetlines is grounding all flights and says it is temporarily ceasing airline operations effective immediately, making it the latest carrier to signal distress within Canada's troubled commercial airline industry. 

The airline, which flew mainly to sun destinations out of Toronto, said Thursday it has been unable to find the capital needed to stay afloat and plans to file for creditor protection.

"The company ... pursued all available financing alternatives including strategic transactions and equity and debt financings," said spokeswoman Erica Dymond in a release.

"Unfortunately despite these efforts, the company has been unable to obtain the financing required to continue operations at this time."

Passengers with existing bookings should contact their credit card company to secure refunds, the company said. "Every effort is being made to assist passengers at this time."

The shutdown follows the resignation of four executives on Monday, including CEO Brigitte Goersch.

It marks yet another airline departure from Canadian skies after the closure of Lynx Air and budget carrier Swoop within the past year.

Canada Jetlines, which is headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., serves Canadians flying within the country or to destinations in the U.S., Caribbean and Mexico. It launched its first flight in September 2022.

The carrier provides charter flights to sports teams and companies and leases its fleet to other carriers in the summertime. Its former CEO Eddy Doyle characterized it as leisure airline, though it was originally conceived as an ultra low-cost carrier.

That business model was ultimately shelved, partly because the starting price for discount carriers in Canada "is composed of a lot of taxes," and partly due to the challenges of competing with Air Canada and WestJet, Doyle told CBC News in February.

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At the time, Doyle said he thought there was "enough supply there to meet demand for the Canadian travelling public," with Air Canada, WestJet and Air Transat back at full-strength following the disruptions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

But he added that any new entrants would be fighting for the same portion of the market.

Canada Jetlines, which has struggled to get more than a handful of planes off the ground since its inaugural flight in September 2022, faced a series of hiccups even before this week's turbulence.

Even its initial launch, announced for December 2019, was postponed when company announced that fall it was laying off most employees after failing to secure the required financing and losing investment partners.

In January 2023, Canada Jetlines pressed pause on domestic routes as the carrier refocused on sun destinations and leasing its planes, but said at the time it aimed to resume in-country flights that fall.

That setback came after seven years of fundraising and despite Ottawa lifting the foreign ownership ceiling on Canadian airlines to 49 per cent from 25 per cent in 2018, allowing for a wider pool of investors.

Canada Jetlines lost $14.2 million over the 12 months between March 2023 and last March, despite eking out a profit in one of the quarters, according to financial filings. Quarterly revenues ranged between $8 million and $12 million.

In May, the company secured a $2-million loan from Square Financial Investment Corp., a Mississauga-based holding company owned by board member Reg Christian, who was named executive vice-president as a result. The loan is one of several taken out by Canada Jetlines over the past two years.

As recently as May 10, the company said in financial statements it planned to grow to seven planes by year's end and 15 aircraft by 2026.

And in June, Doyle announced his retirement three-and-a-half years after joining the company. Goersch then took over as chief executive.

'It's a sign of the times'

Aviation expert John Gradek told CBC News that the airline had "been on the edge for months."

"When you look at their pattern of operations and their pattern of funding ... to me it was a surprise that they didn't get their licence pulled by Transport Canada earlier," said Gradek.

"These guys had six airplanes and a couple hundred people, and they were just going month-to-month, trying to scramble and get as much cash as they possibly could to meet the payroll and the lease cost on the airplane[s]," Gradek said.

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He said it was only a matter of hours after the executive exodus on Monday that the airline would collapse.

"It's a sign of the times. We have a problem in terms of commercial aviation in Canada," Gradek added.

"People were spending five, six, $700 to buy a ticket on an airline that, in my opinion, was on pretty shaky ground. That, to me, is a failing of our transportation policy [and] practices." 

Trading of company shares on the NEO Exchange was halted late yesterday afternoon.

With files from CBC's Jenna Benchetrit, Reid Southwick and Nisha Patel

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Dr Jean Kaseya, the director general of Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention, said there are cases in 16 countries in Africa.

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"We took our responsibility to say we need to declare this public health emergency… to better protect and support our countries."

He added WHO declared an emergency as it considers the strain is "potentially the outbreak that can become a pandemic".

Sweden's Health minister Jakob Forssmed told a news conference on Thursday that a case had been detected in the country and it was the "more grave" clade 1 strain.

The person became infected during a stay in Africa, according to officials.

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Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.